Love 'til the End of Summer (Rush to the Dead Summer / Xia Zhi Wei Zhi / 夏至未至)

You must rely on yourselves to draw a perfect piece of art.

Sir, do you have any tips for this?

Follow your heart.

That's why...

You must find what you believe to be most beautiful

and then use art to show everybody the world you see through your eyes.

Sir, where does your creative inspiration come from?

That stretch of camphor trees.

Xiao Si.

In the past, I always read about the confines of prison.

After coming here, I've found it's actually not that cramped.

The sky is vast.

I can still see the white clouds floating freely by.

But, I just can't see you.

Do you know?

Whenever I think back on those days when

- Let's go! - we biked around Qianchuan...

the countless times we jumped over the school fence to go out to play

the artistic drawings you had strewn all over the art studio

the yawns I made when you started jigsaw puzzles at home...

When I think of these...

I feel so sad.

Xiao Si, there is so much I want to say to you

but I can no longer find a chance to tell you.

Within these four walls

I often watch the sun set in the evening by myself.

The inmates have their own community.

They exercise together and eat together.

However, I'm more used to being alone.

Oftentimes, I tell myself I'm not sad.

But when I see autumn drawing to an end

I still feel faint twinges in my heart.

Do you think there will be a day

when a miracle suddenly happens?

The clock has been turned back

or perhaps, we receive a different fate from the start?

We would once again... lie on the yard together.

Let the grass tickle our necks

and the scent of the green grass lightly lure us to sleep.

Let the summer sun

shine on the eyelids covering our bloodshot eyes.

Do you think there will be such a day?

It's been three years, Zhi Ang.

We will finally see each other again.

Hello, CEO Wu?

I'm sorry. I have something very important to do today.

How about another day?

All right, bye.

Xiao Si, has my makeup melted?

No.

Do I look beautiful today?

Yes. This is the fifth time you've asked today.

Beautiful, beautiful!

No, I have to touch up my makeup.

Does it look all right?

What do I do? I'm so nervous.

Lu Zhi Ang has refused our visits throughout these three years.

Would he have fallen in love with someone else?

No. Don't worry.

When he comes out, I'm going to act perfectly

so he'll see I have improved.

Stop being so nervous. You're making me nervous too.

How come he's not out yet?

Lu Zhi Ang, you bastard!

Why wouldn't you let me see you?

Why did you make me wait so long for you?

Do you think my youth has preservatives? I'm about to expire!

Hug me tighter!

You're out.

I've waited a long time.

How come you've lost weight? Did you not have enough to eat in there?

What's with the "ahs" and "ohs"? Are you speaking in Morse code?

Can't you speak properly?

All right, all right. I know you two have a lot to talk about.

Seeing as I'll be spending my life with this person in the future

and I'll have him to myself for much longer than you will

I'll give you two one more day.

24 hours. 86,400 seconds.

I'll let you tell each other everything you couldn't say over these years.

All right?

Thank you.

I remember Qianchuan also had many walkways like this.

They were lined with camphor trees on both sides.

The leaves would sway with the wind, swishing and rustling.

It was like the whole city was singing.

Yes.

How long has it been since we've biked?

Four or five years?

I remember we often raced back then.

We'd bike from home to school.

The loser had to draw five drawings of a bust sculpture.

Maybe the creation of my art books

is thanks in large part to you for beating me so many times.

You've been winning all this time.

Do you want to bike again?

If we could turn around and sail back up the river of time

would everything be different?

Fu Xiao Si, have you ever thought about how we'll be 10 years later?

10 years later?

That's too far in the future. I've never thought about it.

I think you will have become a real artist in 10 years.

You'll have numerous best-selling works and a bunch of women pursuing you.

That sounds...

more like your dream future.

Do you know what my biggest dream is?

Your biggest dream? How many dreams do you have?

I have many; big and small ones.

But there's only one that is the biggest.

Let me hear it.

Come here.

I'm not telling you.

Lu Zhi Ang!

You...

Xiao Si, my biggest dream is

to stay by your side and be your guardian forever.

Fu Xiao Si.

Is my life over?

Don't say such things. It's just getting started.

But the way I am now...

I have nothing left.

Don't you still have me?

I'll be your guardian.

Okay, I'm going to speed up. Sit tight.

We always fantasize about going back in our lives

and returning to some point in our past to change something

so that everything would turn out differently.

However, life isn't a cassette tape full of songs

which can be rewound to the beginning at any time.

Real life doesn't have a fast-forward, rewind, or pause button.

What has already happened will not change.

The fortunate thing is the future that has yet to happen

is full of unlimited possibilities.

We're here.

We're here.

Lu Zhi Ang.

Do you still remember three years ago...

you gave me a cherry blossom necklace?

You might not know this.

Actually...

That necklace...

also comes in a matching set.

Yan Mo.

All this time, I haven't been caring enough about you.

In the beginning, I felt you were unreasonable.

I thought you weren't soft and gentle.

I thought you spent too much money and was too mischievous.

But...

over these years...

Every time I thought back on it, I felt like a jerk.

Do you want to say something?

I want to say...

Would you scorn this Lu Zhi Ang

who was always mean to you in the past

who now has nothing

who can only peel crayfish for you

and make sweet and sour spareribs?

Will you marry this jerk?

Lu Zhi Ang.

Three years was too long.

I really missed you.

In the future...

Don't make me wait anymore.

It's too big.

Is everything ready?

But... it feels a bit weird.

How so?

I'm not sure.

I just feel like I have a lump in my throat.

You're about to leave your home. You must hate to leave.

Yan Mo, I will take responsibility.

Mo Mo? Mo Mo? Have you gone to bed yet?

Not yet!

I can't talk. My dad is here. Bye.

- Yan Da Zhuang. - Mo Mo.

- So-- - Tomorrow--

Yan Da Zhuang, why are you standing at the door? Come in.

To be honest, I've never been so nervous before in my whole life.

Yes.

I managed to come this far with Lu Zhi Ang.

I almost can't believe it.

I can't believe it either.

How come the little girl who was acting spoiled by my feet just yesterday

is already getting married tomorrow?

How come you've grown up so quickly?

In the future, if you get hungry, then come home for dinner.

Yes, dinner.

Mo Mo, why don't I braid your hair for you?

I want it Athena-style.

Okay, I'll braid them any style you want.

Dad.

Do you still remember the first time you braided my hair?

At the time, you nearly scolded me to death.

That was the first in my life I felt so useless.

Almost done, Mo Mo.

Just bear with me a little longer.

Okay, almost done.

That hurt! You yanked on my hair!

I'm sorry, Mo Mo.

I'll do it over-- Look, you moved and it fell apart.