My name is Lin Zhiyu. I once thought that there were only three things to do in the summer when I was seventeen years old:
Sharing headphones with Hu Tao under the camphor tree, filling up the third book of wrong questions, and... Secretly watching Jiang Yi's back shooting on the basketball court.
He is a dazzling academic who will break down unsolvable math problems into gentle steps. He will also lock his eyes firmly on me when I am not aware of it. Even the wind carries his secret concern.
But the peaceful campus life is like a cicada's wings suddenly torn apart, and the shadow of the family spreads from the darkness.
On a night where we used to only discuss the sweetness of milk tea, unintelligible business jargon began to appear;
Hutao still called me "Zhiyu" with a smile, but occasionally avoided my eyes when answering the phone;
As for Jiang Yi, he would still help me block the crowds, but the heaviness hidden deep in his eyes that I couldn't understand made me more and more panicked.
What I thought was a two-way journey seemed to be sugar-coated with conspiracy;
The friendship between best friends that I rely on seems to also hide unspoken secrets.
When the pure white of the campus is tainted by the gray of family struggle, when I, who have low self-esteem and a sensitive mind, stand at the crossroads of love, hate and conspiracy, can Jiang Yi, who always says "I'm here", still be the same as I first saw him?
And how should I keep the remaining warmth in my heart about time and him in this whirlpool?
This is a youth story that begins on campus and revolves around Lin Zhiyu and Jiang Yi.
The two became acquainted through academic competitions, and from being tacit partners who tutored each other's homework, they gradually developed an ignorant relationship, but it was overshadowed by the past business grievances between the two families...
