A Once-in-a-Lifetime Summer

长欢喜Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. · ChinaFeb 2026

3.4

Word count: 8.4K words
Chapters: 9

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Summary

[Jiang Ai (singer) VS Chen Jingyi (screenwriter)]

[Premium fiction + modern romance + entertainment industry + secret crush + BE + love at first sight]

During a summer vacation trip, Jingyi unexpectedly encounters the newly debuted artist Jiang Ai and falls in love with him at first sight.

She is his first fan—she edited his first promotional video, founded his first fan group, applied for his first Tieba forum, and organized his first fan club... In the process, Jiang Ai gradually becomes known to more people and grows into a household-name star.

Jingyi is happy for him. But sadly, Jiang Ai doesn't seem to remember her. He knows there was a girl who did so much for him, yet never knows that girl is Jingyi.

Even after she becomes a formidable screenwriter and their work finally intersects—so what? He has long had someone he wants to spend his life with.

Editor's review

Chang Huanxi's novel takes the entertainment-circle crush back to its starting point—the fan and the idol: the heroine begins with the first promotional video and the first fan group, hiding her love inside each thing she does for him, while the hero knows such a girl exists but never learns that she is Jingyi. This misalignment is the book's most powerful design—she becomes a screenwriter, their work finally intersects, yet the relationship remains stuck at "he doesn't know." The novel follows a BE route; emotion comes not from violent conflict but from time and status slowly pulling them apart. Its strength lies in the minute, authentic fandom details and the psychology of unrequited love, suited to readers who resonate with entertainment-circle settings and one-sided emotional付出. Structurally it suits segmented reading on commutes or before sleep; in the later chapters, set aside emotional buffer. If you dislike regretful endings or have no feel for fandom narratives, the reading experience may suffer.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Romance readers who enjoy entertainment-circle settings, crushes, and missed connections
Readers who resonate with or are curious about fandom and fan-culture details
Readers who accept a BE ending and prefer delicate psychological portrayal
Young readers who want a story of one-sided付出 and status misalignment

Not a good fit for

Readers who only accept happy endings and reject BE
Readers with little interest in fandom, fan groups, and similar plot elements
Readers who prefer strong plotting, fast pacing, or sweet mutual romance

Reading tips

Read chronologically and note the heroine's shift from fan to screenwriter; this makes the force of the misalignment clearer.
When you reach the work-intersection section, look back at the earlier fandom details; the contrast gives the silent crush more weight.
The ending is regretful; leave some time to process after finishing, or talk with a friend before starting the next book.

About the publisher

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. China · Founded in 2014

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.

版权信息
第一章你还喜欢他吗
第二章谢了呀，小姑娘
第三章别怕，我不吃人
第四章我们静宜可是你的铁粉
第五章但暗恋太苦了啊
第六章以后要小心点呀
第七章原来她竟然这么喜欢我
第八章我要走了啊

FAQ

Is this a BE? Will the ending be very angsty?

The metadata labels it BE, and the story's core is crush misalignment and missed connection. The angst comes mainly from the regret that "he never knows that person is her," not from violent conflict; the emotion is delicate and drawn out.

Can I understand it if I've never been a fan?

Yes. The fandom details are the vehicle for emotion; the author writes them concretely without raising the bar, so readers unfamiliar with fan culture can still understand why the heroine is willing to do these things.

Is there romantic interaction between the male and female leads?

They intersect later through work, but the male lead does not remember that the heroine is the fan from back then, and he already has someone he wants to spend his life with. The interaction is more about misalignment and distance than mutual pursuit.

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About the author

长欢喜 Author

Chang Huanxi is a Chinese author active in the fields of modern romance and youth literature. Her publicly available personal information is limited, and details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name are not found in the existing records. Seven of her works are currently known, including the full-length novels Half a Grain of Starlight, Qingqing Like My Heart, A Summer Once in a Lifetime, Heavy Snow in Boston Today, and Hello Mingzhu, as well as a sweet and healing youth romance boxed set and a collection of bitter-sweet short stories. These works show that she is skilled at writing emotional stories between young men and women, with a tone that moves between sweetness and healing, and she also ventures into short fiction with a bittersweet flavor, covering campus, urban, and foreign settings. Her works are often categorized under modern romance, youth literature, and classic works, giving her a certain recognizability among readers.