When the chirping of cicadas broke through the midsummer heat wave, Shen Mingyu didn't know that the sweaty badminton match with Di Nanqiao would knock Jin Qi, a cold-faced young man from Jiangcheng, into his youth for the next three years.
On the first day of school, the fan in the classroom was whirring. When Jin Qi sat down next to him with a book in his arms, Shen Mingyu heard his own heartbeat drowning out the sound of cicadas outside the window - it turns out that fate is such an unreasonable thing.
Later, their circle slowly became lively: Gu Qiying, who was so partial to the subject that gave the dean Chen Zhiheng a headache, was always tenderly protected by Le Youyi, the all-round academic leader; Wu Li, the young class teacher, always carried a photo of her daughter in her arms, and had the soft light of her mother in her eyes when giving lectures; the laughter of Chi Yiqing and Di Nanqiao filled the entire corridor mixed with chalk dust.
Shen Weiyu looked at Jin Qiyi's side face illuminated by the sun, and suddenly understood the meaning of midsummer: it was the pile of test papers on the desk, the shadows walking side by side on the way to school, the heartbeat hidden in every expression, and the eyes that quietly softened under his cold and hard shell.
Three years passed as quickly and hotly as the chirping of cicadas. When they finally stood at the crossroads of graduation, they discovered that the nights they spent together, the time they spent together, and the ice sodas they shared had already carved each other's names into the most vivid summer.
Intention: Jin Buyi, I like you so much