The Kapok Tree Welcomes Spring Again

In an old alley in Yuexiu in 2009, kapok blossoms are in full bloom. Seventeen-year-old Li Mian is picking fallen flowers when she runs into Chen Yan, riding a battered bicycle. She and her grandmother depend on each other and live hand to mouth. He has come from Hong Kong, with a broken family and a cool, proud demeanor. A bowl of kapok and dampness-clearing soup, a notebook full of annotations, and sharing an umbrella in a downpour: feelings between the two teenagers quietly take root. On the eve of the college entrance exam, Chen Yan vows to study law and reclaim everything he has lost, asking her to wait for him.

Fate takes a sudden turn. In the winter of their sophomore year, her grandmother falls gravely ill and urgently needs 300,000 yuan for surgery in Hong Kong. With nowhere else to turn, Chen Yan's father, Chen Chao, makes an offer: he will pay for the treatment if Li Mian leaves Chen Yan. Outside the ICU, Li Mian agrees through gritted teeth, deliberately pretending to be a materialistic gold digger as she cruelly breaks things off with him. Chen Yan heads to Hong Kong carrying his bitterness, while Li Mian keeps the secret to herself for ten years, quietly repaying the money and often looking after Grandpa Chen, who still thinks of her.

Ten years later, Chen Yan accidentally uncovers the truth and learns what really happened. A merger negotiation brings Li Mian, now an international trade business owner, together again with Chen Yan, a partner at a top Hong Kong law firm. He faces her with a cold, confrontational front, but secretly does everything he can to protect her, beginning his quest to win her back. Programmer Zhou Shaowu, who has silently watched over her for ten years, sees where her heart lies and gracefully steps aside.

The kapok bears witness: blossoms bring them together, and falling petals part them. In the winter of 2019, an old kapok tree blooms against all odds. After ten years of wind and frost, their youthful love remains unchanged.