In the midsummer of seventeen years old, Xia Qingyue, a psychology committee member and math class representative, walked into the office with her math homework in her arms, and had a wordless first encounter with Lin Xie, a transfer student who was waiting quietly on the sofa.
There was no introduction, no conversation, just two secretly intersecting afterglows, which buried the unspeakable heartbeat in the girl's heart.
She approached quietly in the name of duty. Being delicate and sensitive, she was always sure that this joy was just her one-way secret love. In her eyes, Lin Xie's shy gentleness, silent help, and tacit understanding on rainy days were just the politeness of a gentleman and the friendliness of a classmate.
The two of them got along day and night as close friends, sharing the drizzle outside the classroom. They hid their heartbeats in exercises and companionship. They stayed together day and night before the exam, and no one ever revealed their worries.
She never knew that this young man who preferred rainy days and was a black belt in Taekwondo had already placed her at the forefront of his heart, hiding the same restraint and affection as hers.
The exam came to an end, and the boy's confession shattered all her inferiority complex. The warmth that had flowed in both directions had just arrived, but was completely crushed by an accident.
The rain she once loved most has become a sound she dare not listen to; the once warmest companionship has become a regret that she cannot let go of for the rest of her life.
The rain has not stopped, and the young man will not return.
That first love, hidden in the afterglow and the rain curtain, finally stopped at the age of eighteen, and became an old dream that she dared not touch in her life.
Purpose: This article takes the silent first meeting in the office, the company of close friends in the same class, the forbearance of heartbeat before the exam, the two-way confession after the exam, and the sudden farewell and regret as the narrative context, and uses the "rain" throughout as the emotional image to describe the seventeen-year-old girl Xia Qingyue's inferiority and tolerance of one-way secret love, to the unexpected confession, the ecstasy of knowing that the two-way relationship is going, and then the sudden experience of the profound youth of separation.
The story restores the truest and most secret thoughts of one's youth: hiding one's heartbeat as a close friend, guarding one's heartbeat with restraint, hiding one's full joy in daily companionship and perseverance before exams, and missing the opportunity to speak amid timidity and expectation. The work not only defines the purest, shy and cautious two-way heartbeat of youth, but also faces the reality that the beauty of youth is often fragile and impermanent, and expresses the deep regret of not having a perfect first love.
The full text is intended to pay tribute to each period of youthful sincerity hidden deep in the heart, allowing readers to understand in the unsatisfactory ending: some encounters are short-lived, but they are enough to illuminate the entire youth; those heartbeats and regrets that stay in the rainy season will eventually turn into tender marks in the years, teaching us to cherish the beauty and reconcile with the past.