Cicadas sing without pause in the height of summer, and the top and bottom of the rankings stand side by side.
She is the cool, quiet top student in their grade. He is the dazzling, brazen boy who's been stuck in second place for years.
They were rivals on parallel paths, until fate pushed them into the same classroom.
A fluttering heart hides in notes beside a wrong answer, in lowered eyes as they pass each other,
and in the feelings they won't dare admit until much later.
They go from strangers to friends, from keeping their distance to becoming inseparable,
thinking they will spend three years together and set off toward a distant future.
But they don't know that the blazing summer
has already quietly written their ending.
The river carries the boat downstream; a small boat follows the river away.
That summer was still as scorching as ever,
but she was gone, and so was the boy.
Theme: The most moving part of youth isn't a perfect ending, but having truly met and sincerely stood by each other.
Please change your name, Jiang Qinxun