Summary
Rao Xiangxiang arrives at an elite school determined to study her way out of poverty. Her new deskmate is Cheng Ke—the spoiled city boy she once kicked into a muddy ditch. Four years have made him taller, handsomer, and no less impossible. He wants to stay by her side; she wants to meet him as an equal. As his family pushes him abroad and her ambitions lead her into demanding research, their paths separate again. But behind the quarrels, gifts, and stubborn promises lies a kindness she has yet to understand—and a future neither can reach by standing still.