In the autumn of 2025, the girl Youyou's pet cat "Gray Wolf" suddenly picked up a strange newspaper wad. When his father burned the newspaper, the image of Luoyang during the Anti-Japanese War appeared in Gray Wolf's eyes. On the night of September 18th Memorial Day, the gray wolf disappeared on the top of Wenfeng Tower.
During the pursuit, the father and daughter discovered that the image in the gray wolf's eyes was actually related to a historical node. At the "Luoba Office" Memorial Hall, they followed the gray wolf through a golden light, and actually traveled to Luoyang in 1944 - when the Japanese troops came to the city.
They were forced to be involved in the war, and experienced the insidiousness of espionage, the legend of stone lions, and the code words of Rendan advertisements. Daughter Youyou becomes acquainted with the kind-hearted female health soldier Xiao Yu, and her father is searching for a way home. In the end, they discovered that each crossing entrance was opened on a major anniversary, and the next time it would be Qingming Festival, the location would be the Guandi Temple in Shuimotou Village.
On the day of return, the Japanese army bombed suddenly. In order to cover the evacuation of the villagers, Xiaoyu resolutely returned to the dangerous city. In the vision of the stone lion oozing blood, the father and daughter seized the last chance and returned to modern times through the golden light.
Everything was as usual, except for a dark red water stain on the stone lion's leg, like coagulated blood or undried tears. Youyou wrote in her diary: "It turns out that peace is not a matter of course. Some people bought it with 'no regrets'."
Through the eyes of a cat, the story allows two generations to stare at a bloody history together, completing a dialogue about courage, sacrifice and inheritance in the intersection of time and space.
Reader comments
Novels about the Battle of Luoyang are rare
The name of the shoe repairman in Chapter 25 "The Yellow Bird Behind" is confused with the Japanese spy "Old Wu", the shoe repairman in Chapter 24 "The Spies in the Ancient City". The name in Chapter 25 should be the underground party "Old Jia Tou".
A different kind of time-travel novel, you can step into that war-torn era and learn the history of Luoyang during the Anti-Japanese War through the author's vivid writing style.
While reading the book, your historical knowledge increases! [Laughing]
Chapter 11 is a bit informative but not boring. It is one of the few chapters that I have read several times. Many places sound familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. It makes me wonder whether there are any preserved image data of the places mentioned in this article.
Novels about the Battle of Luoyang are rare The name of the shoe repairman in Chapter 25 "The Yellow Bird Behind" is confused with the Japanese spy "Old Wu", the shoe repairman in Chapter 24 "The Spies in the Ancient City". The name in Chapter 25 should be the underground party "Old Jia Tou".
A different kind of time-travel novel, you can step into that war-torn era and learn the history of Luoyang during the Anti-Japanese War through the author's vivid writing style.
While reading the book, your historical knowledge increases! [Laughing] Chapter 11 is a bit informative but not boring. It is one of the few chapters that I have read several times. Many places sound familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. It makes me wonder whether there are any preserved image data of the places mentioned in this article.