Today is his fiftieth birthday. He has a daughter, whose wedding is scheduled for September.
As a director at a major publishing company, Le Zhongze leads a comfortable and respectable life. Last year, he took in a male art student. The boy was quiet and obedient, and became his regular lover.
At his daughter's wedding, he met a young man who had recently returned from overseas. He later learned that the young man had once been the person who made his daughter's feelings waver while she was abroad.
Then a junior in the business world, who had recently hit a low point in both life and career, came to him looking for investment.
This novel tells the story of Le Zhongze, a man over fifty, and what happens between him and three younger men.
