They were all friends. Shame how the same thing called love, required in friendship, ruined theirs.
They were two people, too young and they fell in love. It wasn’t because they were too young to fall in love. It was because they were too clueless. Regardless of your age, 16, 21, or 34, it doesn’t matter you may be too clueless to fall in love. But it wasn’t just cluelessness though, it was their mutuality and their identity. A couple loved each other almost equally, but one of them had sought after something else, something that the other cannot provide. Like, Chen Xun said, Fang Hui was the land, but the bird who can fly just like him and can accompany him was Xiaotang, and to him, it's what Fang Hui did not have. Hui wasn't the person whom he can associate with when achieving his dreams. Chen Xun with Xiaotang is just him wanting to be expressive of his individuality. The point was that he dreamt and loved but sadly Fang Hui cannot be with him to chase after his aspirations.

This film answers a question and concludes with another question. You just can't decide who's at fault. Was it Hui? Was it Chen Xun?
Hui did not know that Chen Xun sacrificed for her (Gaokao), however, Chen Xun cannot keep on sacrificing for her because he also has his own endeavor to go through. Hui cannot go through that endeavor with him. With that said, both of them lack a fragment, so important in a relationship. Things did go their way, and the only way was for them to separate for them to introduce themselves as their pure self. This film is centered on relationships and the identity of a person. I understand that people will say you have to full-on sacrifice for your loved one, but the grit to stick to your identity isn't bad as well. I guess the message this film is trying to convey is that our ties may possibly serve as a medium for us to determine our individuality. And that we might not actually understand how the other person feels unless we're in their shoes. One of the fundamental things in life is to know yourself before getting involved in a long-term romantic relationship.

The acting was acceptable although it didn't pierce too hard. The songs, I loved them. Storyline I was a bit doubtful when Qi Qi appeared. Regardless of that, I think they did a fine job giving an essence out of a film.
People fear death, but hou hui 后悔 regret is the scariest
It became a cycle, these young people did not want to regret and so they did these things but ended up regretting them.

The real question is:
When did we become like this?
And the answer is:
When you all started to question who you are as a person.