Waking to the Depths of Time

Waking to the Depths of Time Plot:

Lin Xiaoman, a publishing editor, keeps dreaming about her high school deskmate Gu Mingyuan—his warm milk tea passed through the classroom window, their promise to see northern snow after the college entrance exam. These fragments feel like roots in her dreams. Until one day, she finds an unopened love letter at the bottom of her drawer, signed by Gu Mingyuan, with a note on the back: "October 25, 2023, wait for you at the old playground"—and today is exactly that day. Rushing to her alma mater, she sees a man on crutches turn around, his left trouser leg empty. Ten years ago, Gu Mingyuan was in a car accident while buying milk tea; he lost his leg protecting the letter and hid his feelings to not burden her. Xiaoman, under college exam pressure, suppressed this memory into her dreams. When she wakes up, time has left marks on his crutches, but those unsaid words—"I like you"—can finally be spoken to the person in front of her.