The stirrings of adolescence collided with the great era of the college entrance exams. Gu Hai began making friends and taking on disciples. Desire was awakened by a handwritten manuscript, and a hazy yearning settled on someone he could never depend on. It was an age when intelligence could set you apart. As long as you were smart enough, worked hard enough, and had the courage, society offered you plenty of room to rise. Gu Hai threw himself into his studies amid disappointment, confusion, and loneliness. At a crucial moment, he climbed aboard a train to take the college entrance exam, and ultimately set foot on an upward path in life. His childhood sweetheart, Yun, took another road, while Li, with her lofty ambitions, would also fly far away. Friends drift apart, brothers part ways. Life has always been a task we must complete alone, with no immortal or emperor to rely on. Let each of us look back on our own youthful dreams and ask: how many of them came true...
