This is the story of a boy born in Shaanxi in the late 1960s who never even made it to middle school, yet through his own hard work went on to achieve great success. Unfortunately, his love life was full of hardship. After two failed marriages, his career also hit rock bottom. At the most lost and uncertain point in his life, he met Xiaomi Li on a dating app: an insightful woman who had also climbed out of the grave of marriage. They started out exchanging nonsense and chatting about everything under the sun, but gradually became drawn to each other. He told her about his marriages. He had a daughter with his first wife, who was now married and settled in Australia. He had another daughter with his second wife, who was now working in Shanghai and still single. She told him she had two children: her older daughter worked in Tanzania, while her younger son had just graduated from university and had yet to find a job. She also told him she had never had a wedding. That was all. They agreed not to ask about each other's past. To live up to this hard-won love, he decided to stop letting himself go. He told himself he would use the rest of his life to write another love song for her. He asked her to wait five years. They exchanged contact information, but no photos or videos. They didn't even know the size of each other's feet. There were no vows and no keepsakes. She waited through the passing years. She was a writer. Three years later, he drove up in the Model S she loved, arriving before the five years were up. All their hopes became reality. In just three years, he had once again reached the pinnacle of his life. On the brink of sixty, he found the most perfect love, and together they lived out The Most Romantic Thing.
It is simple and touching, and the words are full of the author's deep love for his mother.