Cen Qingchi, from a small mountain village in the south, gets into the best medical school in Yang City through his own hard work. He should have had a bright future, but a family upheaval leaves him with a heavy burden. Still, no hardship ever breaks him, and he faces life with earnestness and optimism. During a tutoring job, twenty-year-old Cen Qingchi meets twenty-four-year-old Shen Qi and can’t take his eyes off him. They both develop feelings for each other.
They think their sweet life can go on, unaware that people from different social classes face entirely different hardships. Some people grow up in the mud, while others have never even touched it. After three years apart, one of them leaves to pursue higher studies. Despite all the torment in his heart, Cen Qingchi completes his postdoctoral research, while Shen Qi drifts through the most painful month of his life. A bond between them gives him the strength to pull himself together.
When twenty-eight-year-old Cen Qingchi sees thirty-two-year-old Shen Qi again, he still can’t help drawing close. In love, insecurity makes him think,
Zhong, "But as someone who can stably control his emotions and facial expressions," isn't this sentence a bit sick?