In the shade of the sycamore trees in June, an encounter about "guarding" happened quietly.
Su Wan's "Illustrated Book of Insects" contains a mixture of enthusiasm for tiny life and an inexpressible delicacy. She never thought that a left behind firefly glass bottle would become the link between her and Lu Yu. The young man squatting in the carport and wiping the insect wings with a wet paper towel had thin calluses on his fingertips and a broken light in his eyes, like a firefly that suddenly lit up in the evening wind, breaking her peaceful daily routine.
The window seat of the library became their secret corner: she drew dewy snails in his notebook, and he folded peppermint candies into paper airplanes filled with reminders; they built an ecological box together, watched larvae form cocoons and turn into butterflies, worked together to protect their fragile wings in heavy rain, and built an "insect shelter" on campus with their hands. The tips of the ears turn red when the fingertips touch, the heart beats faster when the forehead touches lightly, and the thoughts hidden in the insect observation diary slowly ferment into feelings warmer than fireflies in the summer night.
From the first encounter in the shadow of the phoenix tree to the stars at the graduation ceremony, from protecting bugs to protecting each other, they used the purest tenderness to prove: The most precious encounter in youth is when someone understands your love for the world, and is more willing to accompany you to turn this love into a lifelong relationship. This is a story about growth, companionship and heartbeat, hiding all the youthfulness and brightness of youth.
Purpose: companionship and love