At the beginning of the first year of high school, Xia Ju met Cheng Yangyang and Chen Zhi. One is accustomed to patience and is tightly bound by family rules; one is public and enthusiastic, like a fire that never goes out; one is calm and sharp, and can always see the cracks in the details that others ignore. Three teenagers who had nothing to do with each other were drawn into a seemingly peaceful orange grove due to an unexpected approach.
In the season of orange fragrance, campus rumors, anonymous messages, and hidden past events emerge one after another. Some people want the truth to sink to the bottom of the lake, some try to trap each other with family affection and guilt, and some people, pushed by fate, decide to live for themselves for the first time.
When the secret gradually approaches, everyone must face an unavoidable choice: continue to remain silent, or tear open the lies; whether to obey the arranged life, or to break free from the shackles regardless of the cost; whether to be defined by the past, or to walk into the future with one's own hands.
The orange peel is slightly astringent, but the flesh is sweet. The same is true for teenagers, who slowly mature amidst wind and rain, misunderstanding and loss. What they are looking for is not just an answer, but a way to freedom, courage and self.
