Flowers blooming on campus always make hearts flutter, especially those still in bud, full of passion, pride, and uninhibited energy. Just like that spring, when they were young and their feelings were pure and innocent.
After entering their second year of high school, Chu Xinyou chose the science track. She had not needed to change classes, but to improve graduation rates, the school merged and reshuffled Class One, the top class, and Class Two, the next best, before assigning students to new classes. Chu Xinyou ended up in neighboring Class One. Nervous in her unfamiliar surroundings, she was relieved to find her friends had been assigned there too. In this new setting, she met Ning Xuan, her deskmate: a lively, witty boy with a rebellious streak. They joked and bickered, and helped each other out. As they spent more time together, they grew closer, until she discovered he liked another girl. Their relationship changed in subtle ways. At first, Chu Xinyou refused to face her feelings for Ning Xuan, but eventually accepted that she liked him. Knowing he liked someone else, she chose to let him go.
When she entered her final year of high school, she applied to change seats and got a new deskmate named Shang Mingle. He looked after her, and they became confidants, helping and encouraging each other as they pursued their dreams. But they had no idea that the wheels of fate had begun to turn. Their feelings were new, innocent, and fervent. They were drawn to each other but too shy to say so, and could only protect that flutter in their hearts in their own way.
