The complete novel synopsis of "The Ashes of the Past Life, the Bounds of the Present Life"
Style: Fateful sadomasochism｜Past and present life｜Repaying debts due to cause and effect｜Love cannot be achieved｜Poignant BE
Core tone: sobriety and sinking, obsession pulling, everything is fate, no one can control anything
Character review
Heroine: Shen Qingyan｜The relationship is clear, she is forbearing and cold, she is bound by the karma of her previous life, she has experienced love and tribulation throughout her life, she understands cause and effect but cannot escape her obsession.
Male Protagonist: Lu Shiyan｜Paranoid and affectionate, he bears original sin and betrayed her in his previous life. In this life, he crosses the sea of humanity just to atone for his sins and protect her. He loves to the point of restraint and distortion.
Volume 1: Meeting an old friend in a floating life (Chapter 1-30 | Reunion in this life, fate awakens)
core main line
When they met for the first time in this life, fragments of past life memories kept emerging. The two were attracted to each other but tried their best to restrain themselves.
Key plot points
1. Wedge
On a rainy night, Shen Qingyan was walking alone with an umbrella, and Lu Shiyan's luxury car parked beside her. The moment their eyes met, both of them felt a sharp pain in their hearts at the same time. Broken images of their past lives flooded into their minds - blood, red mist, three life stones, and farewell.
Lu Shiyan said hoarsely: "I've been looking for you all my life." Shen Qingyan was cold and distant, turned around and left, but a huge wave of waves arose in his heart.
2. The first encounter
The two meet frequently due to work or accidental occasions. Lu Shiyan frantically approached, tested, and protected; Shen Qingyan instinctively resisted and avoided, but couldn't help but be emotionally affected by him.
3. Awakening of memory fragments
Shen Qingyan frequently had nightmares about his past life: three life stones, a pool of blood, and Lu Shiyan's heartbreaking appearance; Lu Shiyan was also tortured by obsession, and he dreamed of the despair of losing her every night.
4. Foreshadowing from the perspective of others
My best friend noticed something was wrong with Shen Qingyan
Reader comments
Author's book review｜"The Ashes of the Past Life, the Bounds of the Present Life" - A trapped beast's battle about "choice"
Before writing this book, I asked myself a question: If "destiny" were a specific person with a kind face, saying good things for you, and arranging every step for you clearly - would you hate him, or would you thank him?
Shen Qingyan answered for me. She chose the third path: neither hate nor thank you. She took what "fate" gave her back - the right to choose - and held it in her hands, and then said: I will do it myself.
This book is not a fatalistic sadomasochism in the traditional sense. There is no romance like "God destined us to be together" and no sentimentality like "I owe you something in my past life to pay you back in this life". Its background is cold - the two people who were created did not collapse or cry when they discovered that they were created. They just accepted it silently and then resisted silently.
Lu Shiyan said: "I will be the one who jumps out of cause and effect." When he said this, his heart had begun to fail and he had less than two years left to live. He is not bragging, he is doing a question that must be wrong and showing it to everyone - even if the result is wrong, the process is his own.
Someone asked me why I wrote BE. I said, this is not BE. The real BEs are those whose lives are designed - they meet, fall in love, overcome difficulties and live happily step by step. That's the tragedy. In the ending of this book, Shen Qingyan did not disappear and Lu Shiyan did not die, they just separated. The separation is not because of lack of love, but because love is too light in the face of cause and effect, but too heavy in the face of choice.
She chose to go away, and he chose to wait. Two choices, no right or wrong.
If you feel out of breath while reading this book - that's right. Because this is not a story that makes you feel comfortable. It is a book that makes you stare at the ceiling and ask yourself - "Did I choose my current life?"
If so, congratulations. If not, I hope you can find the broken cause and effect bead like Shen Qingyan.
Finally, thank you to everyone who read this. You are not reading a story, you are witnessing a rebellion that lasted for 260,000 years.
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Author's book review｜"The Ashes of the Past Life, the Bounds of the Present Life" - A trapped beast's battle about "choice" Before writing this book, I asked myself a question: If "destiny" were a specific person with a kind face, saying good things for you, and arranging every step for you clearly - would you hate him, or would you thank him? Shen Qingyan answered for me. She chose the third path: neither hate nor thank you. She took what "fate" gave her back - the right to choose - and held it in her hands, and then said: I will do it myself. This book is not a fatalistic sadomasochism in the traditional sense. There is no romance like "God destined us to be together" and no sentimentality like "I owe you something in my past life to pay you back in this life". Its background is cold - the two people who were created did not collapse or cry when they discovered that they were created. They just accepted it silently and then resisted silently. Lu Shiyan said: "I will be the one who jumps out of cause and effect." When he said this, his heart had begun to fail and he had less than two years left to live. He is not bragging, he is doing a question that must be wrong and showing it to everyone - even if the result is wrong, the process is his own. Someone asked me why I wrote BE. I said, this is not BE. The real BEs are those whose lives are designed - they meet, fall in love, overcome difficulties and live happily step by step. That's the tragedy. In the ending of this book, Shen Qingyan did not disappear and Lu Shiyan did not die, they just separated. The separation is not because of lack of love, but because love is too light in the face of cause and effect, but too heavy in the face of choice. She chose to go away, and he chose to wait. Two choices, no right or wrong. If you feel out of breath while reading this book - that's right. Because this is not a story that makes you feel comfortable. It is a book that makes you stare at the ceiling and ask yourself - "Did I choose my current life?" If so, congratulations. If not, I hope you can find the broken cause and effect bead like Shen Qingyan. Finally, thank you to everyone who read this. You are not reading a story, you are witnessing a rebellion that lasted for 260,000 years. ——