A Promise in the Morning Light

"The Promise in the Morning Light" is a warm and healing short story that uses delicate and restrained writing to describe the most scarce emotional quality among contemporary young people - gentle courage. The story begins with the operation of a Samoyed, and places the encounter, temptation, separation and reunion of Lin Wanxing and Lu Shihan in a daily scene composed of morning mist, sycamore trees, soy milk and dried chicken. The author is good at conveying emotions through details: the slipped shoulder strap, the silver chain on the collarbone, the buckle that cannot be fastened, and the knuckles that are pinched until they turn white. Every movement is an unspoken thought. The snowball is not only a plot link, but also an emotional thermometer. Its recovery and running coincide with the trajectory of two hearts from alienation to closeness. [Grass has been planted]