Zhang Nian, the city's editorial director, submitted his resignation application due to a serious illness. When he was sorting out his old belongings, a yellowed romance novel brought back memories from more than 20 years ago. She once had excellent grades, but failed the college entrance examination because she was addicted to romance novels. Feeling guilty and unwilling, she chose to repeat her studies despite the financial pressure of her family and the expectations of her parents. On the way to re-study, she faced the difficulties of academic studies, the cruelty of competition, and the misunderstanding and anxiety of her family. Only the letters from her old friend Jiang Yu brought a glimmer of light. The youthfulness hidden in the chirping of cicadas, the torment of re-reading, the bonds of family and the warmth of friends are intertwined into a past about growth, regret and perseverance, and also hide the source of her half-life passion and obsession.
