In the summer when she was seventeen, the cicadas chirped louder than in previous years. Wang Yu clutched the sweat-soaked piece of paper and stood on the platform waiting for the entire class.
Later, during countless sleepless nights, she would always think -
If the wind that day had not blown away the address on the note, if the delayed bus had not come into the station, if...
If that day never existed from the beginning, would all the 'afterwards' be different?
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
