A mischievous schoolboy who later becomes a writer. He had a crush on Shen Chia Yi during his school days and had dated her but eventually broke up during their University days.
* Michelle Chen as Shen Chia Yi (Shen Jia Yi) 沈佳宜
An outgoing student who consistently scores well in tests. Although she disdains boys less intelligent than herself, she decides to help Ching Teng improve his grades. In the process, she falls in love with him.
* Owodong as Tsao Kuo Sheng 曹国胜
One of Ching Teng's friends. He had a crush on Chia Yi, and once asked Ching Teng to deliver a love letter he had written for her.
* Steven Hao as Hsieh Ming Ho (Xie Ming He) 谢明和
One of Ching Teng's friends. He loves to eat, and is the butt of his friends' jokes due to this. He is the only person in the group who has dated Chia Yi officially
* Emerson Tsai as Liao Ying Hung 廖英宏
One of Ching Teng's best friends. He likes to crack jokes and perform magic tricks, and later becomes a librarian.
Plot:
The story begins in 1994. An outstanding student, Shen Chia Yi, is popular among her teachers and classmates. Ko Ching Teng, a mischievous and poor student, claims that he has no interest in her, despite being her classmate since junior high school.
One day, Ching Teng is caught masturbating during class, and the principal reseats him, placing him in front of Chia Yi. One day, Chia Yi forgets her English textbook. Ching Teng slips her his own book and tells their teacher he forgot his own textbook; he then endures a long lecture and is punished.
Chia Yi, touched by Ching Teng's generosity, prepares a practice exam for him in return, to encourage him to study. She also convinces him to stay after school to study with her. Their relationship grows, and Ching Teng's grades gradually improve.
On graduation, Ching Teng enrolls at the National Chiao Tung University. Chia Yi, who did not do well on the admission exam because she was ill on that day, only manages to enter the National Taipei University of Education with her mediocre test results.
Depressed and upset, she is consoled by Ching Teng, who calls her long-distance almost every night from the university. During the winter holiday season that year, the two go on their first "date", during which Ching Teng asks Chia Yi if she loves him.
However, fearing she would say no, he decides that he would rather not hear her answer (it is revealed later that her reply would have been "yes"). Ching Teng later organizes a fight night and invites Chia Yi to watch, hoping to impress her with his "strength".
On the contrary, Chia Yi finds it childish for Ching Teng to injure himself for no reason. This upsets Ching Teng, sparking a quarrel that causes the two to break up.
During the two years after their breakup, Ching Teng has no contact with Chia Yi. He qualifies for a graduate research course at Tunghai University, where he begins writing stories online.
Ching Teng only regains contact with Chia Yi after the 921 earthquake, when he calls to see if she is okay. During their long conversation with each other, they both lament the fact that they were not fated to become a couple.
Years later, in 2005, Chia Yi suddenly calls Ching Teng to tell him that she is getting married. All of her old friends gather at the wedding, making jokes and trying to embarrass her somewhat-older husband.
They are surprised that their past emotions have transformed into deep friendship and serenity. Ching Teng begins to work on a web novel about his experiences with Chia Yi.
Later, when they gather to congratulate the bride and groom, the friends joke that they should be able to kiss the bride. The husband says that anybody who wants to kiss the bride has to kiss him like that first.
Ching Teng grabs the groom and pushes him onto the table, kissing him like he would kiss Chia Yi. During their kiss, he remembers how he regrets their fight from years ago, and what could have happened had he apologized for being childish.
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