The Ties That Bind Us

This book follows the protagonist, Feng Xi, as her life changes along with society, through a series of twists and turns. When she was young, she fell for Shui Jing, the person she met in a dream and was destined to love by the Old Man Under the Moon. Her love caused Shui Jing to be reborn in the mortal world, where, through a twist of fate, they met again. After reform and opening up, people's emotional lives began to awaken, and all kinds of situations emerged. Relationships between men and women took countless forms and kept cropping up in unexpected ways. The story also features a group of people with intellectual disabilities, local officials who live off the resources of their region, and women who dare to fight for their marital rights.