You were my town
Now I'm in exile seeing you out
August 23, Monday, overcast. Wucheng suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. The clock tower, a landmark at a tourist attraction, was bombed, leaving more than a hundred casualties.
August 23, Monday, overcast. Jiang Zhiting, a Wucheng native, underwent an eight-hour craniotomy. The mass inside her skull was successfully removed.
Jiang Zhiting got her healthy life back. At last, she opened the landscape design studio she'd been planning for years, filled it with vibrant plants, and got her life back on track.
She met Li Si'ang, a physical therapist for Wuda University's football team and an expert in sports concussions. He and Jiang Zhiting, who had undergone brain surgery, had plenty to talk about. He even affectionately called her the Sauce Painter.
She met He Bo'en, the surgeon who had operated on her, who worked in neurosurgery at Wuda University's affiliated hospital, the hospital that had saved her life. He was quiet and well-read, like a cold jade carved free of its bone, or a textbook on pathology.
Just as Jiang Zhiting began embracing love and all the possibilities life had to offer, one day she opened her eyes to find herself tied up on a rooftop, wearing a timed bomb vest.
He looked at her and smiled. "Kristen, you're back."
"You should know what that name means: a follower of God."
A modern crime thriller with a strong female lead's coming-of-age story.
Happy ending.
Theme: World peace
