Seventeen-Year-Old Bells and Cicada Chirping

Outside the window of Class 22, there is the dry and cold wind of March in the north and the bare poplar trees; inside the window, there are piles of test papers and endless exercises. Gong Shuyu is used to isolating himself from the hustle and bustle, using physical formulas and English words to build a quiet barrier. Until the girl Xie Yi, who always kept to herself, moved to the seat behind him. There is no dramatic plot, only the most real daily life in high school: the 100-meter sprint to grab food during class, the brief intersection over a piece of rubber during evening self-study, the spitting of the math teacher "Fox Xiaofang" on the podium, and the silent side by side of two taciturn teenagers in the problem-solving tactics. In this somewhat dull spring of preparing for exams, they were each other's deskmates and witnesses to each other. This is a record of youth about northern high schools, about boring exam questions, and about finding glimmers of light in the ordinary.