On his first day after transferring schools, Lin Yu catches the eye of Lu Zhi, the most cocky heartthrob on campus. One desk, a two-point difference, and a 0.5-point war set all of senior year ablaze. Holding hands during a blackout, a one-on-one basketball match, a standard hotel room, a confession beneath the first snow... They study side by side and secretly fall for each other. The brash, rebellious Lu Zhi slips strawberry milk into Lin Yu's desk, while the cool and quiet Lin Yu carves a confession into a mint. Then, on the night the college entrance exam results come out, Lu Zhi corners him against a wall, his ears bright red. "I think I've turned gay. You're responsible." Lin Yu looks up. "I've always been straight, but I'll make an exception for you." Mutual pining, tooth-achingly sweet, from campus to Tsinghua University. Nothing but sweetness, no angst.
Theme: True belonging isn't about finding a perfect vessel to hold you. It's about finding someone willing to mend and wear down alongside you, until "I" and "you" gradually become "us": new stars grow in the cracks, and in each other's missing pieces, we each find our own fulfillment.
Wrong sexual orientation? Aren't these two men?