A Lifetime of Love and Hate in the Blink of an Eye, No One Needs to Apologize

[Contemporary relationships + not a wish-fulfillment story + working-class life + the realities of life]

A lifetime passes in the blink of an eye; none of us needs to apologize. We give everything, only to brush past each other once. We've tasted the warmth and chill of life's reunions and partings, and learned to accept every regret, yet this love remains in my heart!

A cast of working men and women, each with their own story, relationships, confusion and struggles, partings and joys.

A woman who isn't content with her lot but refuses to endure the hardships of working life dreams of an easy, comfortable existence on the strength of her looks. In the end, though, she becomes a tool for a sex-trafficking gang to make money, plunging into an abyss of despair...

Lin Xiao is a working-class laborer who has left home to make a living in a faraway place. He struggles on while holding fast to his dreams and his longing for happiness. But a hard life, the whims of fate, several failed relationships, and shattered dreams gradually break him apart inside. Just as he is losing hope, a single woman named A Lian enters his life and rekindles his love. But happiness proves fleeting: A Lian is terminally ill and eventually leaves him, behind a two-year-old daughter. How will he face the life ahead?

I dedicate this book to all of you ordinary people who are struggling today or have weathered life's hardships. May life treat us all gently!