Gu XINmu’s world was once a wasteland, until Mu Yiyue became his only light.
But an accident one winter during their final year of elementary school snuffed out that light for good, and his world sank back into darkness.
Three years later, fate brought them together again.
She cautiously drew closer, trying to mend their shattered past; he watched with cold eyes, yet fell apart every time their gazes met.
As the truth about that year slowly came to light, they thought dawn had finally arrived.
That summer after the college entrance exams, cicadas buzzed noisily and the sunlight was blinding.
Just as she finally worked up the courage to tell him she liked him, just as he ran to her for the first time without caring about anything else
fate played the cruelest trick of all.
It turned out every long-awaited reunion was nothing but a dream of yellow millet.
The emotions are real and delicate, the characters are vividly described, and the feeling is full of tension.