#Period Piece Set in the Mid-2000s #Realistic Fiction #Childhood Friends #Mutual Devotion #A Lingering Regret
[A modern adaptation of Gui Youguang's Record of Xiangjixuan, a story about a young boy and a glimmer of light, a lifetime spent together, and a lifetime of remembrance.]
In 2005, in an ancient town in Jiangnan, fifteen-year-old Gu Guang met Lin Wan, who was picking loquats in the neighboring courtyard, in the newly renovated south room of his family's old house.
At the time, he was a quiet, reserved boy whose mother had died. He watched over an old study filled with books and depended on his silent, disheartened father. She was the warm, sunny girl next door. Her grandfather was a retired school principal, and her home held more classic books than he could ever finish reading.
Three old books and a courtyard bathed in clear moonlight began a story spanning twenty years...
——Bold ——