When they first met at Yue Ya River, he was a convict who was willingly incarcerated for a crime which he did not commit; his actions were frivolous, and his gaze offensive. It was apparent to all that he wasn’t a good person – not in any sense of the word.
They belonged to two entirely different worlds – one filled with light, and the other, darkness. They were destined to walk on divergent, opposite paths.
When they met for the second time, it was a cloudy, rainy day. Amidst the drizzle and the fog, at the traffic junction, right outside the cloudy and blurred car window,
She appeared – a perfect, tragic vision in white.
From that very moment, he finally realised the unnamed, undiscovered desire in his heart – that he had been waiting, for this uncertain reunion for a long, long time.
Afterwards, he calmly and carefully made his move – and barged into her life with the roughest, overpowering, domineering and direct manner possible.
As she gradually grew closer too him, she also gradually grew ever closer to the truth.
He said, “If you ever discover the crime which I’ve committed, given me a chance – don’t leave me.”
He said, “If you managed to survive, I’d worship the Buddha, pay my offerings, adopt a vegetarian diet, recite the Buddhist scriptures and even kowtow in front of the Buddha to express my gratitude. And if you died, I’ll join you in the Underworld – I won’t live out the rest of my days without you.”
His embrace was like a warm and secure city, capable of sheltering her from the wind and the rain, and free her from the cold and helplessness.
Wasn’t this the true epitome of what it meant, to love and cherish somebody?
— Whenever you feel cold, I’ll be there to offer you warmth.
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Oh boy – I really wanted to like this novel, I really did. I’ve heard such rave, rave reviews about 0852, but unfortunately, I was somewhat disappointed.
Our male lead, Lu Qiang, and our female lead, Lu Yin, first meet when she visited the prison located at Yue Ya River for work purposes, whilst he was a mere convict who was serving his time. Although there appears to be several charged moments between our leads, the novel only starts proper after our male lead is released from prison, and re-encounters our female lead who, having found out about her fiance’s affair on her wedding day, left her fiance at the altar and was desperately wandering about listlessly. And, when our male lead discovers that the female lead stays at the compound at which he serves as a security guard, he begins his pursuit of her proper.
Now, our author does manage to create a compelling, interesting male lead, as well as a relatable, lovely, female lead. However, what truly falls flat for me is their romance; I find myself unable to support, or root for their romance simply because I find it difficult to believe in it; in how they fell in love, and the strength of their love for each other (which has seemingly developed over an extremely short period in time). Ultimately, I’m not averse to these types of novels, where the male and female leads fall in love despite come from diametrically opposite backgrounds, but the romance must be rooted in sturdy development for it to be convincing – I would say that in this genre, The Wind Goes, As He Knows, is a great example of strong relationship development.