Seventeen Summers of Sea Embers

Jiangcheng is a small inland city with no view of the sea. At the age of seventeen, Yin Yu hides two secrets: a secret love that has lasted for three years, and an unattainable desire to see the sea. He is introverted and shy, and his eyes have followed the bright and enthusiastic Zhou Zhining since they first met her in the first year of high school. She is the dazzling little sun in the crowd, and she is often accompanied by her friends Xu Ran and Yin Yu's brother Zhang Heng. Confined by her family background and low self-esteem, Yin Yu only dared to stare from a distance and write her heartbeats all over the corners of the draft paper. By chance, Zhou Zhining caught a glimpse of his deepest yearning and made a promise with him: after the college entrance examination, we would go see the sea together. This agreement supported Yin Yu through the boring senior year of high school. A hundred days later, he mustered up the courage to confess his three-year secret love under a street lamp, and he got together with Zhou Zhining as he wished. In the summer when exam papers piled up, they planned their trip to the seaside over and over again, looking forward to the rising tide and sunrise. Everyone thinks that after passing the college entrance examination, they can rush to the blue sky. But the dream of midsummer suddenly shattered. After the college entrance examination, Yin Yu embarked on his way to the seaside. A car accident took away all his expectations. The hustle and bustle ended, leaving only Zhou Zhining guarding the unfinished agreement. She took Yin Yu's ashes and ran alone to the sea that the young man longed for. The sea breeze surges and the waves never stop. The seventeen-year-old summer was burned to ashes. She fulfilled her promise and slept with him in the long-awaited blue sea.