"Jie, do you want to play this?" The next evening, Zhiye held a bundle of fireworks sticks and asked,

"Fireworks sticks? We only play them during Chinese New Year..."

"Is it inappropriate?" Zhiye's face showed a hint of disappointment.

"No... I mean... I didn't mean that," I quickly waved my hand,

"Why did you suddenly think of playing this?"

"In Japan, they watch fireworks during the summer, and of course, they also have fireworks sticks..."

As Zhiye spoke, she stopped and a hint of shyness appeared on her face, probably because of her yukata,

"It sounds great, it must be lively there in the summer, right?"

"Yes... that's right."

While I was immersed in my own wild imagination, Zhiye hesitantly asked, "Do you want to play?"

"It sounds great, I haven't played with fireworks sticks for a long time," it was something I loved playing with when I was little,

"Then let's go..."

"Do we need to prepare anything?"

"I've already prepared everything, a bucket filled with water, a lighter, and a bunch of fireworks sticks,"

I didn't know when Zhiye had two more things in her hand,

"I'll carry the bucket then."

"Well... I'm fine with this."

"You're dressed like this, it seems like it's not convenient to walk, and besides, you invited me to play fireworks sticks, so I can't just do nothing, right?"

Without waiting for Zhiye's response, I took the bucket from her hands,

"Jie..." Zhiye's face turned slightly red,

"We can go now..."

"Okay..."

As we were preparing to leave the hotel lobby, we ran into Xi and Yuan Muxi,

"Zhiye, Youjie, where are you going?"

"Zhiye suggested playing with fireworks sticks, and I think it's a good idea,"

"Can I join too...?"

"Zhiye, is it okay?" I turned to Zhiye and asked after Yuan Muxi's request,

"...It might be more fun to play together, if Muxi doesn't mind..." After a short period of silence, Zhiye smiled and said,

"Thank you,"

"Xi, why don't you come too?" I noticed that Xi had been acting strange since this morning, it seemed like she wanted to say something to me but hesitated and avoided me, did I do something wrong?

"Xi, would you like to come as well?" Zhiye also invited Xi,

Xi didn't nod or shake her head, but she still followed behind us, which made me feel relieved.

Then we found a relatively open area, with the sea in front of us, and the sound of waves hitting the beach could be heard,

"Let's do it here."

I put down the bucket, and Zhiye distributed the fireworks sticks to everyone. Zhiye lit one, and the beautiful light appeared in front of us,

"It's really beautiful," I couldn't help but sigh,

"Jie, aren't you going to light one?"

"Oh... oops, I got distracted. In order to fully immerse myself, I used the fire from the one Zhiye lit to light one in my hand as well,"

I waved the fireworks stick in my hand. When I was younger, I played with it casually, but now I felt that the light it emitted was really beautiful,

This made me unable to resist lighting three at the same time, the light was bigger and more dazzling.

Zhiye also inserted a heart shape into the ground and lit it together. "Jie... Although fireworks only have momentary beauty, once caught by the sight, they cannot be forgotten, right? I... also want to be the fireworks in Jie's eyes, even if it's just for a moment," Zhiye looked at me with affectionate eyes and said sentimental words.

But I gently gave Zhiye a chop on the head and said, "It's foolish to trade beauty for life... Zhiye, just be yourself... You're already beautiful and dazzling enough."

As I spoke, I felt a bit embarrassed and scratched my cheek to ease the tension. I glanced at Zhiye and saw her face turn red. Then I looked at Yuan Muxi and Xi, who seemed unable to express their joy.

Are sparklers not fun?

After an hour of fighting, the last sparkler also burned out. It was such an enjoyable experience.

Afterwards, everyone was getting ready to go back and we agreed to continue next time we had the chance. I finished cleaning up and ran into Xi. I was just about to ask her how her day was when she suddenly handed me a note.

"Hey..." she didn't even turn her head and ran off. What's going on?

Confused, I opened the note, and it said: "Meet at the same place at one o'clock, Xi wants to talk to you."