In 1998, beneath the shadows of plane trees in a small Hunan town, the canvas schoolbag of top student Zhou Siting snagged on the threads of fate.
An accidental collision at a skating rink sent her crashing into the world of Xiang Yifei, a "problem boy" who wore his school uniform inside out and had a blue dragon tattoo on his wrist. Beneath the collar of his white shirt was an F-shaped burn scar, just like the one on her ankle, as if they were two secret marks of fate, seared by fire. He was a regular on the academic affairs office's blacklist, a thrill-seeker chasing starlight on his motorcycle, and a boy who curled up on a makeshift bed in a repair shop at night, collecting screws to pay for his mother's dialysis.
When their homeroom teacher roped them into a tutoring program pairing top students with struggling ones, a notebook full of skipped classes became their secret love letter. He taught her to recognize the tilt of Saturn's rings; she drew rockets in the corners of his failing exam papers. He smashed the beer bottle a thug hurled at her; she falsified the attendance sheet to make him look like he had perfect attendance. Then, beneath the starry sky on a night of reckless racing, Xiang Yifei pressed her palm against his thundering heart. "I'm a wildfire, and I choose to light up your galaxy."
This was a fierce, blazing youth wrapped in the scent of motor oil and the fragrance of exam papers.
Rebellion and rules tore at each other; wildfire and starlight burned together.
