(Ensemble cast, no System, one female lead, no transmigration, very realistic, not a fairy tale, and an extremely slow-paced story)
Fate has always been cruel, yet once, it chose to be kind to us.
Song Yi lost her right arm in a car accident. Trapped every day beneath the strange looks of those around her, she grew insecure and sensitive, huddling in a dark corner, afraid to face the world;
Li Lang was trapped in the cage of a warped Chinese education system. His mother's oppressive love and the endless mental exhaustion slowly crushed the spirit of his youth. Depression consumed him, and he struggled desperately in a suffocating life;
Yue Huanyu was born into a life of regret. Her mother was forced into marriage and left her behind, while her gambling-addicted father callously abandoned her as well;
Ding Liren lost his parents when he was little and had to live under someone else's roof. Life was already hard, and then, in his second year of high school, a diagnosis of late-stage stomach cancer started the countdown on his brief life.
Four high school students, battered and abandoned by fate, each carried wounds and sorrows no one knew about, struggling alone through dark and oppressive adolescence.
They had seen the world's cruelest malice and endured every kind of loneliness and despair, believing that nothing but endless gloom lay ahead.
But fate brought them together in the wasteland of their youth...
Though fate was cruel, they were fortunate to meet amid the sea of humanity. They became one another's glimmers of light, fighting together against an unjust fate until they accompanied Ding Liren through the final stretch of his life...
"Do you know why I like drinking Jasmine-brand beverages?"
"I do..."
"I send you jasmine, hoping you won't leave. I only wish you won't have to suffer like this in your next life..."
