Jiang Wang was brought back to the countryside by his uncle when he was one year old. When he first met Lin Xiaoyu, she was squatting on the edge of the field handing out toffee. After that, every winter and summer vacation, she came from the city and always protected him - scolding his brother Jiang Lei for grabbing snacks, and pulling his muddy hands home.
The cicadas changed nine times, and he grew from a little boy who reached her waist to a boy taller than her. One time she wanted to rub his hair, but he jerked away, the tips of his ears turning red.
On a rainy day when he was seventeen years old, he blocked her at the bus station returning to the city: "Sister Xiaoyu, don't always treat me like a child."
Lin Xiaoyu looked into his shining eyes, and suddenly understood what was hidden in the nine-year cicada chirping - those gazes she didn't notice, and what the boy didn't say, it was more than just dependence.
