Only After Tasting Life's Sweetness Can You Know Its Bitterness

They are each trapped in their own emotional dilemmas: she longs to be understood, yet is surrounded by misunderstanding; he fears intimacy, yet cannot ignore the light in her eyes. Everything changes during a late-night dessert experiment. He makes her a cake called "Childhood," and she says, "It tastes a little bitter." At that moment, Lu Chenzhou, silent for years, is willing to tell his story for the first time.

The price soon follows. His father's opposition, pressure from online public opinion, and old wounds resurfacing come crashing down like a rising tide. Their love sways between reality and the virtual world, like a filled candy: sweet on the outside, yet concealing countless unresolved sorrows within.

When technology puts the world within reach, how can people protect a love that needs time to mature?