Looking For

The story begins in the 1990s when the protagonist Ruoxi ran away from home in Guangzhou before the college entrance examination due to her parents' divorce. The people I met on the train along the way and Guangzhou, the city that never sleeps during the reform and opening up, recounted the memories that were gradually forgotten in the dusty time. The eyes followed the protagonist's footsteps and came to her aunt in Urumqi, Xinjiang, in the northwest. From her journey to Hotan, the camels in the Gobi Desert stained Ruoxi's broken heart. Traces of growth accompany the era of prosperity, and the snow of Tianshan Mountain washes the way forward. Family, friendship, and love collide in the confusion of youth, with sunshine and snowflakes falling without a trace. The chance encounter with the Uighur youth was fate. Although there are regrets in the love that ended in vain, I am more grateful to have met. Amid the pain of growing up, Ruoxi, who came to Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, met Lingxiao, a Taiwanese businessman. The interactions between young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait deepened their friendship. On July 1, 1997, they witnessed the rising of the five-star red flag of Hong Kong's return to China. In this search, the protagonist Ruoxi understands that only love is unchanging devotion.