Xu Qingyan is a puppet trapped in a gilded cage.
She comes from a wealthy family, but her parents treat her as a tool for comparing themselves with others. She seems sunny and sociable, but deep down, her cold family has left her utterly shattered.
Jiang Ye is a wild weed growing in the muck.
Her father died early, and after her mother remarried, she abandoned her. All Jiang Ye has left is her ailing grandmother, the two of them depending on each other. Wrapped in hostility and indifference, she bears the prejudice of others and the hardships of life alone.
One rainy night, two girls lost in darkness meet by chance.
One stands up for the other when she has nowhere else to turn; the other approaches with tenderness when she is lonely.
Xu Qingyan sheds every disguise just to comfort Jiang Ye's battered heart. Jiang Ye puts away all her sharp edges and does everything she can to protect Xu Qingyan.
They are the only light in each other's bleak youth.
But the shackles of their families, society's strange looks, and the crushing weight of reality eventually tear them apart.
Years after being forced apart, the girls meet again.
Jiang Ye has let go of her hostility and grown steady and resolute; Xu Qingyan has broken free of her restraints and become brave and fearless.
This time, they will no longer fear rumors or compromise with fate.
"I don't want to borrow your light. I want to walk with you into the daylight that belongs to us."
[Cool and courageous school bully × gentle and resilient top student]
Mutual healing · bittersweet school romance · reunited after a breakup
Two wounded souls embrace in the mud and walk side by side through the darkness. In the end, they help each other find a path into the dazzling light.
Theme: This work explores the impact of one's family of origin on adolescent development and shows how two girls raised in different kinds of hardship break down barriers and heal each other. Through Xu Qingyan and Jiang Ye's journey from meeting to standing by each other's side, it conveys the uplifting message of supporting one another through darkness and bravely overcoming trauma, celebrating the pure and steadfast bond between women.
