Chapter 1 Summer Illusion Summer. The sun is not very strong,...

summer.

The sunlight was not very strong, shining through the green leaves on the branches, mixing with the chirping of cicadas that appeared out of nowhere.

A cool breeze blew past her, ruffling the fur of the yellow dog accompanying her. The tips of the fur moved. Su Huaiwang smiled, took off her gloves and touched its head.

The yellow dog squinted its eyes when she touched it, but its ears stood up the next moment and turned alertly to face its owner.

Su Huaiwang raised his head and looked in that direction. Beyond the layers of fences, sunlight and shadows, a girl wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat was standing in the shade of a tree, talking and laughing.

The dizziness unique to summer surged into his heart, and Su Huaiwang suddenly felt that he was hallucinating. His mind was filled with the refreshing feeling of taking a popsicle out of the refrigerator in the hot summer.

The girl saw her and smiled at her with her delicate face, her eyebrows curved and soft. Su Huaiwang smiled subconsciously, but then felt that his smile was too stiff, and hurriedly stood up from the vegetable garden nervously.

Xiao Huang stuck to her calf vigilantly, his muscles tensed and his tail drooped unconsciously.

"Xiao Wang!" Su Huaiwang then saw that the neighbor's grandmother was standing next to the girl. The white-haired old farmer, who was over seventy years old but still in good spirits, was waving her hand and greeting her with a smile.

"Grandma Chen." Feeling a little guilty, she took off her hat and gloves, pushed open the small door in the fence, and walked to the shade of the tree where they were.

Because of the trance just now, Su Huaiwang was still nervous, and his eyes barely glanced over the girl next to Grandma Chen.

"This is Lin Jue, she just moved in. Look at her pretty little face!" Grandma Chen said, reaching out and pinching the little girl's face. Lin Jue smiled and followed her gesture, not rejecting the affectionate gesture of her elders at all.

Her skin was indeed good. Just by looking at it, Su Huaiwang could feel how delicate and tender her skin was under Grandma Chen's hands.

Su Huaiwang licked his lips uncomfortably. On the one hand, it was because he felt a little embarrassed because he hadn't seen a stranger for a long time. On the other hand, it was because he had been working in the vegetable garden for a long time and hadn't had a drink of water.

Lin Jue noticed her movements and took out a bottle of ice water from the small bag at his waist: "Here."

Su Huaiwang's expression immediately became panicked, and his already hot face became even redder: "Thank you, but no thanks, my home is over there..."

The girl chuckled and said, "Just consider it a meeting gift." She pointed to a house next to Su Huaiwang's house and said, "I'll live there from now on. I'm new here and I'm unfamiliar with the place. I'll have a lot to trouble you with in the future, so please accept it."

As she spoke, she handed the mineral water bottle in her hand to Su Huaiwang.

Grandma Chen beside her was also saying, "Hey, Xiaowang, just keep it. Xiaolin also gave me a bottle just now! Look at this little girl, she's so considerate! Unlike my grandson, he wouldn't even bother to give you some water even if he was dying of thirst outside."

Su Huaiwang opened his mouth awkwardly, but finally said thank you and accepted it.

To hide the awkwardness caused by not interacting with people her own age for so long, she unscrewed the bottle and took a sip of water.

The ice water flowed down his throat, driving away the heat in his body. Su Huaiwang took a big sip and felt the cold air hissing up from his stomach.

Lin Jue watched the movement of her throat as she drank water, and the faint smile on his face became more genuine.

On the other side, Grandma Chen was still chattering away, using her local accent's enthusiasm to connect the two of them:

"Xiao Lin is a little younger than you, twenty years old, and she moved here by herself. You're usually all alone, but now you finally have someone to keep you company."

Su Huaiwang looked at the wrinkles at the corners of Grandma Chen's eyes as she spoke, knowing that she was truly thinking of him for his own good. He sighed, and his original thoughts such as "a five-year age gap is quite a big one" were swallowed back into his stomach.

She never felt lonely, as having two dogs and a cat at home to keep her company was enough. She couldn't say she disliked other people, but she definitely couldn't say she liked them either.

It's just that the girl in front of her seemed a little too well-behaved and pleasing, which made her heart, which had been silent for a long time, beat a little, and gave rise to some expectations for no reason.

Su Huaiwang hid his hand behind his back and wiped it awkwardly with his overalls, then stretched it out again: "Hello, we'll be neighbors from now on. My name is... uh, Su Huaiwang."

It had been a long time since he had said his own name, and when Su Huaiwang said it, his tongue was a little stiff, and he almost said it wrong.

The temperature on my face, which had just subsided, rose again.

Lin Jue lowered her head slightly, and her long and elegant eyelashes were clearly visible in the golden light that occasionally shone through the shade of the trees. Su Huaiwang couldn't help but notice that her eye color seemed lighter, like clear amber in the summer light.

The cold hand held her back.

"Lin Jue, this Jue."

The girl naturally stretched out her other hand, turned Su Huaiwang's hand over, and wrote a "jue" on her palm. It was itchy, and her carefully manicured fingers were very cold. Su Huaiwang's palm felt like it was being caressed by a thin stream of water from a stream.

Su Huaiwang was so startled that her palm shrank back. Lin Jue seemed not to notice and let go of her hand after writing the words. Su Huaiwang retracted her hand behind her, and it seemed as if the touch of someone else's skin was still lingering on her hand.

As if to dispel the feeling, he clenched his hands behind his back.

"My name is Huai which means nostalgia, and Wang which means hope." Su Huaiwang also followed her example and introduced his name carefully.

Grandma Chen looked at the two of them with satisfaction and sighed, "People who study well are different."

Before she could finish her sigh, a voice came from the village below the slope: "Grandma! Grandma! Where have you been?"

Grandma Chen's eyes widened in anger, and she yelled at the top of her lungs, "Stop yelling! I'm coming back!"

When the noise from below died down, Grandma Chen turned around and said, "Look at my grandson! He's only a teenager, but he's still so noisy."

"Is he back?" Su Huaiwang asked. Grandma Chen usually lives alone. Her son and his family are in the city and they only come back occasionally during holidays.

When she mentioned her grandson, Grandma Chen's face was full of smiles: "Yes, summer vacation is over. Next year he will be a sophomore in high school. I am afraid he won't be able to come back."

Grandma Chen sighed and shook her head. "You guys keep chatting. I'm going to go see what this brat wants from me. You young people have common topics, so I won't get involved."

Su Huaiwang nodded, watching Grandma Chen's departing back, and could only bite the bullet and be alone with Lin Jue.

She could almost feel the awkward air spreading between the two of them.

Lin Jue was a little shorter than her, but Su Huaiwang lowered her head too low, so now she could only see his pair of jade-white hands.

Those were a pair of very beautiful hands, slender, white, with faint blue veins on the back of the hands, smooth and soft. Su Huaiwang thought of many descriptions in an instant, water bamboo, scallion roots... Then the touch of Lin Jue holding her hand flashed back to her mind again at an inappropriate time.

Su Huaiwang felt that she seemed to have a heatstroke.

"I just moved in and have some things to pack. It's not very convenient to talk under the scorching sun. I'll come for a formal visit tomorrow, is that okay?"

Not knowing whether he noticed the warmth lingering on Su Huaiwang's face or was really in a hurry to go back and pack his things, Lin Jue spoke.

Su Huaiwang nodded quickly: "Yeah!" She hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Do you need help?"

She would not have meddled in other people's business, but looking at the thin arms and legs of the girl in front of her, she still asked.

Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "It's okay, no need, thank you, there aren't many things, I'll finish packing them in a short while."

The girl politely declined Su Huaiwang's proposal. Su Huaiwang's rationality finally came back to her mind. She secretly felt disappointed that she had not managed her boundaries well. She raised her hand and said goodbye to Lin Jue:

"Thank you for your hard work. I'll go back first. Goodbye."

Lin Jue waved goodbye to her warmly, and Su Huaiwang turned and walked towards his home.

What she didn't see was that after she turned around, the girl in the white dress stood under the tree and looked at her for a long time.

The summer heat waves folded and fluctuated, making her lower body seem a little transparent. She didn't look like a living person, but more like a summer illusion, or... a ghost.

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drop.

Su Huaiwang turned on the air conditioner, and cool air gushed out. She exhaled a long breath and lay down on the lazy chair in the room.

Mimi jumped over from somewhere and lay on her delicately. Su Huaiwang stroked its fur twice, while Lin Jue's face was still replaying in her mind.

Grandma Chen was right, Lin Jue was indeed good-looking, and his beauty was gentle and soft. He wasn't very aggressive, but it was hard to forget him once you saw him.

At the age of twenty, you should be going to college. Why would you move to such a remote place alone?

Su Huaiwang closed his eyes, put his hands on the cat's back, and took a nap for a while.

In the air-conditioned room, besides her, there are two dogs and a cat—that's all her family. She's 25 years old and unemployed. She occasionally paints and writes for pocket money, and the money she has in the bank is enough to support her until she's old. She has no dreams or aspirations. She moved into this house two years ago and has rarely left since.

The cat lying on her is simply named Mimi. It was originally a stray cat and was adopted by her. It is a beautiful calico cat with fluffy fur and eyeliner.

One of the two dogs was Dahui, a gray wolfhound, and the other was Xiaohuang, a classic Chinese farm dog who had just been working with her in the garden. Strangely enough, Xiaohuang had been restless and had his tail between his legs since they'd been out together.

Su Huaiwang patted the edge of the chair and called Xiao Huang over.

Little Huang came running over and rubbed his head under her palm. Su Huaiwang rubbed him, wondering if he was feeling unwell and whether he should see a doctor.

Perhaps sensing Su Huaiwang's thoughts, Xiao Huang's head shook even more violently, and he whimpered softly a few times.

Fortunately, Su Huaiwang let it go in the end, patted its head, and decided to wait a few days to observe it.

The dog and cat were relatively young, and Su Huaiwang had only had them for a short time. She had only been given the right to keep pets after her parents passed away.

The lazy chair was very comfortable to lie on. Su Huaiwang looked blankly at the cleanly painted ceiling.

Lin Jue.

A beautiful name, a beautiful person, who will soon become her neighbor and move into the villa next door.

At the foot of this mountain lies a rural village, while higher up are several abandoned villas. They were resort projects that Su Huaiwang's parents had once invested in. Sadly, like her parents, their venture collapsed before it even began. Because of this, Su Huaiwang was able to purchase her current villa at a lower price.

She lives here to avoid people, and what is Lin Jue's reason?

Although the girl looked quiet, her vitality could still be seen in her every move, unlike her lifeless self.

The newly arrived neighbor was like a stone thrown into Su Huaiwang's heart, which had been calm for a long time. She now felt that something was wrong with her and she could not get rid of her curiosity about Lin Jue from her mind.

A myriad of thoughts flashed through her mind, but what she didn't realize was that in her memory, she had never even remembered the house next door being renovated or furniture being delivered.

Both she and Grandma Chen ignored this matter and naturally accepted the fact that a living person was going to move in.

My memory seems to be wrapped in a thick fog that cannot be lifted no matter what I do.

Su Huaiwang always felt as if something was wrong, but he couldn't tell why.

She sighed and attributed it to the nervousness of socializing again.

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