[Childhood sweethearts + devoted only to each other | mutual affection]
In Wutong Lane, Beijing, where six generations' memories live on, childhood sweethearts Cheng Yanshu and Lin Zhixia, along with their longtime friends Gu Chenzhou, Xu Xingwan, Zhou Yu'an, and Wen Nianchu, weave a tapestry of youth belonging to the millennial generation. The courtyard homes of their six neighboring families are filled with the scent of locust blossoms every summer. They're both the scene of the boys' wall-climbing, class-skipping escapades and the secret haven that witnessed every fluttering heart.
During their noisy high school years, Cheng Yanshu, who always ranked in the top three, would climb over the wall between their courtyards and slip Lin Zhixia the math notes he'd stayed up late preparing, while she worked so hard designing their class uniform that she forgot to eat. Carefree Gu Chenzhou grumbled about Xu Xingwan's curfew, yet quietly ate the caramel pudding she'd burnt. Sharp-tongued top student Zhou Yu'an acted like he and Wen Nianchu were always at odds, but secretly kept every award-winning Chinese painting she'd made. When the countdown to the college entrance exams reached its final page, six acceptance letters kept Wutong Lane buzzing all night: every one of them had made it into a top university.
Years later, Lin Zhixia, now a fashion designer, gives the childhood victory sign to Cheng Yanshu, the sharply dressed internet mogul in the audience, as she takes her final bow at Milan Fashion Week. The AI team led by Gu Chenzhou forms a strategic partnership with Xu Xingwan's investigative journalism team. The former troublemaker smiles tenderly only at his wife when the cameras are on. In a hospital corridor, Zhou Yu'an's white coat pocket always holds the ginkgo-leaf bookmarks Wen Nianchu mails back from her reporting trips around the world.
This is a story about youth, dreams, and love, about how six friends grow from the starlight of their old Beijing lane into lights that brighten one another's lives.
Not bad, people from alleys