Qiu Cheng

He did not have a very happy upbringing. His parents disapproved of both his childhood friend Mo Xiaoju and his artistic interests, going so far as to burn all of Qiu Cheng's sketchbooks chronicling happy memories. However, years later, his parents are called to other province for government work, leaving high school-aged Qiu Cheng alone and with freedom for the first time in his life. Eager to reinvent himself, Qiu Cheng enrolls in an art class for the next semester, and attempts to befriend a fellow transfer student named Wen Zhi. However, there are some elements of his past that he can't simply run away from, as he finds out when Mo Xiaoju comes back into his life.. His color is grey.