Every Summer, I Will Chase You Again

Twenty-two-year-old Lu Ruqi has the same dream every August. In the dream, there were river embankments, cicadas chirping, and a girl in a white dress. She asked him "who are you" and he replied "Lu Ruqi"; she read the name again, raised her eyes and said it seemed like she was waiting for someone. But every August 31st, she would forget about him and return it along with his name. This is the fifth and final year. In reality, she had been sleeping for five years, lying in the ward on the third floor of the town health center. There was always a pot of out-of-season gardenias beside her bed. Doctors said she might not survive the winter. He originally thought that he couldn't let go. Until a woman named Jiang Wanqing stopped him: "That was not a dream. She was telling you to go back." Gardenias bloom as scheduled every year, and he comes as scheduled every year. She forgot year after year, and he chased her year after year. This year, he didn't want to wait for the next summer anymore - he wanted to bring her back from the summer when she couldn't get out.