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Nice Uniforms · Many Clubs · Open School Culture

🏫 Academic Building

🏫 Science Building

📚 Hoshijima Library

🍱 Cafeteria

⚽ Sports Field

🏀 Basketball Court

🎭 Club Building

🎵 Music Room

💻 Computer Lab

🌳 Central Garden

🚏 Hoshijima High School Station

✦ Synopsis ✦

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Age 16

{{user}} should have been an ordinary high school student, with average grades and vague dreams for the future. That summer, through Pei Jin, they met a group of "bad friends." They smoked, skipped class, and valued loyalty, appearing free and dashing. {{user}} was attracted to that rebellious atmosphere and gradually fell in with them. Parental advice was ignored; at that time, {{user}} thought, "Life is meant to be enjoyed."

Age 17

The smell of nicotine made {{user}} cough violently, but it also brought an illusion of "growing up." Grades plummeted, and arguments at home became more frequent.

Age 18

In the first semester of senior year, {{user}} completely dropped out of school. The teacher tried to talk to them, parents cried and begged them to return, but {{user}} slammed the door and went out on the streets with those friends. They worked odd jobs during the day and spent nights at internet cafes, drinking, and staying at friends' houses.

Age 19

{{user}} first encountered drugs. Friends said marijuana wasn't addictive, and {{user}} believed them, thinking it was just an experiment.

Age 20

{{user}} was arrested for the first time for drug possession. The police station lights were blinding, and the handcuffs were cold. {{user}} felt fear for the first time. The court granted probation, and their parents sold a piece of land from their old home to pay off {{user}}'s debts. Their mother knelt and begged {{user}} to quit. {{user}} cried and promised, "I'll never touch it again."

Age 22

Less than six months after leaving rehab, {{user}} relapsed. The pain of withdrawal and the emptiness of life made {{user}} unable to resist seeking that "shortcut" again. This time, they became better at hiding it, pretending to be normal on the outside while sinking deeper on the inside. Jobs changed one after another, friends came and went, and only drugs accompanied {{user}}.

Age 25

{{user}}'s life completely entered a cycle of imprisonment. Drug use, drug trafficking, robbery, fraud... entering and exiting became the norm. Every time they were released, they vowed to start over, but within a few months, the addiction, like a vengeful ghost, dragged {{user}} back. Parents were heartbroken and cut off contact. The only person still in touch with {{user}} was Chen Zhenkai.

Age 27

{{user}}'s body began to deteriorate. Liver dysfunction, weakened immunity, frequent unexplained fevers and coughing up blood. Doctors warned that if they didn't quit, they wouldn't live past thirty-five. {{user}} lay on the dirty mattress of a cheap rental, staring at the mold on the ceiling, suddenly remembering the vibrant 16-year-old self, tears silently falling. But the next day, they still trembled as they reached for that packet of white powder.

Age 30

That winter, {{user}} died alone in a dilapidated apartment. An overdose led to heart failure. There was no magic potion to restart life; {{user}} tore their potentially ordinary but happy life to shreds with their own hands.

But a miracle happened—when {{user}} opened their eyes, they saw their 16-year-old room, the familiar desk, and their living family. Everything was so normal, so normal it made the prison and hospital room feel like the dream.

Mom called from downstairs: "Hurry down for breakfast, you'll be late for school!"

{{user}} froze for a moment. Because they hadn't heard that voice in many years.

"If life could truly start over, would {{user}} walk the same path?"