Where the series is at right now, everyone is in middle school. The author mentions that in the future, right before high school, is when Jian Yi disappears. Then later, he comes back and everyone is college aged. She gives sneak-peeks of their college lives in some chapters, but it's safe to say everyone is still in middle school right now.
This always freaks out people because they think of the American schooling system ages and don’t look up the China schooling system. It’s different.
But the ages seem similar. There’s a junior middle school and a senior middle school, both are 3 years. So the ages range from 12 to 18 which is similar to America.
Jian Yi disappears? Like when he’s kidnapped? Did I miss something?
At the beginning of the story (if I remember correctly), zhan xixi asked Jian Yi why he suddenly disappears on the 2nd day of highschool, then Jian Yo answered someone kidnapped him and he was alone in an island...
Oh your right. It’s like chapter 44 when XiXi is explaining that he hasn’t seen him in 3 years. I had to go back. But that’s why I didn’t remember, because it was so early.
So I’m a little confused. How old are they? I assume they are high school, but then they talk about middle school. But in the “present” day chapters, Everyone is in college while JianYi is repeating-which makes me want to keep assuming they’re in high school