The first time Shen Xiwei met Lu Yuche was in the midsummer of 2002. At that time, she was seven years old and he was ten. Seven-year-old Shen Xiwei left the rural town where she had lived for seven years in the hot summer of that year. That was the day she met Lu Yuche, who was ten years old. In the hot summer, she wore a long ponytail and squatted beside the railway track to watch. I touched the *tail* that grew out of the cracks in the rocks from time to time with my hands, and thought to myself: What a strong little *, I want to be like it, be good, listen to my aunt and uncle, study hard, and don't let my parents worry. Suddenly, a braid behind me was pulled by someone, accompanied by childish words:
"What are you playing? Are you new here? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Before talking to Shen Xiwei, Lu Yuche had looked at her for a long time. He was wearing a pink fluffy skirt and his hair was tied into two pigtails. He was quietly playing with the tail in the cracks of the stones. He looked lonely and pitiful. When Shen Xiwei heard the voice, she turned around and saw a boy who appeared in her life and would not forget it for many years.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
