September, and the summer heat still lingers. On her first day at university, Gu Pan, a freshman in the design department, catches sight of a cool, moonlike figure wrapped in black stockings in the art studio: Lu Qingxian, an upperclasswoman in the oil painting department and the campus's famous "goddess of chastity," whom no one has gotten within three meters of in four years.
Gu Pan is determined to break through.
When Lu Qingxian refuses to give her her contact details, Gu Pan corners her. When she dodges her, Gu Pan chases after her. When she tells Gu Pan, "Your sincerity isn't worth much," Gu Pan is all the more determined to prove that there's a fire in this world that can burn through even an iceberg.
From gazes exchanged in the art studio to sharing a black umbrella in the rain; from a cinnabar-red line drawn with a paintbrush along a collarbone to a flustered, burning first kiss beneath the streetlights, their teasing tension, seductive chemistry, and sensual flirtation build inch by inch.
But Lu Qingxian's coldness is only a thin layer of ice. Beneath it lie the old wounds left by her first love's betrayal and the restraint her domineering father forced upon her. The more she runs, the more Gu Pan pursues her. The more she pushes Gu Pan away, the closer Gu Pan gets.
After a love that passes through a misunderstanding, separation, and a reunion on a snowy night, they finally proclaim their love publicly at an art exhibition and unite poetically beneath the moonlight. The story ends on a sweet note.
Theme: Coldness is a shell, and love is fire. True courage means daring to pursue an iceberg, and daring to stand against the whole world for someone. Love knows no gender and deserves to be acknowledged, protected, and celebrated.
