Early autumn quietly arrives at Lanzhou Academy, and a portrait of seventeen-year-olds unfolds.
The autumn breeze sweeps across Lanzhou Academy, bringing a touch of early autumn chill and heralding the start of a new semester.
At the end of the tree-lined avenue, several magnificent buildings lie spread across the vast grounds like an enormous matrix. Expanses of cool gray stone interweave with floor-to-ceiling glass. From here, the complex seems endless, stretching all the way to the horizon.
Even the wealthy students, accustomed to grand sights, cannot help slowing their steps before this immense campus, quietly weighing the unfathomable depth of the institution.
Theme: Through the stories of a group of high school students, this novel depicts the budding romances of adolescence and the complex, unspoken, hard-to-classify bonds between young people. Interweaving family backgrounds and the entanglements of their parents, it shows how one's upbringing shapes the heart, portrays young people caught up in their worries and obsessions, and reveals the struggles and tensions hidden beneath the warmth of youth.
