"Summer at seventeen means watermelon, cicadas, orange soda, and a boy beneath a 38-degree hot breeze."
01.
Of all the people in her life, Qiu Yidi had always looked down on her clingy childhood friend, Xia Ran, the most.
He was a crybaby and a clingy little pest. Back in kindergarten, he'd trail after her every day with his insulated flask, saying, "Didi, have some water."
Qiu Yidi was sick of him. After chasing off the five or six or seven brats who picked on him, she'd snatch up his flask and call him a useless little wimp.
Later, the useless little wimp had a complete glow-up and became the most talked-about guy in school.
But the grown-up Xia Ran was even more annoying.
In their first year of high school, Qiu Yidi had just accepted a love letter when she spotted the timid boy who'd confessed to her sitting stiffly in a milk tea shop.
Across from him sat a boy lounging with one leg crossed, a lollipop in his mouth, acting like a gangster. He pulled a few bills from his pocket and slapped them on the table.
"Five hundred yuan. Stay away from Qiu Yidi from now on. She has to take the college entrance exams. Dating is forbidden."
"...?!"
02.
The night their high school graduation trip ended,
Qiu Yidi lay in her tent, looking at the stars, when a fuzzy head poked inside.
She asked irritably, "What do you want?"
"To cuddle with my wife."
"You made it all the way into my bed just to cuddle?"
The sultry summer breeze scattered, and the girl's fragrant hair brushed his nose.
He wound a strand around his fingertip, leaned in to smell it, and called her princess.
At his words, Qiu Yidi turned her head and met the boy's bright, beautiful eyes. "The wind is 38 degrees tonight."
She murmured, "Hm?" Her heart inexplicably began to race.
The boy's handsome face inched closer, the brilliant stars reflected in his eyes. "I mean, I like you."
"Yiyi, will you be with me in a love that never ends?"
They were the invincible summers in each other's lives.
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Childhood sweethearts, coming-of-age healing, ensemble youth story
Energetic catlike sweetheart vs. sunny, pure-hearted puppy
Princess vs. knight
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Theme: Companionship is the longest-lasting confession of love.
