Every heart-stopping flutter began in the summer of that year.
Su Nian met Fu Siheng on a sweltering summer day filled with the shrill buzz of cicadas. She fell for him at first sight and threw herself wholeheartedly into his world, giving him all the passion of her youth. The summer breeze, the streetlights, their secret hand-holding: they all became Su Nian's most precious memories. She thought the love that began in summer could last through every season, year after year.
But Fu Siheng didn't know how to cherish her. He grew used to Su Nian always coming to him, taking her patience and tolerance for granted. His busy schedule, his neglect, his unintentional hurts, and one misunderstanding after another piled up, slowly cooling the love that had blazed to life in summer. Su Nian waited again and again, only to be disappointed again and again. Her once-burning feelings gradually grew cold through the long, slow wear and tear.
Summer would eventually end, and so would their love. Having endured enough disappointment, Su Nian stopped trying to hold on. She quietly turned and walked away, saying goodbye to the relationship that had begun in summer.
After they parted, the seasons turned. Fu Siheng's life seemed to go on as usual, but whenever the cicadas began to sing, the emptiness in his heart grew immeasurably. Belated regret swept over him. At last, he realized that he had lost the girl who had run to him that summer, and that he had only himself to blame.
He set aside all his pride and searched for her through the crowds, hoping to make up for everything he had done wrong. When they met again after a long separation, the fiery feelings in Su Nian's eyes no longer belonged to him.
"Our story began in midsummer and ended in late autumn."
Theme: The regrets of youth
