The two male protagonists of the Academy of Fine Arts collided in midsummer, breaking not only the plaster but also the ignorant boundaries of young people's thoughts. The passionate conflict between one who insists on oil painting, and the gentleness and peace of wood carving, the two confirmed their hearts in the sweetness of orange soda in the evening breeze on the rooftop, and agreed to attend the graduation exhibition together with the theme of "Light and Shadow". However, family pressure, differences in future plans, and the catalyst of misunderstandings from others, turned the youthful high-spiritedness into a farewell with broken plaster on the floor - Lu Xun went to the northwest with his drawing board on his back, and precipitated the vastness of the "Crossing the River" series in the wind and sand; Shen Yan stayed at the old house in the south of the Yangtze River, polishing the peace of the years among the wood chips.
Many years later, they reunited at the art exhibition. Time has smoothed the edges, and the two have warm companionship around them: the transparent freelance photographer Chen Yu accompanies Lu Xun to see the northwest starry sky, and the gentle dessert shop owner Wen Ruan uses the sweet smell of egg tarts to dispel the desertedness of the wood carving workshop. They picked up the pieces of the past and solved their misunderstandings, only to understand that crossing the river was not to look back, but to make peace with the obsessions of their youth. From the art studio of the Academy of Fine Arts to the grassland Gobi, from the alleys of Jiangnan to the art exhibition site, the collision of wood carvings and oil paintings has never stopped. There is the youthful romance like orange soda, the delicate warmth of the rainy night studio, and the deep pull of realistic choices. In the end, in the warmth of the four people traveling together, this youthful regret blossoms into the flower of perfection when each returns home.
Purpose: It tells the story of young lovers who got separated in the collision of art and reality, and finally met a gentle new fate. It interprets the love concept of "a broken mirror cannot be reunited, and relief is also complete", and conveys a gentle reconciliation of life and emotions.