Nineteen-year-old Jiang Cimu walked into the campus of Hangzhou University with the bookish air of a small town in northern Jiangsu, like a quiet aquatic plant transplanted to the bank of the West Lake. His height of 183cm is wrapped in a white shirt, and his dark brown eyes are always lowered, only raised when he is practicing calligraphy in the library - that is his way of keeping distance from the world. As a freshman majoring in Chinese language and literature, his life was so simple that he only had classrooms, libraries and grass to feed cats, until he met Shen Tingbai on a clear autumn afternoon.
Twenty-one-year-old Shen Tingbai is a legend in the Finance Department of Hangzhou University. He is 189 centimeters tall and wears a neat black sportswear. His transcript is as dazzling as his basketball record. This boy born and raised in Hangzhou carries the vitality of Qiantang tide. He is a regular on the insurance research list and the darling of fashion magazine street photography. However, when he is tying his shoelaces, he will find Jiang Cimu squatting by the grass to feed the cat. Then he squats down and feeds the cat with the cap of his own mineral water bottle.
"Your calligraphy is like a stream under the moonlight." Shen Tingbai commented on Jiang Cimu's small regular script when they first met in the library.
"Does the senior want to read this book too?" When they met accidentally among the bookshelves, Jiang Cimu gave the other person the out-of-print book.
This encounter began with the light and shadow cast by the window of the library, with the overlapping figures on the playground, with a bottle of mineral water and an orange cat. Two completely different souls slowly get closer in the fragrance of osmanthus in Hangzhou - one is an introverted and sensitive Su-style literati who uses pen and ink to construct the order of the spiritual world; the other is a cheerful and pragmatic Zhejiang-style student who can navigate the real world with ease.
They talked about Gu Sui and Su Shi, shared the authentic Huaiyang cuisine window in the cafeteria, and went to drink sea salt cheese latte together after the poetry club activities. There is no deliberate pursuit, only natural encounters again and again; no vigorous vows, only a tacit understanding that gradually accumulates.
When the postgraduate notice meets an invitation to study abroad, when the gardenias in their hometown meet the osmanthus in the West Lake, the two teenagers gradually find something more precious than love in the four seasons of Hangzhou - the person who makes each other a better version of themselves.
Purpose: In the collision of cultural differences and personalities, explore how contemporary young people can break down inner barriers through sincere mutual understanding, and complete the growth and transformation from self-imprisonment to two-way travel.