Eighteen-year-old Nie Guangyi was at a major turning point in his life.
He had just lost his mother and had become estranged from his father, with whom he had always been very close.
His life suddenly lacked direction.
It wasn't that he had to go to Tsinghua University.
If that had been the case, he could have retaken the exams and got in.
Nie Guangyi no longer knew what was right or wrong.
His grades were good, but his emotions were a mess.
He wanted to convince himself to forgive Nie Tianqin, but he just couldn't do it.
He wanted to tell himself not to get hung up on trivialities, but no matter what, he just couldn't let go.
He wanted to sling his arm around his classmates as he used to do,
and laugh uproariously over some minor, nonsensical matter.
But now, he seldom even felt the desire to speak to anyone.
Nie Guangyi chose to leave and become an exchange student around the world.