Rust Rose

In the rusty industrial wasteland of Ningchuan, two teenagers were sinking in the quagmire of life. Lu Ran, a top student in the third year of high school in Ningchuan No. 7 Middle School, looks as cold as steel. His father passed away due to a work-related injury, and his mother moved away. He took care of his grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease alone, relying on scholarships and secretly working to survive. He has only one plan in life: to exchange his college entrance examination scores for a one-way ticket away from Ningchuan. Chen Jin, a student majoring in auto repair at Ningchuan Vocational School, is covered in engine oil and anger. His father was in prison and his mother was missing. He grew up struggling in his uncle's car repair shop. He used his fists more than words, but he secretly drew mechanical design drawings late at night. They met at dusk in an abandoned steel factory - Lu Ran was hiding from his creditors, and Chen Jin was "hunting for treasure" in the ruins. One was carrying a heavy bag of books, and the other was carrying a bag of scrap iron. Under the rusty cooling tower, the border between the two worlds suddenly collapsed. "Do good students come to a place like this?" "Passing by." "Sure, passing by. Be careful not to step on my 'treasure'." Since then, a collision that began with vigilance and misunderstanding slowly unfolded among rust, engine oil and old test papers. Lu Ran taught Chen Jin: The formula can not only solve problems, but also calculate the shortest distance between dreams and reality. Chen Jin taught Lu Ran: A wrench can not only tighten screws, but also pry open the cage of self-imprisonment. They confronted each other and screamed in the steel factory in the heavy rain, shared a bowl of instant noodles in the car repair shop in the early morning, and cuddled in the corridor of the hospital waiting for dawn. They join forces to fight rumors and violence, fight back in provincial competitions, and face the bulldozers of their crumbling communities. But when the recommended quota is threatened, when the car repair shop is on the verge of bankruptcy, when the relationship between the two becomes the talk of the streets—— "Lu Ran, please go, you don't belong here." "Chen Jin, I spent eighteen years trying to escape from Ningchuan. But now I find that the place with you is where I belong." This is a love that grows in the ruins of steel. They are two scarred souls, using the clumsiest way to become the light in each other's lives. "Will Ningchuan be reborn?" "Don't know. But we will." Intention: what the heart wants