Watching the Tide Rise

Shen Qingyi was unconscious for nine days.

During those nine days, she fell into a long, vivid dream.

In the dream, her mother was healthy, and her beloved was by her side. She lived in that dream for two and a half years.

When she awoke, her world was swept by a raging tide.

Her mother was gone forever, and an insurmountable chasm stretched between her and Chen Muqing.

Her soul was in unbearable pain, and she desperately wanted to find a way out. Through countless days and nights, she put pen to paper, giving her soul a moment's respite.

She wrote a book about her mother, titled The Sound of the Tide. It sold millions of copies and was translated into twenty-one languages.

She donated half the royalties to a fund for early breast cancer screening. She wanted more mothers to survive.

With the other half, she established the Faraway Writing Foundation, giving more young writers the chance to set sail.

After a long and turbulent journey, through countless hardships and displacements, she finally grew into a tree of her own and broke free from the deep sea that had imprisoned her.

As the lights dimmed at the launch of her new book, The Tide Rises, she looked up and saw her beloved in the audience.

One distant glance, and years of pain dissolved into smiles.

The tide had risen, the wind had begun to blow, and her beloved had returned.

Theme: A woman faces one loss after another, yet remains resilient and strives upward, ultimately realizing her own worth in life. With words as her pen, she helps more people emerge from the shadows.