Tidal Quadrant

At seventeen, Ye Shutong stumbles upon the secrets of three boys in an art studio: the blood-soaked bandage around Jiang Su's wrist, the notebook of formulas hidden by Shen Zhaoye, and the scent of a blue-rose bookmark in Pei Jin's sports car. The four teenagers from very different worlds are brought together by a misjudged basketball game. Beneath a painting of an orca and a parasol tree lies the cruel truth of fifteen years of crossed lives: the scar Jiang Su bears for taking the blame for Pei Jin, and the perfume Shen Zhaoye created, "Tears of Eris," are both entangled in the unresolved grudges of the previous generation.

When a torrential rain washes away the levee of lies, they recalibrate the course of their lives amid blood-bound ties. Jiang Su sinks a defiant three-pointer despite his wrist injury flaring up again. Ye Shutong pours her tears into an unfinished painting. Pei Jin clutches his mother's diary as he confronts the truth about his origins. And Shen Zhaoye uses his perfume formula to break down the rhythm of a racing heart. From the keychain used to sneak through a window into the art building late at night to the hidden tattoo beneath a Shiba Inu bandage, youth is an error that is constantly corrected. And in the end, the orca will lift the parasol tree's branches, as an undying dawn blooms from old wounds.