[A Little Reunion] Together, Year After Year

In Beijing, three families preparing their children for the college entrance exams are facing not only the pressure of getting into university, but also challenges in their relationships with their children.

The Fang family has a pair of twins, Fang Yifan and Tong Nian.

When the twins were born, Fang Yuan and Tong Wenjie were both at the height of their careers. With work keeping them too busy to care for two children, they moved with the twins to Haidian to live with the grandparents, relying on them for help with childcare.

The siblings are worlds apart in both temperament and health. Tong Nian was frail from birth, while Fang Yifan is energetic, restless, and noisy. The grandparents struggle to care for their sickly granddaughter while also trying to rein in their mischievous grandson, and can hardly manage both.

The couple had planned to bring both children back to their home in Chaoyang, but one practical obstacle after another stood in their way.

Once Tong Nian has fully recovered, she officially returns to the family home in Chaoyang to prepare for her final year of high school. Years spent living apart have left her feeling awkwardly distant from her parents.

Tong Wenjie feels guilty toward her daughter, too. Faced with Fang Tongnian’s sudden return and their unfamiliarity with each other, she is at a loss. At the same time, she is constantly anxious about Fang Yifan’s grades. He is right there at home, loves his freedom, and feels no pressure to get into university, leading to one conflict after another between mother and son. Fang Yuan can only keep stepping in to mediate.

The single mother Song Qian resents her ex-husband’s involvement in her life and keeps her daughter Qiao Yingzi under strict control, quietly giving rise to countless misunderstandings.

Ji Shengli and Liu Jing, who have spent years away for work, suddenly return to be with their son. Ji Yangyang, who grew up with his uncle, struggles to adjust, and tension fills every interaction between father and son.

Parents new to raising children and teenagers on the verge of adulthood are bound tightly together by love, yet their inability to find the right boundaries for that love leads to countless misunderstandings. As they face the many trials of senior year, they all slowly grow through understanding and acceptance.