The story of "The World Is Not Drinkable" was written from the Christmas Eve encounter in 1999 to Zhan Zhao's death in 2006, with memories of the past before the encounter. However, as for what happened between Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's separation in 2000 and their meeting again in 2004, there are only a few words from Zhan Zhao's perspective, and Bai Yutang's words "I met you in the United States" after they met.
The four-year gap was still too long compared to the time the two of us were together. This has always been a regret in my heart.
Therefore, here is a brief summary of Bai Yutang's four years.
This article is a co-author of "The Rivers and Lakes Are Not Drinkable". It is based on Bai Yutang's perspective and fills the gap in the four years after Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao separated. Thanks to Sister Qian Shuili, the original author of "The Rivers and Lakes Are Not Drinkable", for bringing us so many touches. In order to be as close as possible to the style and content of the original text, a small number of paragraphs in the article are from the original text of "The Rivers and Lakes Are Not Drinkable", and the last part is connected to the original text with more quotations.
Conception: