The Rise and Fall of Yuhua Pond

In 1997, eighteen-year-old Qin Huaisheng, an outstanding student in both academics and conduct, returned to his ancestral home to care for his grandmother. But he was branded an outsider. As he struggled to grow amid repeated pressure and setbacks, he unexpectedly uncovered a secret unknown to all of Yuhuatang, one that seemed to hold the future of the place in its hands...

Adapted from a true story, this novel reveals the ups and downs of one life and thirty years of change in one region.