Full Sail

The novel tells the story of how Pei Shangxuan and Li Li went from squabbling in their adolescence to caring for each other, yet they never confessed their feelings and missed their chance. There is a scar in the palm of Li Li's hand that severs her career line, life line, and love line. This is the scar left by Pei Shangxuan, indelible forever. For fifteen whole years, Pei Shangxuan finally fell in love with Li Li, but her love for him could not continue. It turns out that love is not like migratory birds; it has no set time to return.

Fifteen Years Waiting for the Migratory Birds

He didn't want to see Han Yichen again. Some matters, regardless of the reasons behind them, are like spilled water that can't be collected. He had taken her virginity, paid with two years of his freedom and a lifetime's stain as punishment; he owed her nothing more.


Several years later, Pei Shangxuan and Han Yichen encountered each other at the busiest crossroad in Shanghai. He was wearing a black coat, breathtakingly handsome; she was in a white down jacket, flush with the bloom of youth. They passed each other in the middle of the street without exchanging a word.


In 2005, Pei Shangxuan sat beside Li Li, both looking up at the flocks of birds flying over the city. One year, they had switched busses like fools to see the migratory birds in Shanghai. The passing strangers spread their white wings and glided beautifully, which he found unbelievable.


Chapter 8: Tearing Up All the Fairy Tales_5