Lin Yan kept his feelings buried for all of senior year. Then Jiang Yubai noticed the secret he had never shared with anyone.
To everyone else, they were just ordinary classmates. They exchanged polite greetings when they met and instinctively looked away whenever their eyes met. The seawall after evening study, the quiet old streets on weekends, and the bus shelter on rainy nights held moments alone that belonged only to them.
Fingertips brushing by accident beneath the desk, quiet moments spent together at dusk, and towering stacks of exam papers all held a tenderness and devotion meant only for the two of them.
The countdown to the college entrance exam kept ticking down. Their youthful feelings surged, tempered by cautious restraint. Avoiding other people’s eyes, they kept each other company and supported one another through the intense preparations, steadily moving toward their shared goal.
Rumors began to spread, while the pressure of exam preparations and their overwhelming emotions came crashing down on them. The two boys held fast to the feelings they had found in their youth and walked side by side through this precious chapter of their lives.
Theme: Two boys in their final year of high school meet and come to understand each other amid the pressure of intense exam preparations. Through rumors and exhaustion, they learn to support and understand one another, face the confusion of youth together, and move toward the college entrance exam and the future. A story of the pure, precious bond and growth unique to adolescence.
