Nanjing and Shanghai, Day and Night

In the autumn of 2016, at Nanjing University, two people whose names were destined to meet met. Lin Chao, a science student who loves painting, has an artistic dream in his heart, but is trapped in realistic expectations. Lin Mu, a gentle girl who wears her grandmother's old watch, has a dream of opening a bookstore, but she always says it is "unrealistic." From the acquaintance in a boring lecture, to the company of ginkgo leaves, maple leaves, and umbrellas in the rain; from the jokes of "Teacher Lin" and "Classmate Lin" to the words "should we try" on the bridge on Christmas Eve - it took them three years to fall in love from the first time they met. Then, four years came when reality hit us. She went to Shanghai's financial circle to pursue stability, while he stuck to his love at a Nanjing design company. The one-and-a-half-hour high-speed train journey has become the sweetest and most tiring distance. In the video, there are dinners that announce good news but not bad news, a cup of hot water that cannot be handed to your hands when you are sick, important moments missed while busy... Love has become concrete and heavy in the triviality, pressure and more than a thousand days of separation. They argue, they tire, they almost let go of each other's hands in the cracks of reality. But there are always some things that cannot be erased: It was the growth diary he hand-drawn for her, and the silly kitten she made out of clay for him; It's the old book with "Afang"'s name written on it, and the heirloom watch that always runs three minutes faster but is reluctant to change; It's the courage of "How will you know if you don't try"? It's the promise of "morning and twilight" that was written from the first meeting. This is a story without time travel, no president, and no miracles. It tells the story of two most ordinary young people, how they choose at the fork in the road of youth and how they stand firm in the wave of society.