At the end of that summer, Fang Xiao walked into Classroom Six, Grade Ten. The old ceiling fan in the middle of the room turned slowly, stirring up hot air.
She thought high school meant nothing but test papers, rankings, evening study sessions, and endless mistakes to correct. Later, she learned there could also be someone who remembered the flavor of soda she’d casually mentioned, held down a page when the wind tried to turn it, and stayed by her side through exams, cleaning duty, sports day, choosing academic tracks, and one unspoken summer after another.
Zhou Jingming wasn’t a sudden burst of light in her youth. He had simply been sitting diagonally behind her all along. It was only when she looked back that she realized he had long since become someone different.
But after graduation, the wind carried them to different cities. Their messages grew fewer and fewer, and so many things were left at “We’ll talk about it later.”
Years later, she returns to their old classroom. The repaired ceiling fan is still turning. Can the love that summer once carried away find its way back into her heart?
