Baonan Wang

Alpha is an Asian biologist who has just moved to Germany. She likes to masturbate at her workplace secretly. After she fails to date her colleague, she masturbates again. Later, while smoking on the balcony, Alpha discovers her neighbor. She keeps thinking of her, and one night she decides to masturbate on the balcony in front of her. For the first time, she feels truly seen by another person.

Liu Shidong is a young man set adrift after his father's death. He meets Wang Yuzi, a melancholy and introverted girl who pursues him, but he spurns her. Soon, he meets a bright and extroverted girl named Yao Ye; they live together for a month, then go their separate ways. Having known love, Liu Shidong goes into business and tries to make his way in the adult world.