Hello, I am Seventeen Degrees of Cicada, a new author who is trying to seal the echoes of youth with words.
My first work "The Cicada Chirps Seventeen Degrees" is not a fictional story, but the yesterday I just walked through and still have body temperature. The transfer student Rui Jiayu in the book who always lay by the window pretending to sleep, the me who clumsily tried to get closer but always backed away; the bottle of water handed to me in the corridor, the worn knees during military training, the small cake I suddenly received on my birthday - all are small fragments that really happened when I was seventeen years old.
I decided to write this story because I always believe that the most touching part of youth is never the earth-shattering moment, but the unspoken gazes, courageous trials, and moments when friendship quietly grows amidst the chirping of cicadas. In "Seventeen Shades of Cicada", you will meet six girls with different personalities and see how they go from strangers to familiarity, from alienation to mutual dependence. This is not only their story, but also the common memory of every "us" who was confused, lonely and longing to be seen in youth.
As a newcomer who is trying to create a long-form novel for the first time, my writing skills may be jerky and my narrative may be immature, but every word is soaked in the warmth of truth. I will keep updating regularly and take every comment seriously, because what you are about to read is the most precious period of my life.
I hope this story can gently knock on the door deep in your memory at some moment.
Mission: "Complete a beautiful repair at the starting point of the scar."