The Long-Awaited Echo

The Long-Awaited Echo Plot:

Ten years ago, high school girl Su Yao shielded bullied transfer student Lin Shen from scalding milk tea, giving him a note saying "Be brave"—but Lin vanished the next day without a word. A decade later, Su works as a museum restorer, and a mysterious antique shop owner enters her life: he brings the ginger tea she once bought Lin, recognizes the old glass marble (Lin’s gift) she’s restoring, and even knows about her faded high school uniform hidden in a drawer. One rainy night, the owner stands downstairs with Lin’s old star-printed umbrella: "I’ve searched for you ten years. Can I finally say what I couldn’t back then?" Lin was sent abroad for PTSD treatment, clinging to that note through sleepless nights. When he returned, he scoured the city, bought the antique shop near her high school, and planned every "coincidence"—all to say, "I never forgot."