The IMF storm swept through, and Chen Yanxia's family went bankrupt and fell to the bottom. Lin Yuqiu encountered a bottleneck in his fencing career (suppression by seniors/attacks by black fans). The two met in a dilapidated comic book house and established a special bond while fighting together against the embarrassment of life (collecting comics rent, sharing cheap food, delivering umbrellas on rainy nights) and fencing dreams (Chen Yanxia unintentionally became Lin Yuqiu's confidant/spiritual supporter)
