Summer with Sea

The first time Ashuo met Mengmeng was on a sultry summer night in Haishi. The sea breeze was very light that night. He and his roommate climbed over the wall to return to school, but were stopped outside. Through a gate, he saw a girl wearing red Hanfu walking towards them. The hem of her skirt was gently blown up by the evening breeze, and a small flower rose fell on her forehead. She opened the door for them. At that time, Ashuo would not have known that this girl he had only met once would become the longest wave of his youth many years later. Later, a confession wall gave them contact information, and an ERP request for help made the two strangers gradually get to know each other. They played games together, watched ghost movies, shared their favorite songs, and said good night countless late nights. They also talked about everything across a long distance, and then gradually ran out of things to say over the long days. Until later, Mengmeng came to Haishi again. One rainy afternoon, Ashuo rushed to the station to pick her up. From that day on, those words said through the screen finally became real. They looked for a house and a job together, and lived in a small house with a view of the sea. We bought groceries together, cooked together, and watched TV dramas together on the sofa; we also rode bicycles through the streets late at night, leaving the only photo of the two of them together at the beach. They were still young at that time. If you are young enough to think that if you like someone, you should have many, many futures. But the most regrettable part of youth is probably—— When some farewells happen, people don't know that they are farewells. Graduation, further education, work, another place... Life pushes them in different directions. They had seriously liked each other, and had seriously thought about the future, but they still drifted apart due to missing each other again and again. Many years later, Ashuo returned to Haishi again. The familiar streets are still there, and the sea breeze still blows across the shore in the evening. It's just that the person who once accompanied him to watch the sea never came back. He finally understood that what really remained in his memory during those years were never earth-shattering stories. But it was a muggy summer night. A door was opened. Goodnight said countless times. A hut with a view of the sea. With a person who I once thought would accompany me for a long, long time. The sea breeze blew away that summer. Also blow away the people in that summer. Intention: Not all love can reach its ending, but sincere companionship will become an irreplaceable mark in youth. Through a love that begins at the seaside, the work shows how young people learn to grow, cherish and say goodbye through love and loss.