As the sea breeze carries away the last echoes of summer's festivities, four teenagers begin their high school years beneath the red walls and dark-tiled roofs of the City No. 1 Affiliated High School. Science prodigy Lu Yan enters the competition class bearing the weight of expectations, venturing alone through the universe of physics. The bright and energetic Su Wanqing and the gentle, thoughtful talent Lin Wei pursue dreams woven from color and words in the innovation class. Meanwhile, the outgoing basketball ace Chen Ye sweats it out between his regular class and the court.
The class assignments put distance between their desks, but brought their hearts closer. Chance encounters in the hallways, laughter in a corner of the cafeteria, silhouettes leaning together beneath the streetlights after evening study, golden leaves drifting through the ginkgo grove... together they weave the sweet, busy days of their first year of high school. Lu Yan and Su Wanqing: one is as rational and profound as a glacier, the other as warm and vivid as a little sun. He ruffles her hair and quietly swaps out the green peppers she hates; she enters his utterly silent world, melting its frozen walls with orange candies and clumsy doodles. Chen Ye and Lin Wei: one is as straightforward and impulsive as the summer sun, the other as quiet and reserved as the autumn moon. He boldly declares that she's his and gathers every
