Half a Lifetime with You

In 2009, sixteen-year-old Yi Xuejia has five friends. Because of their parents, the six children have lived in the same neighborhood, attended the same kindergarten and elementary school, and eventually gone to the same middle school. Now they are all high school sophomores. They watch as people around them start secretly dating, while even those who aren't dating have someone they secretly admire.

The six boys and girls look at one another and wonder, "Why aren't any of us in love with someone?"

Perhaps under the spell of the scorching summer heat, they draw lots to pair up and play at romance, setting off on a tangled journey of love and resentment that will span more than a decade...