Su Zhixia, a student in the senior-year honors class, is tightly bound by her grades and her mother's expectations. Her tense life leaves no room for the slightest misstep.
After she does poorly on a monthly exam, she is paired with Lu Yan, a seemingly aloof boy in her class, to study together.
Wariness, arguments, rumors, and pressure from their families come one after another.
They are not each other's refuge from the storm, but companions standing side by side as they face their hardships.
Amid stacks of exam papers and the bright glow of late-night lamps, the two search together for their own answers to the joint entrance exams, and for a way to break free of their chains.
