This is a novel that's hard to define. It has romance, but focuses more on friendship; it has a plot, but gives even greater weight to its words; it contains the beauty of destruction, but shows even more the struggle and pain behind that beauty.
A girl burdened by the pain of youth flees to Shanghai. In a bar, she begins her romance and her schemes. But the heart she thought was steadfast struggles endlessly amid the tangle of love and friendship.
"We're all tangled up in one another, the four of us bound together tight. None of us can bear to hurt anyone, yet we all keep hurting each other, because we love one another so deeply. Love naturally becomes a thorny vine, binding us tighter and tighter. The funny thing is, so often we end up rescuing one another, becoming each other's emotional support. And I'm the cruel one, because I want those thorns to strangle us completely. It's a beauty of the highest order. Like white powder, it fascinates me, and makes me hate myself."
Theme:
First person! Some people say that first-person articles are not pleasing to the eye, but sometimes I also like to write in the first person. After writing two articles, it feels a bit monotonous. The way of narrative always looks at the surroundings from a personal perspective. This may make others feel a little monotonous, and they will try to figure out how to make this writing technique more vivid. But the first person person gives me a very intimate feeling and a sense of involvement, come on!
Be encouraged! I feel like the wedge at the beginning is good.