Introduction to the novel
In a village surrounded by sunflowers and locust trees, Lin Qianyang's childhood should have been as free as wild chrysanthemums. Old Man Lin used the warmth of his patched cotton robe, the light of his copper pocket watch, and the white shadow of his winged kite to help him crush his nightmares, teaching him to run on the field ridges and dream of flying in the grain drying field. However, the shadow of campus violence quietly fell. The unexpected death of his best friend, family estrangement and misunderstanding pushed him into the abyss. On the verge of sinking and resisting, he nearly died twice. He was brought back from hell by his grandfather, but he became silent and numb.
He took his grandmother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease to re-understand the world, and pieced together the resilience of life through his grandfather's war past and Old Man Lin's tenderness. From humiliation on campus to violence in the alley, from despair of loss to self-salvation, Lin Qianyang's road is tortuous and heavy.
Intention: reality