As kids: Cold-faced but cute healer type vs. shy and sensitive
As adults: Gentle ray of sunshine vs. gloomy, clingy, and possessive
In the damp, sweltering summers of the south, the scorching sun made the whole alley feel soft, while cicadas screamed hysterically all day long.
The two children held hands, from the ball pit at kindergarten to the flag-raising platform at elementary school, then to the dim streetlights outside their high school evening study sessions. Shoulder to shoulder, they walked through a youth filled with exam papers and fizzy drinks.
There were no dramatic turning points, and no deliberate attempts at salvation.
They simply grew up in an ordinary, idealized way:
Riding the coin-operated cars outside the store together, sucking on lollipops; sitting together on an electric scooter, getting drenched in a torrential downpour even under an umbrella; staying up late doing homework, then dozing off against each other's shoulders; picking up takeout over the school wall, then getting chased by the dean all the way into the teaching building...
As the wind swept through the corridors when they were seventeen, Ji Li turned to look at the person beside him and suddenly thought that perhaps the best life was simply this: from the age of three to eighteen, the person standing at his side had always been the same.
A little scene:
It was Shen Yu's birthday. Ji Li wanted to give him his favorite pink bunny plushie. Little Shen was so moved that he suddenly burst into tears. Seeing his best friend crying, little Ji was at a loss. There were no tissues around, so after a moment's thought, he held out the pink bunny's big fluffy ears...
"The long future can never return to our past, but luckily, we decided long ago that we would share a future."
*Reader's guide:
1. This novel is not based on real people! Not based on real people!
2. Some scenes are inspired by real life, but absolutely no real people are involved!!
3. Cute childhood-friends daily life, starting in kindergarten.
4. A story that belongs to our generation alone.
Theme: Study hard and keep improving every day.
