But the World Is Late in Autumn

Autumn 2004. A huge landscape painting of lush greenery was auctioned at Sotheby's; An "Qiuchi" seal has never been exposed; A platonic love was only known to the world. This is the story of the great master Zhang Daqian and the talented girl Li Qiujun, who wanted to marry but could not marry, wanted to love but did not dare to love, wanted to forget but could not forget, and had been entangled for forty years. If companionship is the longest confession of love, then Zhang Daqian and Li Qiujun spend their entire lives telling each other the most affectionate confession. Li Qiujun never married. She spent forty years of companionship, telling the world that although they are not husband and wife, they can be the most compatible soul partners. Because there is another favorite thing in the world, called Chengquan. If you truly love someone, you can do everything for him, including yourself... This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.