Better days

Chen Nian, a high school student, is struggling to pass her final exams. When her classmate jumps off a campus balcony and dies due to bullying, Nian becomes the target of harassment. With her mother constantly on the move, Nian has no one to turn to for help, so she tries to endure and focus on her studies. One day, Nian witnesses a boy being beaten in an alleyway and tries to call the police, but ends up getting into trouble herself. The boy's name is Xiao Bei, and he is a street urchin who engages in petty crime and lives in a shack. A strange friendship develops between the two loners, and Nian asks Xiao Bei to protect her from ...