At Daystar High School, the top prestigious school in Jiangcheng, everyone is crawling under the rules of scores and honors, fighting for the only quota to be recommended to Qingbei. The cold girl Shen Qingci is like a mint on the rooftop, keeping quiet amidst everyone's tension: she got full marks but folded the test paper into a paper airplane and let it fly; she won a million-dollar special scholarship but folded it into a paper boat and put it in the fountain. She refused all competitions and social interactions and only took good care of the dying mint. Her special behavior shattered the illusion of competition carefully maintained by the whole school, and also dragged the two top teenagers into a conflict between themselves and the rules.
Jiang Ye, a school boy with a flamboyant personality, is the top favorite for a recommendation spot. He initially believed that Shen Qingci was just pretending to attract attention, but he was moved by her transparency in repeated confrontations and began to doubt whether everything he fought for with all his strength was real. The introverted and calm academic Xie Heng has long been tired of the overly competitive atmosphere. Shen Qingci's appearance is like a light, illuminating his heart's desire for freedom, but it also puts him in a dilemma of whether to protect his future or pursue his true heart.
The school's senior officials threaten Shen Qingci with expulsion from school and give up her qualifications for admission. Rumors smear her as an opportunistic liar. The countdown is approaching day by day. The two male protagonists must make a choice: stand on the side of the rules and win the glory that is easily available, or betray the existing order and protect Shen Qingci's freedom? In this war against the utilitarian rules of the entire school, the three of them have to pay the price of tearing apart their old selves and reshaping their lives. Whether Shen Qingci can finally keep the mint garden in his heart has become a test of everyone's belief in freedom.
