The flamboyant, carefree genius Zuo Gu was admitted to Zhongnan University at fifteen, instantly becoming the envy of everyone around him. On his first day on campus, by the Weihu River, he caught a glimpse of Nan Cheng, a cool, aloof beauty, serene as water and elegant as a plum blossom, and fell in love at first sight. For the first time in his life, he felt inferior, and his love was too shy to show itself, so all he could do was silently protect her. At sixteen, a sudden disaster sent the once-famous boy crashing from his pedestal. The sunny, carefree youth became a gloomy, taciturn young man. Consumed by hatred, he willingly gave up his studies and returned to high school to prepare for the college entrance exams. He never imagined that the goddess of his youth would become his classmate, casually touching him as if no one else were around.
Those lonely days of secretly loving you, it turned out that one day you would see them too. But now I'm covered in wounds. How can I lay my broken heart before you?
The world once remembered me, then abandoned me and hated me until it forgot me. How did you hear my stifled sobs in that desolate wilderness, then smile and offer me a warm embrace?
“Nan Cheng, loving you is the only lesson I have left to learn in this life, and the only right answer to my life. Your love fills the gaps in me. It makes me vulnerable, and it makes me strong.”
“Zuo Gu, we have a long life ahead of us. Let's hold hands and take it one step at a time.”
This is a story about protection and redemption. May we all meet a Nan Cheng who is willing to embrace our true selves, and may we all become strong, unyielding, and gentle like Zuo Gu.
