During the summer break when Xu Ming was fourteen, she picked up a little online friend on social media.
Ning Zhenyan was thirteen, from Yucheng. She used emoticons when she spoke, sent Xu Ming videos of cats yawning, and remembered to ask whether she'd eaten.
At first, Xu Ming thought she was straight.
Then she realized the girl's avatar was her phone wallpaper, she stayed up waiting for her messages, she wanted to take a photo of every popsicle she bought and send it to her, and she was perfectly happy to carry trays back in Yucheng.
It took her years to figure out one thing.
Turns out liking someone has absolutely nothing to do with whether they're a guy or a girl.
Pure love, a slow burn, childhood sweethearts, from online friends to lovers.
Dian Dian and her little sister, from Luocheng to Yucheng, from fourteen to twenty-four.
And the story begins on the afternoon of June 7, when she draped her school uniform over her head and lay in the sun on the sports field, still unaware that her life was over.
Theme: Love has nothing to do with gender. Your heart flutters for the person themselves.
