Class Reunion of the Class of 1999

In golden autumn 2012, the bells rang to mark Qinghe Middle School’s fiftieth anniversary. Ten years after leaving, five souls who left deep marks on the small town of their youth return at the call of the school reunion: 32-year-old Su Nian, Lin Yu, Chen Hao, Xu Wei, and Lu Yang. Su Nian, a composed civil servant with the education bureau, hides an unknown softness behind her black-rimmed glasses; Lin Yu, a gentle and refined professor at a top-tier university, conceals an unspoken determination beneath his perfect exterior; Chen Hao, a slick and shrewd manager at a tile company, is loyal to those he loves and can’t hide his nostalgia; Xu Wei, a bright and lively theater actress, hides a spirited chatterbox beneath her aloof facade; Lu Yang, a sunny and practical foreign-trade translator, has kept his pure heart through the years. Returning to a campus renewed in appearance but full of old shadows, they are swept away by memories of 1999 to 2002, those youthful years woven with sweat, laughter, secret crushes, and family pain. Confessions left unspoken and misunderstandings left unresolved begin to stir in the delicate air of their reunion. Faced with the realities and uncertainties of their thirties, can they find the courage, in the light of the past, to write a new chapter for the unfinished business of their youth? A nostalgic feast of growing pains, gifts from the passage of time, and the possibilities of love begins here.