That midsummer, the cicadas were chirping noisily. Top student Gu Shiyu and lively girl Lin Qiao meet unexpectedly in a convenience store. A "compensation" caused by mint tea and a skirt embroidered with dark patterns of lily of the valley closely connected two unrelated youth trajectories. From studying side by side in the library to the youthful confession under the bridge, they warmed each other in the light years of midsummer, clumsily and sincerely exploring the outline of first love.
However, the train for the senior year of high school was approaching. Gu Shiyu rushed to the top universities, and Lin Qiao's stagnant grades formed an insurmountable gap. "I can't catch up with you" - In the cold rain of winter, the first love that started with the chirping of cicadas came to an abrupt end.
Many years later, when they met again on the university campus, the traces of their growth had quietly changed each other. Will those unfinished words still find an echo when the next cicada chirps? This is a story about youth, growth and regret, telling the story of the summer we have all experienced, the summer we can never catch up with.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
