In the humid summer in Lianyungang, 16-year-old Shen Yanshu met Gu Yi, who had transferred from Italy. The two fathers were business partners and childhood friends. Gu Yi naturally moved into Shen Yanshu's home and coincidentally became his high school classmate.
They shared a bus ride in the early morning and shared a pair of headphones late at night. Gu Yi taught Shen Yanshu how to play baseball, and Shen Yanshu taught him to speak the Lianyungang dialect. That kind of sticky dependence soaked through every day like sea fog, but the young man regarded his pounding heart as "just getting used to his existence."
The end of the college entrance examination was a turning point in their lives and the beginning of their emotional setbacks. Gu Yi's mother noticed something was wrong early. She always opposed her son getting too close to the Shen family, and forcefully broke them up by threatening to cut off their financial resources and send Gu Yi back to Italy.
On the day of farewell, there was a heavy rain in Lianyungang. Shen Yanshu rubbed the half-written confession letter into his desk. The tears on the love letter became the unbearable emotions of his youth.
Three years later, they saw each other at the New Year's Eve party of their junior year. Gu Yi stood at the edge of the crowd, holding up a half glass of champagne, raising his chin towards him, and mouthing the words "I'm back." After the reunion, there were misunderstandings from suitors and pressure from elders, but this time Shen Yanshu reached out his hand first, and there was a crumpled note written on it. After you left, it never rained like that in Lianyungang.
Intent: The heartbeat and mutual redemption of adolescence.