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Endless Summer

Rating 3.0
Word count
145K words
Chapters
50
ISBN
9787201159379

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Summary

She is Lin Zhizi—a science prodigy and a gifted young perfumer—yet her family has fallen apart and she is isolated by others. At her darkest moment she meets him: Hao, a mysterious umbrella spirit, and finds love and protection. Because of him, her youth is met with warmth. Their hearts beat faster and draw closer. Just as she is about to confess, on the day the college entrance exam ends, she loses her umbrella—and loses him too… Five years later, a boy who looks exactly like Hao appears before her. Only, he is human, and his name is Gong Hao. Gong Hao's arrival and the mysteries surrounding him plunge Lin Zhizi into fog… Is he her umbrella spirit Hao, or someone else? Can a confession she has waited years to make still be told to "him"? But when the truth is revealed, Lin Zhizi is caught in an even harder choice…

Editor's review

Taking the rare subject of perfume-making as its entry point, *Endless Summer* interweaves top science student Lin Zhizi's family fractures and school isolation with a fantastical protective relationship. What moves readers most is not the mystery itself but the rarity of being treated gently in a bleak youth: the umbrella spirit Hao is both a fantasy device and the psychological projection of a girl longing to be understood and caught when she falls. Losing the umbrella and "him" after the college entrance exam pushes the story from light fantasy into loss and growth; Gong Hao's appearance five years later drives the mystery of "who is he" alongside the emotional suspense of "can the confession still be spoken." Author Qingyang Wanxi writes with fine-grained tenderness, prioritizing emotional buildup over plot momentum. It suits sustained reading in quiet hours and readers who like a mix of youthful fantasy, the ache of growing up, and light suspense. Note that the fantasy serves emotional expression; readers expecting hard sci-fi or tightly reasoned deduction may find the focus lies elsewhere.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Young readers who enjoy youth campus stories mixed with light fantasy
  • Readers drawn to rare subjects such as perfume-making and a science-girl's coming of age
  • Readers who prefer delicate emotional writing and the ache of growing up
  • Readers who want a light mystery built around protection and waiting

Not a good fit for

  • Readers expecting self-consistent hard sci-fi worldbuilding and rigorous logical deduction
  • Readers who prefer fast pacing, strong plot, and little emotional buildup
  • Readers sensitive to school isolation and family breakdown

Reading tips

  1. Read it first as a coming-of-age story; the fantasy is a vehicle for emotion, so don't rush to interrogate its rules.
  2. Notice how Lin Zhizi's perfume-making, science studies, and family upheaval mirror one another; these details reveal the character more than the answer does.
  3. When Gong Hao appears five years later, look back at Hao's words and actions for the emotional clues the author has planted.
  4. If you become deeply immersed, read chapter by chapter and leave buffer time after the darker passages.

About the publisher

Tianjin People's Publishing House China · Founded in 1950

Tianjin People's Publishing House publishes across such fields as classic works, foreign literature, architecture, social culture and social sciences, with 749 relevant titles in the collection. In the areas of classics and scholarship, works such as Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua and Fei Xiaotong's From the Soil and Fertility and Reproduction reflect a sustained attention to social culture and classic texts of thought. Architectural books are represented by Liang Sicheng's Annotated Yingzao Fashi and A History of Chinese Architecture, showing an emphasis on architectural heritage and building traditions. In foreign literature, translations of Sholokhov's And Quiet Flows the Don and Tolstoy's War and Peace and The Death of Ivan Ilyich, through the work of translators such as Li Gang and Yu Dawei, form a substantial series of translated works. Overall, the press combines classic texts, scholarly works and fine translations, with a publishing character oriented toward humanistic depth and the dissemination of knowledge.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 楔子
  3. chapter1 漫天星辰都幻化成雪, 而你, 就是我的宇宙
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. 5
  9. 6
  10. 7
  11. 8
  12. 9
  13. 10
  14. 11
  15. 12
  16. 13
  17. 14
  18. 15
  19. 16
  20. 17
  21. 18
  22. 19
  23. 20
  24. 21
  25. 22
  26. chapter2 爱来的时候, 要踮起脚尖去迎接, 因为一不小心, 它就飞走了
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. 4
  31. 5
  32. 6
  33. 7
  34. 8
  35. 9
  36. 10
  37. 11
  38. 12
  39. 13
  40. 14
  41. chapter3 因为喜欢你, 明天下雨, 也觉得是好天气
  42. 1
  43. 2
  44. 3
  45. 4
  46. 5
  47. 6
  48. 7
  49. 尾声
  50. 后记

FAQ

Is Hao real, or Lin Zhizi's fantasy?
The materials present the umbrella-spirit premise and the mystery of Gong Hao's appearance five years later but offer no final explanation. Read Hao as a character who is both fantastical and an emotional projection; the point is less whether he is real than how he accompanies Lin Zhizi through her darkest hours.
Is the fantasy setup complicated or hard to follow?
From the materials, the fantasy centers on the umbrella spirit Hao's identity and disappearance rather than a vast worldbuilding system. It works as an emotional device in a coming-of-age story, serving the experience of being protected and of a confession long awaited, so readers can enter without prior knowledge of complex rules.
Is the ending happy, and is it worth reading on?
The materials mention that Lin Zhizi faces an even harder choice after the truth is revealed but do not specify the ending. Expect the story to center on her growth and choices when facing the truth rather than a purely sweet resolution. If you like youth narratives weighted with loss and choice, it will suit you better.

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About the author

清扬婉兮 Author

Qingyang Wanxi is an author about whom limited public information is available. Four works are currently known, spanning categories such as war and military fiction, social fiction, modern romance, and premium fiction. Representative titles including Fangfei and the City, Endless Summer, Sixi, and Miss Coriander's Parallel Journey cover a fairly wide range of subjects, from modern romance narratives centered on emotional relationships and urban life to writing with a stronger focus on social reality. Among them, Sixi gained wider attention through a television adaptation of the same title starring Tong Yao, Jiang Xin, and Huang Minghao, suggesting that the stories have a certain potential for adaptation and a foundation for popular reach. Judging from the existing works, Qingyang Wanxi's writing tends to revolve around character fates, family relationships, and emotional choices, maintaining a balance between accessible readability and a sense of realism, and skillfully using everyday details to move the plot forward. As biographical information has not yet been made public, the full picture of the author's creative work remains to be supplemented by further material.

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