Shen Ce has placed second in 36 consecutive exams, always trailing the top student, Gu Yao, by exactly five points. Convinced that Gu Yao's mother has secretly manipulated the scores using her position of authority, he keeps his suspicions to himself and spends 200 days preparing for the college entrance examination. One dream changes his prejudice, and when the truth finally comes to light, the two still enter the university mathematics department with a five-point difference, beginning a fair competition between two top academic talents.