This book is a realistic campus urban novel with youth growth as the background and group portrait narrative as the skeleton. The book has 138 chapters in total, spanning the five life stages of high school, college, epidemic, entrepreneurship and wedding. It tells the story of a group of teenagers from the recklessness of seventeen to the maturity of twenty-four, from school uniforms to wedding dresses.
The story begins with an unexpected collision in the corridor of the senior year of Duyang No. 1 Middle School - Jiang Shuo bumps into Bai Yue. The seemingly bloody plot breaks into a love that spans six years. From the counterattack in preparation for the exam to the agreement in the same city, from the silver ring under the plum blossom tree to the trembling veil lifted at the wedding, their relationship is the warmest theme in the book, unhurried and unhurried. Surrounding this main line are vivid and complete portraits of characters: the love between the mathematics genius Gu Feng and Shen Qingyue is the most heart-wrenching chapter in the whole story. He used his life to fulfill his promise of "see you in the next life", and she used " Live well until I grow old and see you again" as an answer; Li Changsi and Su Qi confirmed each other through misses and reunions, and she blocked all breakup proposals with "It's only two years, I'm waiting for you"; Sun Yifan deduced his feelings rationally and finally confessed. Chen Yingcheng reunited with his childhood playmate Pum in the old street and became the first person in the dormitory to get married; Bai Du took over the torch of studying medicine from Xia Jiao's death and carved her name into every intersection of his life; Cheng Yu put the unsuccessful relationship together Love turned into the decisiveness to join a start-up company, and they completed the most honorable farewell with ultimate professionalism; Zhao Lei and Shen Tingyu formed the "Frustrated Alliance" in each other's frustration, and Fu Sen learned to regain his sincerity through Wang Xinyao's persistence.
The book uses realistic writing to record the mark of the times - the makeshift hospitals and city lockdowns during the epidemic, the closure of milk tea shops and the difficulties of starting a business, the code and youth in the ACM arena - and at the same time, "Jiang Youmin saves Bai Lide" is a thread of kindness that spans two generations, so that love and friendship are always rooted in the soil of the family.
The final three chapters conclude with a wedding that combines Chinese and Western styles. All the characters appear on stage and all emotional clues are responded to. Youth ends at the moment when "the groom can kiss the bride", and a new story has just begun.
Intention: The answer to youth lies not in the destination, but in the companions