At fifteen, Tang Miao arrives in Shenzhen with her grandmother’s keepsakes to visit the aunt who left home seven years ago. She had planned to see her last remaining relative and then leave this deeply disappointing world, but the “little sun” named Peng Huihui barges into her closed-off life. When Tang Miao, a melancholic girl with a classical air, meets Rong Shiqing, a sharp-tongued playboy from a wealthy third-generation family; when the upright, kindhearted little sun Peng Huihui encounters You Shuai, a quiet, mixed-race top student; when the fastidious little princess Yu Jiao and her devoted, fatherly childhood friend Yin Ming crash into the picture; and when the “men of few words,” Pei Muyun and Shen Liangye, join them, eight wounded teenagers begin a slow, steady process of healing one another in Class 268’s study group. Amid faint guitar chords and distant singing, an iceberg melts in the warmth of everyday life; the awkward stirrings of adults and the secret wars of teenagers unfold side by side. Only when the depressed girl becomes a fighter does she realize that kindness, too, needs an edge. Growing up does not mean being completely healed, but continuing to love while carrying your scars. As eight souls intertwine beneath Shenzhen’s neon lights and starlight, they finally understand: home is simply where someone leaves a light on for you, and where there is someone worth becoming a light for.
I feel pretty good after reading the beginning and introduction. I'll comment on the rest after reading it.