A gender-swapped version of Sniping Butterflies.
Nie Chengyu is a privileged, highly accomplished returnee who has come back from overseas. To escape the infighting within his family, he settles temporarily in Jiangcheng. During a research trip to a remote mountain village, he meets Lin Wanxing, a poor high school student whose parents have both died and who lives with her grandmother. The eyes that speak of both longing and defiance touch a softness deep inside him, long buried beneath the rules he has lived by.
“I’ll support you through school, on one condition: you get into Tsinghua University.”
A sponsorship that begins as an act of kindness quietly blossoms into feelings that transcend age and status. Under his protection, she breaks free and takes flight. Her sincerity helps him rediscover the person he once was. From Jiangcheng to Beijing, from Tsinghua’s campus to construction sites, after six years of waiting and growing, they finally reach the day they can look at each other as equals.
“Mr. Nie, this time, it’s your turn to pursue me.”
The best kind of love helps us become better people, then lets us turn toward the sun and bloom.
