
How Many Ribs Did Adam Have?
About This Novel
The story is told: In the early 1990s, a Chongqing girl named Qin Juan dropped out of college and came to work in a Chaoshan factory outside Shenzhen. She met engineer Lu Yuxuan, and the two developed a beautiful relationship. One night before the Spring Festival, two people were robbed and taken to the hospital on their way back to the factory from the town. Lu Yuxuan was forced by his family to leave Shenzhen and returned to Guangzhou. Qin Juan later went to a J University in Guangzhou to continue her studies. Another Chongqing girl named Yang Jieqian went to work for a Fortune 500 foreign company in Baoan, Shenzhen after graduating from college, and fell in love with Zhang Jie, a colleague in the department. The good times did not last long, and Zhang Jie had to leave Yang Jieqian and return to the mainland due to family problems. Frustrated, Jesse Yang resigned and came to J University in Guangzhou. At J University, Qin Juan and Yang Jieqian from Shenzhen, as well as Mo Xiaoli and Judy are all classmates in the business English class. The four little sisters live in the same dormitory. Mo Xiaoli is a native of Shenzhen. I have a Japanese boyfriend studying at Guangzhou Foreign Studies University. The Japanese boyfriend regards Mo Xiaoli as his "Chinese Jasmine" and is deeply in love with her. However, Mo Xiaoli's family background makes her pursue her Japanese boyfriend wavering. The two are happy enemies. Judy is from Zhongshan City, Guangdong. She is good at making Cantonese soup and takes good care of the other sisters. Yang Jieqian met by chance Ma Xiaoteng, a high school classmate who came to J University for graduate school. Ma Xiaoteng has had a crush on Jesse Yang since middle school. At J University, he continued to pursue Jesse Yang. Qin Jun is in love with Jackson, an Australian international student, and doesn't want him to use despicable means to get pregnant. Qin Juan and the sisters launched a revenge strategy together. After the four girls finished their campus life at J University, Judy went to Hong Kong. Qin Jun went to work as the secretary to the financial director of an American-owned company in Shenzhen, and encountered the covetousness of his gay boss. Jessie Yang returned to her job at the foreign company where she worked before going to school. Mo Xiaoli and her Japanese boyfriend both work in a well-known Japanese company in Shenzhen. Qin Jun was fired from his company as a pyramid schemer because of financial difficulties. He came up with the idea of going abroad and asked friends in the newspaper to go abroad together. When Lu Yuxuan, who has returned from abroad, learns the news, will the two reunite happily in the end? A kind act by Mo Xiaoli's Japanese boyfriend changed this secretive underground exotic relationship. What will be the ending? When Yang Jieqian and Ma Xiaoteng were preparing to get married, their old lover Zhang Jie appeared again. In the end, what choice will Jesse Yang make? After reading these love stories that took place in the 1990s, you will get the answer. Moreover, the background of the story takes place in Lingnan, which will give you a picture of life with a strong Lingnan flavor.
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