No domineering CEOs, no Mary Sues, no golden fingers. Realistic stories that take just a few hours to read. They portray the lives of women in contemporary society, from girlhood to young adulthood, middle age, old age, and even death: their growth and emotions, their choices and the burdens they bear.
Rating system:
5 stars: Immortal-grade. Thought-provoking, broadens your horizons, or offers insight into or has an impact on real life.
4 stars: Licorice-grade. You still remember it a year later and would happily read it again.
3 stars: Solid read. No glaring logical flaws or golden fingers. Smooth prose that keeps you turning pages and makes you laugh, cry, or cheer. But a year later, you may not remember much, and probably won't read it again.
2 stars: Ordinary. May or may not have a golden finger, but the logic holds together and the writing is clear.
1 star: Poisonous. Major logical flaws and errors throughout the writing.
Tong Huan, who has been teaching at Xiyun No. 7 Primary School in a remote area of southwest China for three years, was "lucky" to meet Su Rui, a famous professor with high IQ and sharp tongue, because of his anti-narcotics police cousin Tong Yanwei. One of them has been honed by three years of volunteer teaching experience to be rough, bold and unkempt, while the other has come all the way from the UK to live a luxurious and refined life and even suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and mysophobia. When they meet, sparks fly and they fight each other. It is almost like they are incompatible with each other. But they complement each other very well, he loves to eat, and she can eat; he is dyslexic in Chinese, and she has an excellent memory that can almost join the most powerful brain; he is calm and rational, and she is impulsive and enthusiastic... They fight side by side in the noisy, and they plant the seeds of civilization in the rough mountains and rivers. And as a child kidnapping case comes to light, the drug-trafficking forces behind their opponents begin to emerge, and the identity of the person they trust most unexpectedly becomes a mystery. After walking against the light of life and death time and time again, they confirm that each other is an indispensable part of themselves as they grow and change.
