We Were Lost in Midsummer

Introduction to the work Under the camphor tree of Mingchuan Middle School, Lin Yu's most secret thoughts are hidden. She is a sensitive and introverted single-parent girl who is accustomed to using the camera to frame her emotions and use words to express her grievances. The pressure of her native family makes her always timid in the crowd. Qi Bai is a well-known "problem student" in the school. It is normal to skip classes and sleep. His indifference and rebellion are protective. The alienation from a wealthy family makes him fight against loneliness with his defiance. The fate of being divided into two classes in the second year of high school made these two seemingly unrelated people become the front and back desk, and they were forcibly bound by the "mutual assistance between the strong and the weak" plan. After failing the monthly exam, Lin Yu hid in a corner and broke down crying. Qi Bai, who skipped class, handed over an unscrewed bottle of mineral water and left a message, "You are much better than someone who only knows how to curse." This awkward affirmation became the first beam of light that shone into her dark world. He began to put away his rebellion and follow her through the exercises; she put down her guard and secretly recorded his serious profile with her camera. The camphor leaves fell and turned yellow. The two found salvation in each other's fragility, and their green feelings quietly grew. But on the eve of the college entrance examination, Qi Bai was forced to go abroad due to family changes, leaving only a photography album and a vague "Wait for me when I come back." The midsummer wind took away the figures of the boys and girls, and also blew away the connection. Lin Yu studied literature and photography in college, lost his timidity, and became a famous creator; Qi Bai lost his youth in a foreign country, quietly accumulated strength, and never stopped looking for her traces. And their friends Nan Zhiyi and Meng Xizhou are also in the tug-of-war of secret love, going from "abstract" companionship to committed pursuit. Four years have passed, and a photography exhibition reunited the separated trajectories. When Lin Yu's award-winning work "Light" came into Qibai's eyes - it was his silhouette working on the desk, all the misunderstandings and waiting were answered. It turns out that some redemption never fades due to distance; some love is destined to echo across time as early as that evening under the camphor tree. This is a story about youth and girls pulling each other against the shackles of their original families, and achieving each other's success in separation and reunion. It hides the clumsiest tenderness and the most determined pursuit. Purpose: Reconciliation and self-salvation of the original family: The story shows the profound impact of the original family on individual growth through Lin Yu's sensitive inferiority complex under the emotional deprivation and academic pressure of a single-parent family, and Qi Bai's loneliness disguised as rebellion in a wealthy but alienated family.