The Half-Second That Stretched This Summer

This... is a story; a novel; an unfinished regret

[Romance] [Everyday Life]

“A Wan, I... like you. You said that if I pursued you, you’d think about it...”

“Yan, you should know I was only teasing.”

“I took you seriously.”

“Lu Qingyan, will you be my girlfriend?”

The girl’s eyes brimmed with tears, joy made visible.

On her wrist was the bracelet he had given her; on his was the watch she had given him. It meant: [We will be bound together for life. You and I will always be there for each other]

“It would be my honor.”

Another summer came, and they returned to [home] once more.

They went to see that [old friend] and told him, “We’re engaged. We’d like you to be our best man.”

As the witness to their love, he said:

[It would be my honor]