Time passes to 2023. Zeng Yalun, who resigned from a Shanghai Internet company and returned to his hometown to start a business, unexpectedly discovered that he was inextricably linked to Lin Xiaoxiao, a partner of the picture book museum, when he renovated an old steel factory into a B&B. At this time, Lin Xiaoxiao had become a children's picture book writer, but was deaf in his right ear. When they reunited, they found their past memories in the secret codes hidden in the old books and picture books on the bookshelf of the B&B. However, Lin Xiaoxiao faced the dilemma of requiring family consent for cochlear implant surgery, and the B&B also encountered a demolition crisis. What made Zeng Yalun even more painful was that he discovered the truth about his father's report on Lin's father's cheating.
Under the obstacles of many realities, can they untie the knot that has been in their hearts for many years? Can those unspoken words and missed moments in youth be made up for after they meet again? "That Summer of Cicadas" uses a dual-line narrative structure, integrating the characteristics of a small western town and symbols of the budding Internet era, such as Internet cafes, Martian journals, and food-stealing games. It uses innovative techniques such as auditory montage and Internet archeology to interweave nostalgia with thoughts on "communication dilemmas" to compose a first love movement full of regrets and growth, misunderstandings and relief, showing adults' emotional struggles and self-redemption when rediscovering old love.
Purpose: The reshaping of adult emotional cognition by first love