Late at night in 2034, 30-year-old senior manager Su Zhao lit a birthday candle symbolizing his 40th birthday in the hotel. In the mist of whiskey and cigarettes, there were hidden feelings that spanned ten years. From the first encounter as a teacher and student, to the two-way rush to the Erhai Lake, how did those throbs hidden in walks, chats, and birthday surprises break into butterflies in the storm of secularism and public opinion? When forbidden love is exposed and ideals and reality collide fiercely, what heartbreaking ending will the two souls lead to? A heartbeat that started on campus, but it takes the rest of life to repay the longing. Their story is the regret of not being able to love, and it is the eternity engraved in time.
Intention: The helplessness and redemption of the soul under secular discipline, the loneliness and perseverance of the idealist