[Redemption, a second chance at love]
[The author is terrible at naming things and keeps changing the title...]
At seventeen, Gu Yu had just met Xu Mancheng. They swung together in a park overgrown with weeds, rode their bikes along the seaside road at night, drank soda, played video games, chatted, giggled, and ate ice cream until their fingers were sticky and wet.
Back then, Gu Yu didn't understand a thing. She said, "Xiaoman, let's be best friends for life."
At twenty-seven, on the night she heard that Xu Mancheng had died by suicide, Gu Yu took a bottle of liquor to the beach where they had first met and drank until she passed out.
When she woke, she was back in the height of summer during high school.
Waves washed over her ankles, and the blazing sun warmed the sand. The girl from next door stood across from her, her eyes and lips damp, a bead of sweat on the tip of her nose. Her familiar, youthful face was heartbreaking.
The girl asked her:
"Do you want to kiss me?"
Ten years ago, Gu Yu had been timid and slow to understand. She pushed Xu Mancheng away, then fled in a panic.
Ten years later, tears blurred Gu Yu's vision. She answered:
"I do."
[The blurb may be changed at any time]
[Some reading tips]
1. First love for both, one-on-one romance.
2. A healing story with a happy ending.
3. An unconventional rebirth.
Theme: Cherish the person by your side
