The heroine Shen Wei is an introverted girl who lives alone in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River and has low self-esteem. She is writing while taking exams. She is ordinary and sensitive and does not dare to ask for love.
1. First encounter with Jiang Yi (passer-by)
I met Jiang Yi, who was retired from the army and preparing for the exam, at her cousin's family dinner. He was gentle and considerate. He sent her off on rainy days and accompanied her to prepare for the exam, which made her happy. But when she was trapped in a heavy rain and asked for help, Jiang Yi coldly refused - it turned out that he had disliked her from the beginning for her ordinary appearance and inability to do anything, and her gentleness was all a disguise. After a short period of heartbreak, Shen Wei silently put away her feelings, and he became the avatar that no longer beats in the address book.
2. Meeting Gu Chen (deep love)
Half a year later, Shen Wei met the aloof and distant Gu Chen in the examination class. The two had a cold war because of overturning a water glass, but they broke the ice in a heavy rain: Gu Chen took the initiative to hold an umbrella to see her off, silently helped her lecture, and protected her in every possible way. He is cold on the outside but gentle on the inside. The loneliness of his native family makes him unable to get close, but he is slowly melted by Shen Wei. The two changed from being at the same table to being lovers. They healed each other and agreed to go ashore together and stay in the south of the Yangtze River to stay together.
3. Reality hits (separation)
Both of them failed the exam and gave up the exam. Shen Wei concentrates on writing and gradually becomes famous. Gu Chen works in a restaurant to accompany her, but his stable life is crushed by gossip, North-South concepts, and family pressure. Gu Chen's parents strongly oppose it and use family ties to force each other. Relatives in his hometown despise, and neighbors in the small town criticize them, saying that they are "worthless and not doing their jobs properly." In the end, due to his mother's serious illness and family pressure, Gu Chen chose to return to the north, keep his promise to his family, and give up his love affair with Shen Wei.
4. Ending (relief)
Gu Chen left without saying goodbye and disappeared into the plum rain in the south of the Yangtze River. Shen Wei didn't get entangled, wrote all his thoughts and regrets into words, and became a slightly famous writer. Later, she married a Chinese teacher who was gentle and understood her, and lived a stable life. Jiang Yi and Gu Chen's faces are always in the address book. Occasionally, when I think of them, I only feel peaceful thoughts about them.
Purpose: Ordinary girls grow up with low self-esteem and healing, understand that true love is hard to compete with reality and the world, and finally let go of their obsessions and reconcile themselves in the tranquility of fireworks.