The Black and White Keys at Eighteen

When Lin Yu was seventeen, he sat in the last row of the piano classroom and listened to Wen Zhi play for an entire year. The piece she played most often was “The Black and White Keys at Eighteen.” He always said, “When you turn eighteen, play this one for me.” Later, she won an international gold medal and became the youngest star in classical music. He was in a car accident, and when he woke up, he said he couldn’t remember anything. Later still, she didn’t even know he was getting married. That day, she played “The Black and White Keys at Eighteen” at the concert hall. The entire audience rose to its feet and applauded. After the show, her assistant handed her a phone. There was a text from an unknown number: “I feel like I’ve heard this piece somewhere before.” [90,000 words, complete · youthful secret crush · amnesia and a tragic ending · a story that lingers]