A writer has arrived in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Su Liu slept in Tian Xiwei's room last night.

Because the guest room was cluttered with miscellaneous items and the single bed was rather cramped, Mr. and Mrs. Tian, ​​being easygoing people, felt it was inappropriate to let their guest from afar sleep in such a place. So, they requisitioned Tian Xiwei's room.

Tian Xiwei, clutching her pillow, giggled and dragged Ran Xiaoqing to the guest room to squeeze onto the single bed.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Su Liu was awakened by a commotion.

There was a rustling sound at the door, and then Ran Xiaoqing gently pushed the door open, poked half her head in, and whispered tentatively, "Brother, you're awake."

Before Su Liu could respond, Tian Xiwei's energetic face squeezed in from above, "Su Liu, Su Liu! Get up quickly, we're going to Chuanzhu Temple."

Su Liu propped himself up and looked at the two heads piled together at the doorway. "Chuanzhu Temple?"

The weather is always good during the Lunar New Year, and this year is no exception. The sky is cloudless, and the streets of the small town, which were bustling all night, are still deserted.

It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Tian won money playing mahjong last night. They were in a very good mood this morning, humming a little tune.

After the family finished breakfast, they prepared to go to the Chuanzhu Temple behind Pingtan Junior High School to worship.

Walking along North Street to its end, you'll find Pingtan Junior High School. The group walked along the sun-drenched road and soon saw the elementary school that Ran Xiaoqing had attended.

"That's where you used to go to elementary school," Su Liu asked, pointing to the school gate.

"Yeah." Tian Xiwei pouted. "Elementary and junior high were the worst. I hated the teachers and everyone else."

As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to realize something and quickly glanced at her parents walking ahead. Seeing that they were playing with Tian Xiaomei and hadn't noticed what was happening behind them, she felt relieved and pretended not to want them to hear.

Ran Xiaoqing suddenly smiled, and she and Tian Xiwei looked at each other, as if they had discussed it beforehand, and said in unison, "But it's not all bad news."

"Hey." Tian Xiwei moved closer to Su Liu. "Isn't your movie released today? Aren't you even paying attention to it?"

"Paying attention won't help; I'll just wait for news."

As we approached the middle school, the streets became more crowded. The once spacious road was gradually filled with people, and most of them were families going to the Chuanzhu Temple to worship.

Some children were playing and chasing each other on the road, and every now and then you could hear shouts followed by the sound of firecrackers exploding.

Every few steps, Tian's parents would run into several acquaintances. These people would frequently glance at Tian Xiwei, their eyes filled with scrutiny and barely concealed amusement.

Tian Xiwei felt itchy as they stared at her, and she was very curious about what they were talking about, so she swayed over and tried to hear what they were saying.

He only heard half of what was said before his face turned bright red, and he immediately turned and ran back.

"What's wrong?" Su Liu asked.

Ran Xiaoqing also looked at her with curiosity.

"No, no, no...it's nothing." Tian Xiwei's eyes darted around as she tried to appear calm.

She had just moved to the vicinity of Tian's father, using the crowd as cover, when she heard a neighbor say, "Old Tian, ​​your little Tian has brought her boyfriend home!"

In that instant, Su Liu's image flashed through her mind, her heart suddenly raced, and she couldn't hear what Tian's father was saying in his defense.

The Chuanzhu Temple is a red ancient building with east and west wing rooms. The main hall houses a statue of the Chuanzhu deity, and there is a courtyard at the entrance. The overall layout resembles a traditional courtyard house.

Although there weren't many people visiting, the small temple still felt quite crowded.

"Wow, how come there are so many people?" Tian Xiwei said to Ran Xiaoqing beside her. "This year seems a bit special."

Ran Xiaoqing nodded. "I remember when I was in elementary school, this place was almost deserted, wasn't it?"

"Yeah, back then only some boys really liked to come here, to set up some kind of secret base or something."

"Aren't all the places starting to promote folk culture now?" Su Liu commented casually, "So it's normal that things have become more lively."

Tian Xiwei and Su Liu weren't particularly interested in worshipping the gods, especially since it was so crowded inside. Seeing that Tian's parents had already squeezed in, the three exchanged glances and immediately understood each other's thoughts.

So he turned around the small temple surrounded by incense smoke and climbed up a gentle slope along a pebble path next to it.

Standing at the top of the slope and looking down, the view suddenly opens up.

"Hoo—" Tian Xiwei put her hands on her hips and took a deep breath of the cold air.

"I wish winter break would never end!"

Ran Xiaoqing initially agreed, but then quickly realized, "Weiwei, if that's the case, every day will feel like winter. I don't like that."

"That's true, then let's wait until summer vacation to talk about it." Tian Xiwei immediately changed her mind.

At this moment, the two noticed that Su Liu hadn't said a word, but was standing there staring intently in one direction, towards a lush, green forest.

"What are you looking at?"

Tian Xiwei and Ran Xiaoqing moved closer to him and followed his gaze.

"Look at the flowers on that tree."

Amidst a patch of varying shades of dark green, a few streaks of golden yellow stand out strikingly, like tiny lamps lit up in the night.

"Huh? Is that a camellia?" Ran Xiaoqing observed for a while, her tone hesitant.

"Do you know him?"

"Of course, the camellia is the city flower of Chongqing."

Tian Xiwei looked shocked. "What? We actually have a city flower? How come I've never heard of it before?"

"Our teachers taught us that in elementary school!" Ran Xiaoqing whispered a reminder from the side.

"You even remember that?"

Su Liu stood aside, watching the two staring at each other, and burst out laughing. "Hey, Tian Xiwei, it's normal that your brain is a little different from the top student in the class, right?"

Tian Xiwei immediately turned her head, pouted at Su Liu, and snorted heavily through her nose!

"However, I've never seen golden camellias before," Ran Xiaoqing said.

If you look closely, the golden camellias stretch out among the dark green leaves. Some flowers are in full bloom, revealing dense and slender orange-yellow stamens in the center, while others are still round, greenish-yellow buds, drooping from the branches.

Tian Xiwei's eyes sparkled. "They're so pretty! Shall we pick some to take home?"

Ran Xiaoqing quickly stopped her, "Don't do anything reckless, Weiwei. Some camellias are very rare; they're nationally protected plants!"

"Yeah?"

"Yes, some things are lucky to even encounter."

"Then let's make a wish!" Tian Xiwei suggested excitedly.

She looked the same way when she set off fireworks last night. She said that the moment the fireworks exploded, it looked just like a shooting star, and she insisted on making a wish with Ran Xiaoqing.

"You're not a child, making wishes every day!"

"Hey, Su Liu, you're not that old, why do you always talk like an old man?"

"You're calling me by my full name again?"

"Come on, come on!" Tian Xiwei completely ignored his protests, tugged at his sleeve without a word, then clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and began to mutter, "I hope I can learn to dunk in the new year, and preferably grow another ten centimeters... no, five centimeters will do!"

"Xiao Qing, what is your wish?" Tian Xiwei asked with her eyes closed.

Ran Xiaoqing thought about it carefully before speaking softly, "I hope I can become braver and braver."

Then the two girls opened their eyes at the same time, their gazes falling on Su Liu in unison, as if to say, "It's your turn."

However, Su Liu couldn't think of any particular wish.

Although a lot has happened this year, everyone is doing well, and the revival of culture is progressing smoothly. Many things may happen this year too, but as long as those around me can be happy like they are now, that's enough.

"I don't have any wishes." Although he said that, faced with Tian Xiwei's persistent gaze, he finally put his hands together and closed his eyes.

"I hope everyone can find happiness."

When Su Liu opened her eyes, she found that all the greenish-yellow flower buds had bloomed.

He couldn't help but let out a soft "hmm".

Is this what it means to start a new year and have everything renewed?