Hengshui Lake

Moonlight shines before my bed, making my dreams tonight full and bright. Is it frost upon the ground? Whose face bears the mark of longing? I raise my head to gaze at the moon: what difference is there between heaven and earth? I lower my head and think of home, because the chrysanthemums are yellow. The road is by your side. I hope all is well. Only now do I know that longing has weight. This life is no mere dream. In a past life, we were a pair of mandarin ducks, playing by the little pond in front of the house. The wind chases the young man as he wanders alone. Eyes gaze until they pierce that moon, yet both have fallen for love's tricks. Lost in a vast sea of people, each in a different place, who longs for the other more?

Set in Hengshui during the Republican era, this work tells the story of the grudges and romances among members of the Hengshui gangs, as well as the love story between Xie Wendong and Feng Yingying.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.