Cicadas Sing as Madness Surges

When Meng Fu first meets Shen Yu, she is being followed down a pitch-black road. The boy steps out against the light and reaches out to help her.

When the school reshuffles its senior-year classes, Shen Yu, the top student and school golden boy, stands at the head of the line, proud and carefree, with no idea what it means to keep a low profile. The shy, insecure girl recognizes her hero at first glance, and secretly falls for him from that moment on.

Everyone is captivated by how outstanding he is. She can only follow quietly behind him, liking him in silence, never daring to say a word, because the boy she loves already has someone else in his heart.

Meng Fu never imagined that a young love could be so unforgettable and yet so ordinary. She loved Shen Yu, but that was in the past. All she can do is hide in the shadows, watching him find happiness with another girl. And she is happy, too.

Years after graduation, at Shen Yu’s wedding, Meng Fu steps outside to clear her head. There, she meets Jiang Tang, who has loved her in vain for just as long.

He crouches down in front of her.

“Classmate Meng Fu, long time no see. Are you married?”

Meng Fu shakes her head. “No.”

“What a coincidence. Neither am I.” Jiang Tang wipes the tears from the corner of Meng Fu’s eye and pulls the IOU she wrote out of his pocket. “You still haven’t paid me back for that brown sugar water you owed me.”

He thinks for a moment, then adds, “Are you still coming to the blind date this month?”