Transfer student Xia Ling came to the new class with a bit of cowardice and stubbornness. Her family background was ordinary and even a little poor, but she had the tenacity not to admit defeat. Ruan Xiaoman, who was in the same class, seemed carefree, but was actually attentive and sensitive. She noticed Xia Ling's embarrassment hidden under the silence - her white-washed school uniform, her constant chewing of dry bread, and her pursed lips when being commented upon by her classmates.
The intersection between the two began with a misdelivered note, from being cautious at first to gradually opening up. Ruan Xiaoman would "inadvertently" bring an extra breakfast and put it on Xia Ling's table, and Xia Ling would quietly help Ruan Xiaoman, who was often distracted, complete her class notes. Under the plane trees on campus, beside the noisy playground, and in the quiet study room, their clumsy and sincere interactions are hidden: it was Ruan Xiaoman who stood up to defend Xia Ling when she was laughed at, it was Xia Ling who handed Ruan Xiaoman a small note of encouragement when she failed in the exam, and it is the story of two girls who used warmth to dispel their uneasiness in their youthful days and grew up together with each other.
There are no earth-shattering plots in the story, but it is full of the delicacy and purity unique to adolescence. It records the thoughts hidden in the gaps in textbooks, encounters in the corridors, smiles in the sun, and the process of two souls gradually becoming brighter under the reflection of each other.
Intention: Even if we are in the mud, we can keep each other warm with the faint light - the clumsy guardianship of youth is more touching than victory or defeat.
