Peng Huimin, a screenwriter from Beijing, and Theodore, a Canadian doctor, meet online during an international discussion about medical dramas. Separated by a twelve-hour time difference and the vast Pacific Ocean, they go from professional discussions to a profound emotional connection, becoming deeply drawn to each other in the virtual world. He calls her "a treasure from the East," and she writes a script for him titled Across the Galaxy to See You. But when they finally meet in person, full of hope, their illusions shatter amid suspicions and concealment about their financial circumstances, and they part on bad terms.
Months later, Huimin's work is unexpectedly selected for the Cannes Film Festival in France. On the streets of Paris, she unexpectedly crosses paths with Theodore again, this time as he accompanies his parents. In that fleeting moment as they pass each other, all their unresolved feelings and regrets come rushing back. Only when she happens to learn that the "lie" he once told her was, in fact, a quiet act of kindness, giving away his wealth to support medical aid, does she understand that the truths he kept hidden reveal his most precious qualities.
This is a heartfelt journey that begins online, is tempered by reality, and ultimately crosses the boundaries of culture and misunderstanding. When sincerity breaks through every preconceived barrier, the galaxy no longer seems so far away, and love itself becomes the greatest thing of all.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
