German proverb goes: Love is the touchstone of morality.
But I don't know how the protagonist Ma Yifan in this book changed from his initial beautiful longing for love to recognizing reality step by step. Love in youth feels like eating green plums, sour and sweet, sometimes slightly bitter... In this process, people continue to change, grow, and understand the world.
But one thing has to be said - some people recognize the world but fail to recognize themselves.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
