Healing the Time Difference

The year of the high school entrance exam, Jiang Sheng placed third in the province and strode into Class A at Jincheng No. 2 High School, full of confidence. But in the second semester of his first year, a sudden upheaval at home tore his world apart. His mother, Jiang Yu, suffered a mental breakdown because of the harassment and custody battle waged by his biological father, Wu Yuan. Once the darling of the heavens, Jiang Sheng's grades plummeted, and he eventually fell into Class 20, regarded as a place of exile.

Gloomy, withdrawn, and keeping everyone at arm's length: these became Jiang Sheng's new labels. The wound at his temple was a medal from his fight against the world, and a reminder of the disheveled state he never wanted anyone to see. Then, one evening, he sat alone beneath the old parasol tree behind the teaching building. Dappled sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell on his bleeding wound. A figure stepped into the stillness of his solitude.

"Why is it you again? Who are you, anyway? What do you want from me?" Jiang Sheng asked, wary and cold.

Gu He, the provincial runner-up who had outranked him in the high school entrance exam, still had a smile as bright as the sun. He sat down beside Jiang Sheng and opened a handkerchief without asking. "I'm Gu He from Class A, Grade 10. Gu as in 'look after,' He as in 'celebrate'! Don't move. If you don't treat that wound, it could get infected, and then you'll be in trouble."

The wind stirred the parasol tree, and its leaves rustled. Time seemed to slow. Gu He was a light that refused to be reasonable, forcing its way into Jiang Sheng's frozen world. Cheerful and warm, with the glow of a top student from Class A, he stubbornly appeared again and again in the sights of Class 20's school bully, Jiang Sheng. Whether it was greeting him beneath the parasol tree or showing him casual concern, Gu He kept coming back. He didn't understand the heavy shackles Jiang Sheng bore, but with the purest goodwill, he tried to smooth the gloom from his brow.

The upheaval of losing someone dear had plunged Jiang Sheng's world into an endless night. But Gu He's arrival set the wheels of time turning again. He taught Jiang Sheng that even at rock bottom, he could still look up at the stars, and that even covered in scars, he deserved to be treated gently.

"With you here, my world will flourish through every season."

"I'll always be by your side."

The pairing: Jiang Sheng, a cool and gloomy fallen top student, a school bully on the outside and broken within, as the bottom; Gu He, a sunny and cheerful top student and healing angel, as the top.

This is a story of falling and redemption. Watch as two boys who once stood mere fractions apart on the grade rankings meet at a crossroads of fate. Through staying by each other's side, they heal old wounds and make up for the "time difference" caused by family upheaval. Their story begins beneath the shade of an old parasol tree, and in every spring, summer, autumn, and winter to come, they will flourish and thrive without end.

Theme: Help each other and stay away from broken families