Summer Rain is Unreasonable 夏天的雨不讲理 by Qi Yan Li 柒沿里
Summer Rain is Unreasonable
During a sweltering summer filled with the incessant chirping of cicadas, freshman Shi Chen meets a handsome, refreshing-looking young man named Fang Luoxi while undertaking an internship at an off-campus training facility.
At the base, cicadas tirelessly chirp beneath the dense foliage of an old Chinese scholar tree. Yet to her, their perfectly timed background noise seems to conceal the sound of her own racing heartbeat.
After returning to campus, she follows his every move as an ordinary fellow student. His athletic number is 369. He shines brilliantly on stage, and he once cries aboard a Ferris wheel.
Much later, she finally replies to the number-one trending post titled Tell Us Your Most Heartbreaking Secret Crush Stories:
"Oh, where do I even begin? I picked up a stone he'd thrown away and carried it from one city to another; I kept him company while he drank late into the night; I even risked my life entering a haunted house... There's just too much to count."
People feel sorry for her.
She has kept her secret affection for Fang Luoxi hidden for so long that, by the time anyone finds out, nobody believes that this is where the story began.
What they don't know is that she has never regretted any of it. In fact, she has enjoyed every moment.
After graduation, they go their separate ways. He crosses oceans to pursue his studies abroad, while she believes they will never see each other again. She assumes that this is how their story ends.
Yet she never expects that when they meet again, they will still introduce themselves to each other like complete strangers.
Later, Fang Luoxi accidentally discovers Shi Chen's long-kept secret. Only then does he finally understand that, all those years ago, he too had been unknowingly holding the power to sway a girl's happiness and sorrow.
She is the break of dawn; he is the setting sun.
And at long last, their paths cross again, bringing with them countless moments of joy and delight.
