Touching Her

From the early 1990s to the mid-2000s, a group of Sichuan newspaper professionals was highly active in the city newspaper market. This novel tells the entrepreneurial story of a group of media workers, represented by protagonist Liu Lang, who head to a southern city to launch the Xiangcheng Morning News.

Driven by his ideals as a professional journalist, Liu Lang chooses a life of wandering. In Xiangcheng, he is swept up in an emotional upheaval involving Ma Xiaodan, meets Luo Qiuguo, a woman from the world of courtesans, and gets to know Chen Siqi, a talented fellow journalist. Sparks of romance fly...

The novel explores the experiences and living conditions of that generation of media workers. The emotional stories between the male protagonist and three women tie the narrative together, making it more compelling and beautiful to read.