That summer, the scent of Angelica dahurica and roses quietly intertwined with the chirping of cicadas.
Qin Tingyu from Class 3, Grade 2, lived a regular and peaceful campus life - until Shi Zhenxing became his back desk. This transfer student with eyes as light as amber, carrying the cool scent of roses, opened up Qin Tingyu's world with an almost arrogant sense of alienation.
At first, it was just the moment when their eyes met accidentally, it was the strange smell coming from the English class, and it was the amazing talent displayed before the math problem. Qin Tingyu hated Shi Zhenxing's natural coldness and arrogance, but he couldn't help but be attracted by the loneliness deep in those transparent eyes.
The turning point happened one evening. When Qin Tingyu was blocked at the entrance of the alley, Shi Zhenxing's figure came against the light, and the scent of roses mixed with the summer evening wind, bringing with it the temperature for the first time.
From that day on, the orbits of the two stars began to drift quietly. The light and shadow side by side in the library in the afternoon, the fingertips that occasionally touch each other during tutoring, the sound of rain heard from the same pair of headphones on the rooftop - these small moments take root and sprout in youth, and grow into thoughts that no one dares to reveal.
Until one summer evening, Shi Zhenxing held Qin Tingyu's wrist and pulled him into a glass flower room full of roses. The light and shadow flowed in the light eyes, and he said: "Qin Tingyu, I like you. It's not a spur of the moment, it's been planned for a long time."
This is a story about how gentleness and coldness melt the boundaries between each other. It is a journey of two talented teenagers to find their belonging in the light years of summer. From the front and back desks in the classroom to the small home where they settled in Changsha, from ignorance in youth to determination for the rest of their lives - when Bai Zhi meets the rose, when the person listening to the rain waits for the star that belongs to him.
Purpose: Cherish campus life
