One day, in front of his rented home in Hsintien, Lin climbed an osmanthus tree to pick a bloom, and when he looked below at Ko, who was just about to return to Kaohsiung, he suddenly felt a strange and indescribable attraction for her. Perhaps the fragrance of the blooms put a spell on him. The two went from classmates to sweethearts to husband and wife.
話說林正盛讀完編導班後，經常和柯淑卿以及她的死黨混在一起，有一天在新店租的房子外，林正盛爬上桂花樹採桂花，看到穿裙子的柯淑卿準備回高雄，也許是桂花香作祟，突然有種「奇怪的心情、感覺」，桂花樹下的女人對他有種莫名的吸引力。