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 had a ridiculous thought: If he had been punished by the law for that incident back then, could he have found relief in his conscience?


At Li Li's grandmother's memorial service, Liu Qianren watched as Pei Shangxuan took Li Li away. She had never shown him a vulnerable expression, not even during the chaotic early morning of July 3, 1994.


As he watched them leave, a frenzied emotion named "jealousy" gnawed at his heart. Liu Qianren did not want to fall in love with anyone, especially not Li Li. Disgust was the proper attitude to have towards her.


He resolved to leave Shanghai for the distant United States, to completely abandon Li Li.


Years later, when he saw her again, Liu Qianren found that those feelings of longing still lurked in the depths of his heart, like polished pebbles revealed in the grit after the tide had receded—vivid and clear.


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