Shadows on the River
by Alai
About This Novel
Wang Zezhou was born in a remote village in the Minjiang Valley. There were only a few dozen families in the village. Their home was located under five old cypress trees by the river. These Minjiang cypress trees are Wang Zezhou's natural classroom and the support of his mother Yina's spiritual beliefs. As the first college student in the village, Wang Zezhou, a Chinese-Tibetan mixed-race boy, has been filled with resentment towards his humble and dull father, a carpenter, and his mother, who was bullied by men because of his family background. Later, he left his hometown to go to university in the city. In school, he also suffered bullying and discrimination from his classmate Kampot Tenzin because of his origin. After graduating from university, he chose to return to his hometown. Due to work, he met Kampot Tenzin, and they quarreled over their ideas of ecology, nature, and tourism development... At the same time, his relationship with his parents quietly changed unknowingly, from resentment and dissatisfaction to tender attachment. The disputes and worries in the world slowly melted away in the understanding of his father and the return of family affection...
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Official(1)Scraped 21d ago
The cypress tree fell, making a huge sound
There are five cypress trees in my hometown. In the years when fetishism became more and more crazy, they fell together with their entangled emotions and vague beliefs.
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Official(1)Scraped 21d ago
The cypress tree fell, making a huge sound
There are five cypress trees in my hometown. In the years when fetishism became more and more crazy, they fell together with their entangled emotions and vague beliefs.
