Never Ending Summer

At Yangming High School, everyone knew Zhou Wan and Lu Xixiao were complete opposites - she, quiet and introverted; he, bold and untamable. No one expected their lives to intersect, let alone for them to end up together. Rumors quickly followed, claiming that someone like Lu Xixiao, who changed girlfriends constantly, would never stay with a girl like Zhou Wan for long. Her firstlove face was just a momentary novelty, they said. Eventually, Zhou Wan transferred schools, and Lu Xixiao returned to his carefree, reckless ways as if nothing had ever happened between them. Their brief relationship seemed destined to disappear without a trace. Until one drunken night, when Lu Xixiao called her over and over, desperate and unrestrained. When she finally answered, neither spoke, locked in silent defiance. He broke first, lowering his head and clinging to the last of his pride: Zhou Wan, as long as you say you love me, Ill forgive everything. Her voice was cool as she spoke his namejust three words that made his eyes burn. Then, calm and unwavering, she said, I dont love you. Ive been lying to you. In a relationship everyone assumed he controlled, Lu Xixiao was the one who had been played from beginning to end.