The Cicada by the Window

Qian Tu loved music, but had been frail and sickly since childhood, and his parents kept him under strict control. Cicadas sang in the quiet hospital room. By the window, he often saw a noisy girl passing by. He began to look forward to it, wondering what she would mutter to the little dog that day, what she would have for breakfast, and what her smile would look like... Somehow, those little things were enough. It wasn't until she injured her leg and ended up in the same hospital room as him that he learned her name: Lin Qing. Their different personalities clashed, and two souls resonated through a summer filled with the constant chirring of cicadas. Even after Lin Qing recovered, she often came to visit. From then on, the hospital room, the road, the garden, the park, the bridge, the seaside... all held the figures of two people cherishing each other. They cautiously tested the waters of love and tentatively drew closer, but in the end, all they had was a hospital room with a bed between them.

"Lin Qing, if only I'd told you sooner."

"I've long since gotten used to the cicadas chirping, but now winter has come."

Theme: Two souls resonate, leaning on each other and keeping each other quiet company. They quietly work hard for one another and live with strength, becoming a little light in each other's lives. Their different lives collide, spark, and change course, but their constant hesitation, inching closer and then retreating, ends with them far apart, neither willing to compromise.