When the Green Plum Is Awake

"While My Childhood Sleeps" is a pure love story about childhood sweethearts, forbearance and pursuit. Jiang Nian and Lin Xiangfeng grew up together and had a secret affection for each other, but they had deep inferiority complex because Jiang Nian's family was poor. In order to cover up her true feelings, she did not hesitate to weave the lie of "gay" to push Xiang Feng away; while Xiang Feng, a talented musical young man, wrote all his love into songs and guarded her silently. Many years later, when Xiang Feng suddenly became seriously ill due to overwork and his life came to a sudden halt, Jiang Nian finally let go of his guard and quit his job to accompany him on his long journey of healing. From Guangzhou to Chengdu, via Lhasa to Nepal, they wandered along railways and highways, getting to know each other again in a strange land - she held his cold hand on the train on a rainy night, he wrote a special song for her under the starry sky on the plateau, they confessed lies and exchanged their first kiss in the candlelight at the border. This is a reverse escape and a two-way healing. During the journey westward, music is the medicine, the scenery is the witness, and the love that has been hidden for many years finally becomes the light that illuminates each other's lives. The story has no ups and downs, only daily life as delicate as the wind: an umbrella, a piece of candy, an unfinished song, and an unspoken youth. They walked through mountains, rivers and lakes, and finally returned to the original old alley, understanding that the best scenery was always in each other's eyes. "While Green Plums Sleep" is a narrative about courage and waiting - even if you go against the crowd, as long as you go in the direction of each other, you will eventually reach your true heart. Some places and backgrounds in the stories in this book are derived from the real world, but the characters, plots and core events are all fictitious creations. Any local similarities are purely accidental.