This is a story of redemption and love. Thirty-two-year-old Zhou Ling has weathered the ups and downs of starting a business and the torment of cancer, leaving his heart frozen. Then, in a small town, he meets eighteen-year-old Zhu Hanran. Even amid a difficult life, the girl still carries a glimmer of light, like warm sunshine melting his long-sealed heart.
Their meeting begins with the warmth of a bowl of noodles, grows beneath the neon lights of an amusement park, and deepens through countless days and nights spent together. Zhou Ling opens up to Zhu Hanran about his past: his failed first love, the hardship of fighting cancer, and the walls he built around himself. Zhu Hanran, too, lets down her guard. From resisting her accounting major to rediscovering her passion for civil engineering, her courage and sincerity become Zhou Ling's armor against fate.
The age gap, concerns about his health, and their families' misgivings cannot keep their hearts apart. From packing their bags and heading to City A together, to buying her new clothes and jewelry, to easing her anxiety about dorm life as the new semester approaches, Zhou Ling's promise, “You deserve to be treated well,” finally gives their drifting souls a place to call home.
This isn't a grand, sweeping romance, but the mutual redemption of two lonely souls. When Zhou Ling's calm and acceptance meet Zhu Hanran's youthful courage, and the gloom of chemotherapy encounters the rising sun of youth, they use their love to heal old wounds and slowly piece together the shape of a “home.” Storms may still lie ahead, but as long as they hold hands, they'll dare to face every hopeful tomorrow.
