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

Students, although our class is usually known as a cultural affairs class

however, I still hope that for the Arts Festival, everybody will still

live up to expectations and shine.

Fu Xiao Si and Lu Zhi Ang

will be our class representatives for the Arts Festival.

So... there is one more person that can participate.

So, Fu Xiao Si

who do you think would be appropriate for participating in the event?

How about...

Li Xia will do.

Li Xia?

- That's awesome! - Li Xia!

Why her?

Keep quiet.

Fu Xiao Si recommended Li Xia.

Then it'll be Li Xia.

Class dismissed.

Can she do it?

She'd better not get in the way of Fu Xiao Si and Lu Zhi Ang.

Right, although our class doesn't have any other top art students

it still shouldn't have been her.

Who knows why Fu Xiao Si recommended her.

It's a hell of a mess.

Let's go.

Fu Xiao Si, what did you mean by "will do"?

Don't you want to participate in the competition?

I don't have the qualifications.

I'm not like you, good at everything.

That's okay.

If you don't want to do it, I'll just talk to the teacher.

Thanks, then.

Li Xia.

Your drawings...

really don't look good.

I know. Is it any of your concern?

It's not.

However, if you practice diligently, you can be good.

In this world, there are no geniuses, just lazy fools.

Make sure not to go to the art studio at midnight.

It's said to be haunted.

In this world, there are no geniuses, just lazy fools.

Aren't you here to draw?

What are you standing there for? Come in.

She paces back and forth the desolate alley in the rain

holding an oil-paper umbrella

just like I do

walking slowly in silence.

Li Xia!

Hi, Qi Qi! How come you're here?

I came to see you.

How noble of you.

Everybody in Class 7 dresses like this

unlike your class, covered up so tightly, looking so spiritless.

Yes, how can we compare to the arts students?

Speaking of which, I have something amusing to tell you.

Guess what I'm doing on stage this time?

Are you going to paint peonies or shrimp?

Am I that uncreative in your mind?

I normally keep a low profile, but when I stand out, I make waves.

Guess again!

If you're not telling me, I'm leaving.

I'm singing.

Singing?

That's fun.

Those boys in your class will be throwing themselves at your feet.

That's not the main point.

Our whole class has to participate in the Arts Festival

but there are only three spots for singers.

Today, I used my abilities to defeat an extremely unlikable competitor.

Li Yan Ran?

Does she think she can do everything?

She's clearly a dancer and had already signed up for the dance contest.

She still tried to fight me for a singing spot.

What's that idiom... never content, trying to swallow an elephant?

Anyway, with those few arts cells in her, she can only act spoiled.

All right.

Isn't the feeling of revenge amazing?

Year 1, Class 3's Li Xia, report to the Dean's Office immediately.

Me? What could it be?

Just go see. Give me your backpack.

I'll be back.

How can you write an essay if you can't even understand the diagrams?

He clearly wasn't the one hit. You see that on his clothes?

Where?

- He helped this person up. - Oh, it's like that?

Year 1, Class 3's Li Xia, report to the Dean's Office immediately.

Report to the Dean's Office immediately.

Year 1, Class 3's Li Xia, report to the Dean's Office immediately.

You're not waiting for me?

I have something to do. You can go home yourself.

Report.

Come in!

Dean.

Come over.

Hi, Li Xia.

Li Xia, let me make introductions.

This is Li Yan Ran's father. He came to check on your injury.

Such responsible parents are rarely seen nowadays.

We were negligent in that incident.

Yan Ran has felt very apologetic.

She insisted I come see you myself.

I've brought our chauffeur today to apologize to you.

It's okay, Uncle. I'm fine already.

Here's a small token. Buy some nutritious tonics or something.

Consider it our regards.

That's really not necessary.

What are you refusing it for? Your family isn't in good circumstances.

Li Xia, don't feel shy.

As the saying goes, when one is in need, all will render aid.

Our school has a history of one helping another.

Take it.

You are from a single-parent family and alone here at school.

Money is necessary.

If you are in any financial difficulty

you can go to Yan Ran.

We will help you as much as we can.

Yes.

Don't refuse it. You'll have to take it in the end anyway.

Thank you.

Thank you for your good intentions, Uncle.

My family is not financially well off

but it's not so bad that we need other people's assistance.

Why don't you take your money and save it for your chauffeur?

I think he'd need it for tuition to learn some manners.

I'll be going now, Dean.

This time, there won't be any problems with selecting Li Yan Ran

as a merit student, right?

One flaw cannot detract from the virtues.

These matters can't be lumped together.

Yan Ran normally has such excellent grades

and she likes to help others.

This incident was just an accident.

Want coffee?

Look.

People look completely different when happy or sad.

This is when you're unhappy.

This is when you're happy.

You look better when you're smiling.

Smile more. Smile.

Why haven't you gone home yet?

I'm waiting for you to take me to the hospital.

What's wrong?

I think you broke my ribs when you pushed me earlier.

You deserve to be taught a lesson.

Heaven is punishing you.

Don't be unhappy. I'll show you a place.

Let's go.

Come on.

That's so ugly.

There aren't many people at the art studio Wednesdays after school.

You should come. I'll teach you how to draw.

Really?

This place is pretty awesome, isn't it?

How come I've never noticed there's such a beautiful spot near campus?

Fu Xiao Si and I come here often.

When we skip class, we come here to sketch

drawing the sky, trees, people, and buildings.

Thank you for being so attentive and consoling me.

Is it because of Li Yan Ran?

How did you know?

I overheard a little when I was outside.

I don't like her very much either.

Don't you guys have a good relationship?

Isn't she Fu Xiao Si's girlfriend?

Of course not.

She and I are separate people.

Fu Xiao Si is Fu Xiao Si.

Fu Xiao Si and I have been close friends since we were young.

We met Li Yan Ran afterward.

Their mothers have a good relationship

so Fu Xiao Si treats her nicer.

Is that so?

She's not considered his girlfriend.

At most, he just talks to her a little more.

As you know, Fu Xiao Si doesn't like to talk much.

He's in his own little world and nobody can get in.

So for him to talk to Li Yan Ran, it means they can get along.

However, I don't like her very much.

She has that aura of superiority that wealthy people have.

You're criticizing her? Aren't you the same?

How am I?

Let me tell you a story.

I have a younger male cousin.

He really liked art at a young age.

However, his family wasn't well off

so he didn't have money for paint or books.

He practiced every day with the worst paint brushes.

He went to the bookstore to commit those books to memory

until the store owner kicked him out.

Although he might have been the best artist in his class

he was always scolded by teachers for not having materials

and teased by classmates.

However, he never explained or defended himself.

Actually, he just wanted to rely on his own hard work

to change something and overcome these difficulties.

I think you're quite similar.

This world is unfair.

But to someone like you who has your own thoughts and attitude

this unfairness can be a good thing.

It will make you work harder.