The Wind of 2008 Blew Through Lin Qing

Thirty-two-year-old Chen Mo returned to the summer of 2008 after an accident. That year, the city was still called Xiaoyang, the river breeze was hot, the cicadas were noisy, the video stores on the streets were not closed, and the old-fashioned mobile phones were still lighting up with weak blue and white screens; that year, he still lived in that small town that was not prosperous but carried his entire boyhood. He studied in Xiaoyang City No. 1 Middle School. His grades were not top-notch, his family background was mediocre, and his future was far from as clear as he imagined later. Also in that year, Lin Qing was still standing by his side. She was his childhood sweetheart who grew up with him, and was the quietest and brightest presence in his young years. There was no earth-shattering misunderstanding between the two of them, nor was there any bloody betrayal. What they had was just the most real companionship between the boys and girls in the small town, the walking side by side on the way to school, the soft conversations in the wind on the summer night, and the sincerity that had never been easily shaken in the long years. Once again, Chen Mo didn't want to live a hasty and regretful life. He wants to seize the gap that the times have not yet closed, and with the vision and memory of more than ten years more than others, start step by step from the small town of Xiaoyang; he also wants to make up for the missed opportunities at the starting point of the re-opening of destiny, keep the people he wants to keep, and live his youth that is not dazzling but extremely precious again. This is a story about returning to the old days. About growth, about struggle, about small towns and the tide of the times. It's also about a young man who finally understands that some winds blowing from 2008 will still pass through memories and blow towards the people he wants to cherish most many years later.