When he turned eighteen, transfer student Lin Yu walked into Class 22 and sat next to Zhou Yi.
He is the provincial first prize winner in the physics competition. He talks little, is cold, and seems to be distant from others. She is a "fake academic leader" who is in the top 20 in her grade. She loves to eat sweets, laugh, and seems heartless.
No one thought that this sitting would last a lifetime.
She ran 1,500 in the sports day, and he jumped over the railing to run with her, and was scolded by the physical education teacher for half the class. She had a high fever in the middle of the night, so he rushed her to the infirmary in his pajamas and stayed by the bedside all night. During the evening self-study, there was a power outage. He passed a note to her by candlelight: "No matter where I go in the exam, I will find a way to be closer to you." She replied: "What if it is far away?" He wrote: "Then I will run faster."
After the college entrance examination, he went to Beijing and she stayed in the provincial capital. A distance of more than a thousand kilometers, five hours of high-speed rail, and ten hours of train travel. But his monthly bus ticket has never been cut off.
"Eat one candy every day, and I will come back when I finish eating it." He left her the candy he had saved throughout high school. Thirty-two candies, thirty-two days. When we were done eating, he really came back.
From eighteen to twenty-eight.
From deskmates to lovers, from long distance to living together, from school uniforms to wedding dresses.
From a White Rabbit candy to a lifetime commitment.
This is the story of two academic masters, but also the story of two ordinary people.
There is no amnesia in a car accident, no misunderstandings, and no grudges between wealthy families.
There is only the truest growth, the gentlest persistence, and the clumsiest but most sincere love.
Next to his seat is always her.
In her heart, it will always be him.
