《炽夏》开头：一个夏天的约定

故事发生在一个很热的夏天。

The story unfolds in a scorching summer.

先说女主角，她叫周挽，是个学霸。

First, the female lead: her name is Zhou Wan, a top student.

她成绩很好，脑子也聪明。

Her grades are excellent and she's sharp.

看起来好像没有什么能难倒她。

It seems like nothing can stump her.

可是她家里不太有钱。

But her family isn't well-off.

她的奶奶还生了重病。

And her grandmother has fallen seriously ill.

那种药很贵，医保也不报销。

The medicine is expensive, and insurance won't cover it.

一个月就要三千块。

It costs 3,000 yuan a month.

对一个高中生来说，这是很大一笔钱。

For a high schooler, that's a huge sum.

但是周挽没有哭，也没有找人帮忙。

But Zhou Wan didn't cry, nor did she ask anyone for help.

她想自己赚到这笔钱。

She wanted to earn the money herself.

她在学校里偷偷卖自己整理的复习资料。

At school, she secretly sells the study notes she compiles.

她把每个考点都写得很清楚。

She lays out every exam point clearly.

同学们都抢着买。

Classmates scramble to buy them.

白天上课，晚上整理资料。

Classes by day, compiling notes by night.

她几乎没有时间休息。

She has almost no time to rest.

她什么都不说，一个人扛着这些事。

She says nothing, carrying it all on her own.

再说男主角，他叫陆西骁。

Now the male lead: his name is Lu Xixiao.

他和周挽是完全不一样的人。

He's a completely different kind of person from Zhou Wan.

他家里有钱，但是不爱学习。

His family is rich, but he doesn't like studying.

他第一次出场，就在晨会上闹了一场。

His first appearance is a scene at the morning assembly.

他为了躲检查，在学校里乱跑。

To dodge an inspection, he tore around the school.

结果一脚踢翻了消防栓。

And ended up kicking over a fire hydrant.

水一下子喷了出来。

Water gushed out at once.

太阳一照，水变成了一道彩虹。

In the sun, the spray became a rainbow.

全校的同学都看呆了。

The whole school was stunned.

那个样子又狼狈又好看。

The sight was both a mess and beautiful.

老师在台上批评他。

The teacher scolded him from the stage.

他不但不怕，还抢过话筒。

Far from scared, he grabbed the microphone.

他当着全校的面道歉。

He apologized in front of the whole school.

你一看就知道，这个人很爱出风头。

You can tell at a glance: this guy loves the spotlight.

老师很生气，没收了他的车钥匙。

The furious teacher confiscated his bike keys.

老师说，高考进全国前一千名，才把钥匙还给你。

The teacher said: rank in the national top 1,000, and you'll get them back.

大家都觉得这只是一句气话。

Everyone assumed it was just an angry remark.

可是为了拿回钥匙，他居然真的开始认真学习。

But to reclaim the keys, he actually started studying hard.

后来他找到了卖资料的周挽。

He then sought out Zhou Wan, who sold the study notes.

他知道了她偷偷卖东西的事。

He learned she was secretly selling them.

他就拿这个秘密威胁她。

And used that secret to threaten her.

周挽没办法，只好把资料给他。

With no choice, Zhou Wan handed the notes over.

没想到，他真的靠这些资料考好了。

To everyone's surprise, he really aced the exam with them.

到这里，他们还只是一笔交易。

So far, they're nothing more than a transaction.

但是这个夏天，没有那么简单。

But this summer isn't so simple.

第二集，事情变了。

In episode two, things shift.

周挽的一个谎话被人当面拆穿了。

A lie of Zhou Wan's is exposed to her face.

她的家教工作也丢了。

She loses her tutoring job.

就在她最缺钱的时候，她看见了一个人。

Just when she's most desperate for money, she spots someone.

是她的妈妈。

It's her mother.

这个妈妈在她很小的时候就抛下了她。

This mother abandoned her when she was very young.

现在妈妈改了名字，叫郭湘凌。

Now the mother has changed her name to Guo Xiangling.

更让她难受的是，妈妈正在讨好陆西骁。

What hurts more: her mother is fawning over Lu Xixiao.

周挽这才明白，妈妈早就看上了陆家的钱。

Only then does Zhou Wan realize her mother has long eyed the Lu family's wealth.

那一刻，她心里多年的恨一下子全出来了。

In that instant, years of buried hatred surge up.

她决定要报复。

She decides to take revenge.

她偷偷去老师的办公室，查清楚了陆家的情况。

She sneaks into the teachers' office and digs up the Lu family's background.

然后她在大树下面，故意拦住了陆西骁。

Then, under the big tree, she deliberately stops Lu Xixiao.

她说，听说你要出国，我可以教你英语。

She says: I hear you're going abroad — I can teach you English.

她想要的，是奶奶的救命钱。

What she wants is her grandmother's life-saving money.

她藏在心里的，是对妈妈的恨。

What she hides is her hatred for her mother.

陆西骁一开始不答应。

Lu Xixiao refuses at first.

他凭什么听一个陌生女生的话。

Why should he listen to some stranger of a girl?

后来两个人打了一局游戏，他输了。

Then they play a round of a game, and he loses.

输了就得认，他只好答应当学生。

A loss is a loss, so he agrees to be her student.

从那以后，每天晚自习以后，他们就一起学英语。

From then on, after evening study hall, they learn English together.

他们在一个废弃的游泳池旁边上课。

They hold lessons beside an abandoned swimming pool.

夏天的晚上很闷，知了一直在叫。

The summer nights are muggy, cicadas droning on.

两个人就着一盏灯做题。

The two work through problems by a single lamp.

陆西骁从小就没人管。

Lu Xixiao grew up with no one looking after him.

爸爸妈妈都不太在乎他。

His parents barely care about him.

他一开始也不相信，会有人真的对他上心。

At first he doesn't believe anyone truly cares about him.

可是周挽偏偏管他。

But Zhou Wan, of all people, looks after him.

她盯着他，一道题一道题地教，不让他偷懒。

She keeps her eye on him, teaching problem by problem, allowing no slacking.

她还从家里带了一个小风扇，放在他旁边吹。

She even brings a little fan from home and sets it beside him.

就是这么一点小小的在乎。

Just that small bit of care.

让这个不爱学习的男孩，慢慢有了自尊。

It slowly gives this study-averse boy some self-respect.

他也开始认真起来了。

And he starts to take things seriously.

夏天一天比一天热，他们的课一节接着一节。

The summer grows hotter, their lessons coming one after another.

周挽本来是带着恨来的。

Zhou Wan came in carrying hatred.

她想要的，是陆家的钱。

What she wanted was the Lu family's money.

可是真的坐下来，她看到的是另一个陆西骁。

But once she actually sat down, she saw a different Lu Xixiao.

是一个从来没人好好管过的男孩。

A boy no one had ever truly cared for.

他做错题，会偷偷看她的脸色。

When he gets a problem wrong, he steals a glance at her expression.

她夸他一句，他又装作不在乎。

When she praises him, he pretends not to care.

周挽心里的恨，慢慢松了一点。

The hatred in Zhou Wan's heart loosens a little.

陆西骁也在变。

Lu Xixiao is changing too.

他开始盼着晚自习结束。

He starts looking forward to the end of study hall.

盼着泳池边那盏灯亮起来。

Looking forward to that lamp by the pool lighting up.

他嘴上不说，可那是他一天里最安心的时候。

He won't admit it, but it's the most at-ease part of his day.

有她管着，他第一次觉得，自己也有人在乎。

With her looking after him, he feels, for the first time, that someone cares.

两个人都没把话说开。

Neither of them says it outright.

他们只把这件事叫做补习。

They just call it tutoring.

风扇吹着，题做着，夏天的晚上一个一个地过去。

The fan whirs, the problems get done, and the summer nights pass one by one.

她教他，是为了奶奶的药钱。

She teaches him for her grandmother's medicine money.

他学，是因为输了一局游戏。

He studies because he lost a game.

说到底，这只是一笔交易。

When it comes down to it, it's just a transaction.

可是这个夏天太热了。

But this summer is too hot.

热得让人分不清，什么是算计，什么是真心。

So hot you can't tell calculation from genuine feeling.

那天晚上，他发现了一件事。

That night, he discovers something.

他平时在路边看到塑料袋里的金鱼，总是很喜欢。

He always loved the goldfish in plastic bags he'd see by the roadside.

可是他从来舍不得买。

But he could never bring himself to buy one.

这一次，是周挽悄悄地把那袋金鱼买了下来，放到他面前。

This time, Zhou Wan quietly buys that bag of goldfish and sets it before him.

袋子破了一个口。

The bag has sprung a leak.

水顺着她的书包，一滴一滴往下流。

Water drips down her schoolbag, drop by drop.

两个人都没有说话。

Neither of them speaks.

可是有些东西，已经不一样了。

But something is already different.

这就是《炽夏》的开头。

This is how "Never-Ending Summer" begins.

一个为了奶奶拼命赚钱的女孩。

A girl working desperately to earn money for her grandmother.

一个被所有人忽略的男孩。

A boy overlooked by everyone.

他们在最热的夏天遇到了对方。

They meet in the hottest of summers.

一个是真心，一个是算计。

One with sincerity, one with calculation.

说好只是一场交易。

It was supposed to be just a transaction.

可是交易里，好像已经有了别的东西。

But within the deal, something else seems to have taken root.

夏天还很长。

The summer is still long.

他们的故事，才刚刚开始。

And their story has only just begun.