Ji family and Gu family are very close friends. Son of Ji family, Ji Ting is childhood friend of the twin daughters of Gu family, Gu Zhi Yi and Gu Zhi An.
Zhi Yi and Zhi An look very alike since childhood, but their personalities are completely different from one another. Zhi Yi is gentle, feminine, somewhat quiet and frail. Zhi An, on the other hand, is naughty, hyperactive and somewhat stubborn. However, behind the stubborn and swaggering look, Zhi An is actually longing to be loved. Since childhood, Zhi An already knows that she is not biological daughter of her mother. She is the illegitimate child of her father. Since her birth, she is just an unexpected child. Therefore, she always feels lonely.
Zhi Yi secretly falls in love with Ji Ting since she was a child. Ji Ting always feels that he is responsible to take care of Zhi Yi. But as an adult, he realizes that the one he loves is actually Zhi An.
When Ji Ting and Zhi An realize the feeling they have for each other, an accident happens and their lives turn to the unexpected turn…
“He must find her. As long as she is here, someday he will definitely find her. If a month is not enough then a year, if a year is not enough then the whole lifetime. If fated he cannot find her, then let them breathe under the same sky, and that will be enough. In the dream, many time he coincidentally sees her everywhere. He just has a question to ask her “after all, what did she do that make him crazily falls in love with her?”
“In this world, is there an island that will not be disappeared?”
“He says, yes, as long as you believe.”
The theme of this story is about waiting. Ji Ting’s stubbornly waiting for Zhi An from the age of 21 until the age of 30 and still continues waiting for her. Just like an island is waiting until the bird is tired of flying around and finally lands its feet on the island to rest.
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Once again, Xin Yi Wu hasn't disappointed her readers. This is the fifth book from her works that I have read so far after You're Still Here, To Our Lost Youth, Memories, and Let Me Look at You. This could be considered as next part after "You are Still Here"
Ji Ting spent his youth to wait for Zhi An and and because of the unclear words from Chen Lang, he left his house to study in another city just to find her. A year after moving there, he found Zhi An working in a famous bar as a bartender. She moved in with him and they had a short happy life together. Ji Ting was always afraid that she would leave him one day. That's why every minute with her is very precious to him. His mother and Zhi An paid him a surprised visit and he asked Zhi An to wait for him at his friend's house. He will come back soon but after finished smoking the third cigarette, she left. Ji Ting spent all his youthful time waiting for her, looking for her, but she only gave him the period of 3 cigarettes.
Zhi Yi: "Why don't you go look for her?"
Ji Ting: "She asks in this world, is there an island that will not be sunk, but from the beginning until now, she never believes in it, then how would there be?"
Time flies. Ji Ting, at the age of 30, is still waiting for her. Whatever his parents and others say and no matter how long Zhi Yi is willing to wait, Ji Ting still insists waiting for Zhi An, wait till one day, when she's tired of wandering outside, she will come back to him. It's just like the bird getting tired of flying on the sea and finally lands its feet on the peaceful island that will never be sunk into the water.
Wow Eugene, you can soon rival Lidge in reading all of XYW's books:) I am not such a superfan, only read 4 & a qtr books:) All except 1 of her books have been posted here so her books are indeed very good & diverse. So, which book next lol? How to you like Let Me Look at You? So far, how you rank them?
I did plan to read this book but never find the time. After I read, XYW is going to revise this book so I decided to read it after the revision bcos I think the ending is open-ended right? I hope, she can write a more definite ending but hopefully not a tragic one.
@Peanuts
Before reading XWY's works, I'm more into Tong Hua and TQGZ. However, after having read her books, I love her writing style. To me, XYW and TH are belonged in the same group.
And yah, I read that new side story will be added. I personally don't like open-ended ending and I read the side story written by fans on baidu and is a happy ending. I still haven't read Miarge and Eclispe Heart yet. I think EH will be my next.
Thanks for your recommendation! I read Let Me Look at You and really like it. Sad and very touching! The heartbreaking part is when Jue Nian tells the story of how Wu Yu dies. Even though it is a happy ending for Jue Nian and Han Shu, I think she still loves Wu Yu. And yet, 11 years passed and she finally accepts Han Shu. So far, I'd rank LMLAY and TOELY in the 1st place.
The ending is abrupt so seems like open-ending, but it's happy ending. I don't think there's any other possible ending given how deeply Ji Ting loved Zhi An. There's a short epilogue that more or less confirms it's happy ending, but I don't know if it's by XYW or fan fiction.
Rarely do I identify with the male lead in a novel, but this was one of those rare instances. I sympathized with JT for being an only child and feeling torn between what his parents expects and what his heart wants. I also like ZA's rebellious nature and feel JT is better off with ZA who challenges him and makes life colorful rather than ZY who just mopes around all day.
This book reminded me of Gu Man's He Yi Sheng Zhao Mo because of the male lead's love for the female lead and his willingness to wait for her.
@lidge
Me too! I also think the ending is too abrupt. The short epilogue is kinda confirmed that there would be a happy ending for JT & Za since it hints that ZY finally gives up as what she will get for the bet, but I myself don't like open ending cuz whenever I spend time to finish the story and find out that it has open ending leaving me a hard feeling.
The side story which I'm not sure whether it was written by XYW, but I read that the revision of this book will have side story added. I don't know. I'm still waiting for it.
Btw, lidge! Have you read XYW's The Moon Doesn't Understand My Heart? I'm still hesitating whether I should read it or not because I read that the female lead marries the man she loves but he loves another woman and the story will be about the female lead's success in controlling and managing a big Corp. of her husband's family. Any ideas would be appreciated.
You can ask me but I'll let Lidge answer you, lol. Although i didn't read all of XYW's books like Lidge, I do know all of them very well, heehee...I'll advise you not to read it bcos that hubby is a jerk. Let Lidge fill you in on how boring that book is. If you've read thru all the comments on XYW's books which are many, you would have read our discussions on it:P
I know there are just too many comments to vet thru to find the gem so if you are interested, you can read my feature on XYW to see our rankings:)http://hui3r.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/featured-author-xin-yi-wu-%e8%be%9b%e5%a4%b7%e5%9d%9e/
Please feel free to add your own ranking.
I dislike EH but Lidge loves it. I like Mirage but Lidge dislike it. This is all a matter of taste as both of us love LMLAY the most. I am glad you also like LMLAY bcos I feel it is XYW's best book. We don't really fancy Lost Youth but you like it bcos we dun like coming of age romance.
This is the only epilogue I know of. I assume it's by XYW. Please forgive any mistakes because I translated quickly. I don't know of any side story.
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He often asks me, why that day, I forced him to choose.
Why? I have also thought of that question myself.
Zhi Yi said, “All the hypothetical questions, they are like our sibling relationship, I don’t know why myself, just because of a man, is it worth it? Zhi An, even when I hated you the most, before I went to sleep, I still remembered you as my little sister. So think of it as betting on the answer, betting on giving him a chance, don’t you think it’s worth it?”. I have never seen Zhi Yi so adamant.
“What about you, what did you bet on?” I then asked.
“I bet that my love would grow cold from that moment.”
I do not know who the winner is in the end.
Is there a small island on this planet that will never disappear?
He says, yes. As long as you believe.
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From this, it's reasonable to infer that JT and ZA are together in the end. Oh, I forgot to mention that the epilogue of Evening Twilight confirms it’s a happy ending because it opens with “He often asks me…….” This means that JT and ZA are together in the end. Otherwise, he would not be with her and asking her why she forced he to choose.
@ Eugene
Thanks for posting about Evening Twilight and all the other books. Unfortunately, I'm just too lazy, lol, and also I read everything in Viet so usually I don't know what the titles and authors are in Chinese. Most of the translations don't include this information and trying to trace it is difficult since I don't know Chinese.
I've read The Moon Doesn’t Understand My Heart? but I didn't like it, mainly because of the female lead. I couldn't understand why she set her heart on the older brother when the younger one was much better and more importantly, loved and adored her to pieces. Another problem is that I found the business part of the novel detailing how the female lead gained control of the husband's family's Corp. and used tactics to save it really boring so I ended up just skimming through it. Open ending but the epilogue has the younger brother surviving so happy ending.
I enjoyed Eclipse Heart but peanuts didn't like it. Peanuts also said the feedback from Chinese readers aren't that great.
I didn't like Mirage. I'd say it's XYW's worst book but everyone else here liked it, haha.
I posted this ranking somewhere but copying/pasting it here again for your convenience.
#1) Let Me Look At You: A story about two people fated to be together despite coming from different backgrounds and the hurt they have caused each other. Love this good book.
#2) Waiting 4 You: XYW’s saddest book. Should come with a warning just because of the ending. I love the plot & heroine though.
#3) Evening Twilight: A bit like Gu Man’s He Yi Sheng Zhao Mo but with lots of family drama & angst
#4) You’re Still Here (old version): XYW’s first book so it’s her “happiest” book. Plot is a bit thin. [May move up in ranking depending on how good the new version is]
#5) The Moon Doesn’t Understand My Heart: Lots of boring business talk. The Ye family is as dysfunctional as a family could get.
#6) Lost Youth: XYW’s most famous book. Personally dislike both main guys so it’s hard to like this.
#7) Mirage: No plot! All the characters are annoying!! Worst is the main guy!!!!
Wow, peanuts and Lidge! You both have read all XYW's books especially Lidge. Just like Peanuts, so far there are 3 more books that I haven't read yet. I don't think I'm goining to read TMDUMH cus I'm not really into the plot and from what you both said, I'll just pass it. I just started reading EH last night and now on Chapter 4. Here's how I rank her book:
1) Let Me Look at You & To Our Lost Youth (sorry, I love both of them and could not decide which one is best)
2) Evening Twilight
3) Waiting in Memories ( too sad! I couldnt get over it and leave me a hard feeling after reading)
4) You're still here
5) The Moon Doesn't Understand my Heart (haven't read yet but dislike the plot)
haha Lidge, I don't actually think it's the book we love, it's more the readers for the audiobook that made us love the book. lol
Is this XYW's new book?
@chancy426 this is not her new book. It was published along with You're Still Here. And new revision will be released soon.