At seventeen, Shen Du is dirt poor.
A battered guitar and an old phone become the starting point of his streaming career.
Meeting Xu Qinian is an unexpected delight, and a stroke of luck that came late.
Thanks to Xu Qinian, Shen Du's livestream finally gets its first chance to reach a wider audience.
So when Xu Qinian mentions that his band needs a lead singer, Jiang Du, fresh out of the college entrance exams, doesn't think twice. He somehow ends up forming a band with these over-the-top college students.
Xu Qinian talks tough but has a soft heart. Shen Du knows that better than anyone.
So naturally, he falls for Xu Qinian.
Even now, when people ask Shen Du what the thing he regrets least from his first twenty-three years was, he answers without hesitation:
"Starting a band with the person I loved after the college entrance exams."
"What's the thing you regret most?"
Xu Qinian holds the microphone, but only silence answers him.
What does he regret?
That a moment of softness made him the first devoted listener of that slender young man, all because he'd been curious?
That he let Shen Du slowly work his way into his life, allowing his feelings to grow unchecked as Shen Du drew closer, step by step?
That onstage, amid the band's cheers, he said yes to the young man's passionate, grand confession?
Xu Qinian slowly counts through those memories, almost too distant to recall, then suddenly smiles.
"I suppose what I regret most is agreeing to break up with him because I couldn't bear to see my lover cry."
Reader's guide:
1. Shen Du, the younger, pure-hearted puppy-like pursuer, x Xu Qinian, the sharp-tongued, tsundere receiver. One-on-one romance, happy ending.
2. Younger man romance + school band + getting back together after a breakup + livestreaming + a little showbiz.
3. Split between their youth and adulthood. Both are each other's first love, with no past relationships.
4. Mostly sweet, with only a little angst.
Theme: Work hard.
