During high school, Zhou Xiaoqi fell in love with You Yongci at first sight, but he watched over her secretly and the girl left without saying goodbye. Now it is 15 years later and he still pines for her.
Set during the 1930s after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, a teacher (Jing Tian) and a group of students establish a study club to preserve their language and culture as an act of protest against the foreign invaders.