When Ning Comes Back, Years Have Passed

When Ning Comes Back, Years Have Passed Plot:

Lin Xiaoman has kept an old bookstore in the old alley for ten years, waiting for her childhood sweetheart Ning Chuan—he once held the gardenia she gave him and said, "When I come back, I'll pick the brightest one to tuck in your hair." But Ning Chuan has been missing for ten years, with no news. Every Summer Solstice, she hangs a string of dried gardenias on the store door. Until the tenth Summer Solstice, Gu Shen, who claims to be Ning Chuan's cousin, walks into the store to find the *The Little Prince* that Ning Chuan never returned. During the conversation, Gu Shen drops a yellowed photo; on the back is Xiaoman's 18-year-old handwriting: "Waiting for you." And the silver bracelet on his wrist is exactly the same as Ning Chuan's. Just as Xiaoman doubts, Gu Shen smiles and points out the window—the gardenia tree at the alley entrance is suddenly in full bloom. He takes out his phone and plays a video: Ning Chuan stands in a foreign gardenia field, his voice choked: "Xiaoman, I can finally come back to pick gardenias." At this moment, the store bell rings sharply—Ning Chuan in a white shirt stands at the door with a bunch of fresh gardenias, his eyes glowing: "Xiaoman, when I come back, the gardenias are just blooming."