In 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial-law period, Fang Ray Shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School, is attending counseling with teacher Mr. Chang, and they gradually fall in love. It was a dangerous period in which sensitive books were banned and free speech was restricted, but Mr. Chang secretly organized a study group for banned books, together with fellow teacher Miss Yin and male student Wei Chong Ting.