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

Let's go.

Lu Zhi Ang.

Cold winds are passing through.

Winter arrived on schedule at last.

The chilly air mixed with the somber atmosphere of Year 3

saturating the entire grade.

Everybody seemed to have become rubber bands stretched taut.

As a result of electrostatic forces, there will be an increase in speed.

There may be changes in the magnitude and direction of velocity.

Charged particles with very small masses...

Lu Zhi Ang really did transfer to sciences.

It feels as if there is something missing around me

but I already have no more free time to ponder on it.

In the abyss of suffering that is Year 3

studying is everything.

Except for Yu Jian.

Cheers.

How come you're so happy today and treating me to dinner?

I have good news to tell you.

What a coincidence. I do too.

You go first.

Qing Tian, I can make my dreams a reality.

I'm going to be a singer.

Hello?

Ms. Yu Jian, we have everything prepared.

Your bus ticket will be sent to you later.

We can get to work as soon as you arrive in Shanghai.

- Really? - It's true.

Okay, thank you! Thank you!

I look forward to working with you.

There's a company in Shanghai who wants to sign a contract with me.

I won't be a bar singer anymore.

I'm going to be a real singer, a singer who will appear on television.

Qing Tian, come with me.

We'll sing together and release an album together

so that all of China can hear our voices.

Are you listening to me?

The steak is a little bit salty.

You're going to go with me, right?

Shanghai is a global metropolis.

We'll have more opportunities there.

Maybe after two years there, we'll hit it big!

Waiter.

Hello, Sir. How may I help you?

How come the soup is so salty?

I'm sorry, Sir. Why don't I get you another one?

- No need to. Get me the check. - All right.

Qing Tian, are you not happy?

No.

The food here isn't that great. Let's go home.

That can't be.

Qing Tian, what's wrong?

Nothing's wrong.

You've been acting strange tonight.

I'm not.

What are you holding back?

I'm going to go back to the dorm then.

Be careful on your way back.

- Is this spicy? - I'm talking about you.

Is that spicy?

- It's not spicy. - It's a little sweet. It's so good.

Where did you buy it?

The new shop by the school entrance. I'm going to go again.

How much did it cost?

I'm not telling you.

How much was it?

It cost me 10 yuan last time.

What is your good news?

- Is something on your mind? - What?

You're on your phone in class, and when you eat and sleep. What's up?

Could it be that Qing Tian proposed to you?

Is that it?

I hope all your brains are awake.

What does the school's Arts Class Christmas Evening Party

have to do with you third years?

Your mission now is to study, do practice sets, and take exams!

You're not an arts class so don't go meddling.

Arts class students can get extra credit on exams. Can you?

If you don't get into university, you'll be found lacking.

Consider it carefully.

Dismissed.

Li Xia.

Take these to Class 5's homeroom teacher in the science building.

Okay, I got it.

Don't run.

Come on.

Come back to school with me.

Li Xia, don't say anymore.

Sorry.

It's all your fault.

Li Xia? How come you're here?

I was passing by and came to visit you.

How come you're sitting in the corner by yourself?

The back row is quiet with no disturbances.

Everybody could distinctly sense the changes in Lu Zhi Ang.

It was like salt sprinkled into water and gradually dissolved

until no traces could be seen in the end.

Oh, right.

I got this notebook dirty. Some of the words are unclear now.

Can you go over it with me?

Okay.

This is the translation of this phrase.

But I think it was written differently in a book I saw a few days ago.

Really? What was it then?

I'll look for it.

- Excuse me, excuse me. - Stop fighting!

Stop fighting! What are you doing? Stop it!

- Stop fighting, Qi Qi! - I'm not done with you!

Stop fighting!

Our hearts assigned meaning to the things that appeared before us at that time.

So when this coin appeared at this very moment, not any sooner or later

it must have meant something.

Perhaps the heavens wanted to tell me

some things ought to come to an end.

I should give myself a complete account for some of these feelings.

Where has Lu Zhi Ang gone?

Fu Xiao Si.

Qi Qi?

Where are you going?

They asked me to help with decorations for the Arts Christmas party.

That's Fu Xiao Si, isn't it?

Qi Qi, do you know him? How cool!

I'm going then.

Bye.

Let's go.

I heard he's very cold to others.

- Qi Qi, how did you meet him? - Hello, Li Xia?

Do you want to leave together after school?

I'm going over notes with Lu Zhi Ang. You can leave first.

All right.

Despicable Lu Zhi Ang.

Immature.

Li Xia, what does this mean?

There's an explanation here.

Thanks.

Did you find the answer?

I did. You were right.

Do you have time during Christmas? Let's spend it together.

Li Xia, let's spend Christmas together.

Sure. Who else? Xiao Si?

Do you want to be with him that much?

It'd be nice to spend the holidays together.

It would be quite nice.

Maybe someone will confess.

Don't make that kind of joke. It's not funny at all.

Auntie.

You really don't plan on talking with Xiao Si anymore?

He's particularly insistent on the matter of going abroad.

He also has many opinions.

I thought about some of them and there is reason to them.

But...

From the start, it was supposed to be the two of us going together.

But it's his life.

We should respect his decision, no?

Yan Ran.

You have a lot of potential.

I know the arts entrance exams for overseas schools will be beginning soon.

With your achievements, it won't be hard for you to get into a good school.

I give you my best wishes for a successful exam.

I'm going to cook.

Why don't you stay for dinner?

Auntie.

Mom, I'm back.

Yan Ran.

My family just approved my decision to not go abroad.

So, I won't be going with you to hand in materials.

When you're abroad by yourself in the future, you must be careful.

Take good care of yourself.

But, Xiao Si...

I don't want to be alone.

I want to go abroad with you.

Aren't we friends?

If we're in different countries

who knows how long it'll be until we see each other again?

If we're friends

we'll still be good friends no matter how long we don't see each other.

What's so good here?

Maybe you'll change your mind after a while.

Think about it some more.

- I can-- - I've already decided.

I won't change my mind.

Is it because of Li Xia?

The points in our lives we are faced with are precisely this cruel.

We choose this, we give up that.

Whether or not it was our original intention

there will inevitably be someone who is dissatisfied.

Hence, we look back into the past to try to correct the mistakes

yet, we discover there was no right or wrong choice.

What there was

was just a choice you made for another life.

I officially signed a contract with the bar to be their sole singer.

Then will you still...

go to Shanghai with me?

Do you want to be with him that much?

It'd be nice to spend the holidays together.

It would be quite nice.

Maybe someone will confess.

Yu Jian.

Li Xia, no matter what happens in the future

you will encourage me, be on my side, and support all my decisions, right?