Don't Run, I Like You

Amidst the chirping of the seventeen-year-old cicadas, Xie Qianqing hid her secret love in her eyes as she peeked at Xu Quanran playing ball. He thought that this throbbing would come and go without a trace like a thunderstorm, but at the street corner many years later, he stopped the young man who was about to leave. "Long time no see, little liar." It turns out that the heartbeat in that midsummer was not a one-man show. The reunion across time was our two-way redemption. Sad moment Xu Quanran: "Xie Chanqing, look at my face, look at me." He held Xie Chanqing's face with his hands, his fingertips trembling, crying, and choked with sobs: "Baby, you must remember me, okay? This is the last time I call you, I'm sorry! Baby, we have no future." Tears rolled, flowed, and slipped in the eyes. [Strengths run in both directions + reunion after breaking up + academic master's healing] Concept: The throbbing of that midsummer was not a one-man show, the reunion that went round and round was our two-way redemption across time.