Chen Yu's studio needs an assistant, and Lin Xiaotang needs an internship. A “debt” over a cup of milk tea turns into a “master-and-apprentice contract.”
She follows him through the streets and alleys, recording the old neighborhood's morning light and evening shadows. He teaches her how to turn the warm scenes in her sketchbook into designs that make the community a better place. Together, they design mailboxes that don't require elderly residents living alone to bend down, paint story-filled walls for children, and plan events beneath the cherry trees that bring the whole neighborhood together.
Their feelings quietly blossom through conversations about “putting a lamp here” and “planting some flowers over there.” There's no forceful confession from a domineering CEO, only him quietly remembering everything she likes, and her leaving him a warm lunch when he works late.
