Sickly Days and Summer Traces

Residential areas, farmland, and mountains in the distance. Although it is hardly a remote area
It can never be called a city. It is a country town that can be found anywhere.
The protagonist returns there at the height of summer and takes a job as a live-in temporary worker at his former alma mater.
He takes a job as a live-in janitor during the summer vacation.
There, he meets his niece, Takanashi Takanashi, who has moved there after her parents’ divorce.
Otsuwa (Takanashi Otsuwa), who moved there after her parents divorced,
Rino Akatsuki, her older childhood friend.
Rino Akatsuki, her older childhood friend. Otoha is a transfer student taking remedial classes,
Rino had to attend school during the summer break for club activities.
They used to play together as babysitters in the past.
The relationship between the three reunited girls was not the same as it had been back then, but had changed slightly.
Was it simply because they had grown up, or…?
A chance encounter with Otowa and Rino,
The protagonist begins to develop a special relationship with Otowa and Rino.

Enomoto Ryoka is a childhood friend and the ace of the girls' basketball team.
They grew up together in a rural village, and she was the girl he secretly loved --
 
What kind of acts did she endure?
 
How did those filthy men connect with her body?

Jiajun Lin, a high school student and the hero of this story. He came to a village named Tangxia because of the request from his father, who was the principal of a private school. He met a farm girl who had her own dream and he also met his childhood after a 10-year separation here. As the time goes by, the hero was blended in the village life. However, he realized that some unsightly social abuses were hidden behind the beautiful landscape of this village. The hero, was trying to save these two girls from those abuses...

Your younger sister, Tsukino Yuzuha, is an excellent student who excels in both academics and sports. Due to this stark contrast, you, an ordinary brother, have kept your distance from her. After the school's closing ceremony, you returned home and accidentally caught a glimpse of your sister in her underwear.

"You get excited by seeing your little sister in her underwear, Onii-chan?"

However, that honor student sister of yours... turns out to be a cheeky brat!

"Onii-chan, your summer vacation belongs to Yuzu."

Now, with this cheeky brat having leverage over you, and you being at her mercy... a sweet and naughty summer vacation between the two of you begins.

Little is known about Tangxia Village, a secluded small mountain village. The scenery here is picturesque, with a perpetual summer-like atmosphere throughout the seasons. For most people, it is like a utopia, but beneath this beauty, this village is rife with feudalistic customs incongruent with its idyllic surroundings. Human trafficking, gender bias, and archaic rituals such as ghost marriage persist in the village, remnants of the old society's customs.

The protagonist of the story, Ma Xiaodong, is the son of the Ma family, local landlords in this village. Living with his father, Ma Qingchen, his two sisters, Ma Minyi and Ma Wenhui, and his childhood friend, Zhu Qianyin, the five of them share a household. As the eldest son, Ma Xiaodong cherishes every day spent with his family, valuing them above all else. Though his father occasionally treats him harshly, he remains committed to the principle of filial piety.

Despite the seemingly peaceful surface, the inevitable conflict between personal growth and traditional beliefs creates tensions. Like a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon, changes in thoughts and contradictions with traditional values become apparent one summer. In this particular summer, long-hidden family secrets gradually surface. Faced with the impending darkness, the choices between change and tradition, how will the young boys and girls respond? Will the gears of their destiny begin to turn, propelling them towards new horizons? All the answers will be revealed in this summer.