Lin Wanxing, a gifted student in Peking University’s Russian Department, meets a Russian soldier by chance in a Moscow café on a winter’s day. His deep-set blue eyes, as striking as Lake Baikal, leave her spellbound. Like a meteor streaking across her heart, the encounter seems to her no more than a fleeting sight in a foreign land.
Until she visits her mentor Anna’s home and sees those eyes again. He turns out to be her mentor’s son, Captain Alexander Ivanov of the army.
Faced with Alexander’s unmistakable passion and sincerity, Wanxing hesitates. The gulf between their cultures, the uncertainty of a soldier’s career, and the carefully planned course of her own life, one she cannot afford to stray from, all make her build a wall around her heart. She wants only to maintain the polite, distant relationship of teacher and student.
Yet Alexander approaches her one step at a time, in the clumsiest yet most steadfast way. He learns Chinese poetry for her and shows her the aurora outside his army camp over video calls. He quietly keeps her company as she writes, and when homesickness overwhelms her, he drives for hours just to bring her a bowl of Chinese food... Through the long years, he finds his own way to bridge the gap between a racing heart and a sense of peace. At last, he convinces the cool-headed, rational Wanxing that the greatest romance is a poem written together by fate and true love.
Because it is still being serialized, I skimmed some texts, which made me interested in Russia. I look forward to the day when it is finished. I will treat this text more carefully, not just to watch a feeling, but also to immerse myself in communicating with the author about its literature. I wish the author good luck with his writing. I will read this book carefully when it is finished.
The history of the former Soviet Union is worthy of our study
Very nice!!! The rhythm is slow and warm! The author is very knowledgeable!