Under the old locust tree of Linhai No. 1 Middle School, there is a secret that Lin Shen, a senior class 2 student, doesn't want to reveal.
He has an introverted personality and is used to hiding his thoughts in sketchbooks with a paintbrush. The ginkgo leaf earring in his left ear is his silent and lonely watch.
Until that basketball boy, covered in sunshine and sweat, broke into his world.
Cheng Ye, the basketball captain of Class 1, Grade 3, is enthusiastic and magnanimous. The faded red string around his wrist is his secret courage.
He remembered Lin Shen's favorite strawberry milk in junior high school, treasured every sketch Lin Shen had ever drawn, and even saw through the letter Lin Shen had hidden deep in his drawing book that he didn't dare to send.
"Who is the letter in your drawing book addressed to?"
"Don't be nervous, I just... Want to help you send it out."
In this midsummer with the noisy cicadas, the loneliness of the ginkgo and the enthusiasm of the sunflower are intertwined in the light and shadow.
From the cramped darkness behind the drama curtain to the broken red rope bracelet on a rainy night;
From the suffocating struggle in the face of family expectations, to the trembling but firm "I like you" under the locust tree.
This is a grand breakout about youth, secret love and self-identity.
When the countdown to the college entrance examination and the storm in their hearts approach at the same time, can they withstand the undercurrent of the world and catch the gentlest light in each other's lives at the end of midsummer?
Purpose: Refer to the author's campus experience