
April Is a Lie Left Behind
四月是被留下的谎言
by April Is Still Young (四月若未央)
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 19k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 5mo ago
- Source
- JJWXC
Stats
Tags
- ThemeLove
- POVMale Lead
- Age18+
Synopsis
We always say that the future is long, but we forget that things are impermanent. Zhao Huaiyang got drunk at his father's wedding, and when he woke up, he found that he had traveled back to 2009 - his college days. He was ecstatic because it meant that he could meet Lin Xi again, the girl he loved deeply but regretfully missed. He thought that this time, he could make up for all the regrets. But he soon discovered that there was no such person as Lin Xi in this world. There is no name on the roster, no trace of her in the outer space, and even her best friend doesn't remember her. It's like she never existed. Only Zhao Huaiyang knew that she existed. He remembered her eyes, her long hair, and the warmth of her leaning on his shoulder under the moonlight on the beach. He decided to fight against this oblivion in the only way he was good at - writing a novel. The girl in the book is called "Lin Zhixia" and the boy is called "Gu Chaosheng". They will fall in love in another world. The cracks on the wine glass are growing day by day, which is the countdown to his stay in this world. He didn't know how long he could stay, but he knew he had to finish writing the story before leaving. This is a story about "remembering". It's not about gaining, it's about how a person continues to live with memories after losing... Intention: When the whole world forgets you, I still remember you. This is not a story about "getting", but about "how to continue living with memories after losing." Zhao Huaiyang traveled back in time and found that the person he loved had been erased from the world. He couldn't change this fact, but he chose to use writing to fight against forgetfulness. In the countdown days, he wrote their story, not to get her back, but to let himself remember: she existed and he loved. The novel explores the relationship between "memory" and "existence" - does a person's existence need to rely on the memory of others? When no one else remembers her, does his memory still have meaning? The answer is: yes. Because the very thing of "remembering" is the proof of existence. At the same time, the novel also directly addresses real-world dilemmas such as "differences in family circumstances" and "miscommunication". Guan Yue had room for error, but he didn't; what Zhao Huaiyang and Lin Xi did have was still an insurmountable distance. It's not that they don't love each other, it's that the two people have different confidences. These are not excuses, they are real gaps that exist in every relationship.