lwj is seventeen when his mother dies and his father makes plans to move them back to China. lxc is going to attend university in Shanghai anyway so he isn't bothered, but lwj is devastated, not the least to be leaving his boyfriend, wwx.

They do their best to stay in touch but it's too much, they always knew it would be. lwj in particular has mountains of academic catch-up to do - official exams to make up, to prepare for, application exams, and that's without considering his grief, the sudden isolation, or culture shock.