Late one night during graduation season, after a farewell party steeped in alcohol and flirtation, Chen Yu and his girlfriend Lin Yue spent their last night together in a hotel room. But a conversation the next morning shattered the four-year bond between them. Professor Fang had offered him a place on a research team, forcing the impoverished Chen Yu to choose between staying in the city and returning to his rural hometown.
On one side was the village that had saved his life as a child, a place where he was determined to overcome poverty and hardship. On the other was the bright urban future Lin Yue dreamed of, along with the vision of marriage they had once shared. When Lin Yue coldly said, “Let’s break up,” the clash between idealism and reality did more than shatter the rosy dreams of youth. It plunged the protagonist into an abyss of moral and emotional turmoil.
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