Chen Xi is a girl who was admitted to a university in Beijing from a small county town. She had excellent grades and dreamed of becoming a lawyer. However, she missed out on her ideal school by one point during the college entrance examination and was transferred to a major she didn't like.
In 2009, Chen Xi, who was still in the third grade of junior high school, saw Lin Wan dancing at the New Year's Day party, and began a five-year secret love. She used the disguise of a classmate to chat with Lin Wan, silently paying attention to everything about her, and dreamed of going to the same city as her after the college entrance examination. However, after the college entrance examination, Lin Wan went to Wuhan and Chen Xi went to Beijing. During her freshman year, Chen Xi plucked up the courage to confess her love, but Lin Wan called her "disturbing" and the two lost contact.
In the fall of 2012, the university started. Chen Xi met Wang Yue, a gentle and sweet Beijing girl in the new environment. They go to class together, ride bikes together, and play together, and they gradually develop a love for each other as they get along day after day. However, neither girl dared to take that step. After a few months of ambiguity, Wang Yue accepted the pursuit of others. Chen Xi was heartbroken when she saw that scene.
When they graduated from college, the two met again. This time, they finally mustered up the courage to hold each other's hands. In the next eight years, they experienced distance, quarrels, reconciliation, work, and life together, and finally separated in the spring of 2024.
In 2025, Chen Xi decided to leave Beijing and return to his hometown and provincial capital to develop. Before leaving, she came to Hongluo Temple for the last time, the place where they had been together. Nine years of memories came flooding back, and she finally understood: some feelings are destined to become only memories.
Purpose: About love and growth, learning to let go and start over