Miao Jijun

Five high schoolers join the swim team by accident and find themselves in a situation where they have to complete a synchronized swimming performance.

Zhuang is a late bloomer. When he first meets his classmate Meng, a talented long-distance runner, he rashly and spontaneously takes the blame for her theft of a starting pistol. But before they can get to know each other better, Meng gives him the cold shoulder. Confused, Zhuang decides to join Meng’s track team, even though this leaves him with less time for studying. Academic pressure is added to the puzzles of adolescence. Zhuang plans to surprise everyone with a bold gesture. He is just waiting for the right moment...

Returning home after years away, Li Yi expects only to endure her mother's pyramid scheme award ceremony. But as the day's carefully staged celebration unfolds, her certainty begins to crack. Embarrassment slowly gives way to curiosity, then compassion, as she discovers what her mother has truly been searching for. Against the glittering spectacle of false promises, Birdie O Birdie explores the fragile distance between judgment and understanding, and the quiet possibility of reconciliation.