Season 1 • Episode 52
LatestZheng Wei enters university with a crush on her neighbor Lin Jing, but he leaves to study abroad. She later falls for senior Chen Xiaozheng, who also eventually leaves. Years later, through love and loss, she learns the true meaning of happiness to choose a more mature, optimistic path.
Acting
Chen Yao carries 52 episodes of emotional whiplash convincingly.
Production
Campus nostalgia so thick you can smell the cafeteria.
Creator
Yiwu Xin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Xin Yiwu's novel, this taps into China's 'post-80s' generation anxiety about sacrificed youth and delayed adulthood.
The 52-episode run was controversial—fans of the 2013 film criticized the padded pacing, but TV audiences devoured the extended suffering.
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