A Cicada Lost Its Way

[Salvation + upright values + an energetic, devoted male lead + a resilient female lead]

When they first met, Xia Zhi had no idea that the bright, passionate boy would fill almost her entire life over the next three years, and even longer.

She was conflicted and withdrawn, trapped in a cage where she felt unloved. Later, the boy told her, “You don't have to be outstanding to deserve love. You're you because you're Xia Zhi, not because you're an excellent, exceptional Xia Zhi.”

In the midst of his sincere, passionate love, she saved herself and escaped the mire she had imagined herself trapped in. He taught her to grow, fight back, and become a better version of herself. Together, they made countless vivid, precious memories.

On the day Xia Zhi's parents caught them together, Lin Tuyi stood outside in the rain for a long time. When she came out, his eyes were desolate, clouded with tears, and his lips, white with cold, barely parted. “Are you leaving?”

Later, when Xia Zhi went to a bar with Liu Luozhi behind his back, she got drunk. He carried her all night, holding back and keeping his feelings in check, and told her, “Little Cicada, I wish I could spend my whole life with you like this.”

Back in his hometown of Yucheng, he sat forlornly on the back of her electric scooter. Xia Zhi blushed as she gently blew on the red spots left by the chicken pecking him.

On the first day of the school year, a boy who hated studying and only liked playing basketball met the person he would love at first sight forever. From then on, summer had cicadas singing, and the cicada had a way home.

On the day he confessed, he said, “All roads lead to one. I belong to you, because you are my happiness.”

They found a future to look forward to and a past worth remembering, but tragedy always comes without warning.