Tzu-Chien Wang and Shu-Fan Lu have relied on each other since childhood. One lives with an abusive father, the other grows up in poverty, and both learn to hide their pain behind silence.
Then one day, they notice Hsin-Tung Liu, a lonely classmate. Tzu-Chien steps in, and the three of them share a quiet celebration of her birthday—offering comfort none of them realized they needed. Yet hardship persists. Classmates collect money for Shu-Fan’s graduation trip without consulting him, leaving him feeling exposed and ashamed.
Soon after, Tzu-Chien’s father passes away. Hsin-Tung and Shu-Fan find him standing in the ocean, grief threatening to pull him under. He turns to Shu-Fan and asks, "Are you willing to die with me?" Shu-Fan agrees—but then gently asks if they could try living instead. Those words reach him. For these three teenagers, life has never been easy, yet by choosing one another, they begin to see that survival, healing, and the fragile hope of a future might truly be possible.