In Kashgar, Waiting for the Wind to Kiss My Ear

[Tech Mogul and Refined Elite Gentleman VS Free-Spirited Retired Female Athlete]

To avoid her mother’s nagging about marriage, Ding Jichu, a retired women’s soccer player, accepts a friend’s invitation to Kashgar. There, she’ll help the No. 9 Middle School, where her friend works, form a girls’ soccer team and compete in Kashgar’s high school girls’ soccer league.

In Kashgar, she meets Xia Heru, who quit his job at a major tech company and returned to his hometown to start a business.

As they spend time together, Ding Jichu’s enthusiasm and passion win Xia Heru over, while his deep love for his hometown influences how she thinks about her career.

With each match, the No. 9 Middle School girls’ team grows more impressive. Ding Jichu gradually becomes part of the city, sharing in the players’ joys and sorrows and learning about their families. She stands by them through thick and thin, while also reflecting on her own past and rediscovering her original, unadulterated love for soccer.

The city’s lively, down-to-earth atmosphere heals her, giving her the courage to face herself and her life again.

Xia Heru likes rules. He wants life to run like a gear mechanism, with everything fitting perfectly and not the slightest unexpected hitch.

Ding Jichu is the unexpected twist.

She is like a gust of wind, a cloud, a rain shower falling on Kashgar without warning. She lives freely and boldly, impossible to figure out.

Xia Heru thinks he ought to dislike Ding Jichu, but he can’t help sneaking glances at her.

Only later does he understand that Ding Jichu isn’t an unexpected twist in his life, but a delightful surprise.