My Story Is Here, Waiting for You to Pass By

Each chapter tells a story.

Where you begin is where the road home leads; the end is also the beginning.

Half earthly warmth, half poetic serenity. This book is for ordinary me, for all of us, and for the obsessions, tenderness, and memories hidden deep in our hearts. May you find an echo of yourself in these words and a place to set your feelings down.

Volume One: Long Dreams in the South of the City, A Pillow of Peace Beneath the Pagoda Trees. This is the story of Chen Nan and Jiu An.

Volume Two: Someone who wanted to live accompanied someone who wanted to die on the final journey of his life. “You've finally come to take me home.” This is the journey of Shen Du and Yu Nian.

Volume Three: Yuan traveled a thousand miles to reach her; Wan's story ended at dusk. He pursued her into the distance, only to meet their final farewell at sundown. This is the youthful half-life of Zhuang Yuan and Tao Wan.

Volume Four: The rain stopped, the clouds parted, and clear skies appeared. She was the sunshine that belonged only to him. Yet the rain fell on and on, and even the clear skies of Mount Sumeru could not dispel the gloom that had lingered for so long. This is a story of cloudy skies giving way to sunshine for Yun Ji and Wei Qing.

Volume Five: ...

That's all for now; I've only written this much so far. I have more than 300,000 words stockpiled, I just haven't posted them, so don't worry about the story being abandoned.