The novel mainly tells the story of the cross-border love affair between Xia Yun, a Chinese-Korean mixed-race girl, and Gao Beiming, a Russian student studying abroad. Xia Yun was excellent since he was a child, but he was a little proud and complacent, so he gave up the Central Academy of Fine Arts and wanted to be admitted to the Repin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia. Bei Ming gave up the Repin Academy of Fine Arts and came to study in China because of his love for Chinese culture.
The two went from misunderstanding when they first met to mutual appreciation, from admirers and jealousies to each other's good friends. They experienced cultural collision and growth, and finally expressed their feelings on the banks of the Volga River. However...
Until the two met again later... This period was interspersed with artistic pursuit, language learning and youthful excitement, showing the pure emotion of half teacher, half friend and half confidant.
Intention: Half teacher, half friend, half confidant, half admirer, half respecter, half enamored, not only friendship, but also love.