Gently, I walked away

Author: Zhang Pu
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The story primarily takes place in London, UK, in the mid-1990s. Just turning thirty, single mother Yi Mo, who is pursuing a master's degree at a university in London, suddenly receives a phone call from her father, learning that her son, Xiaoxiao, who stayed in China, has been diagnosed with cancer. Ignoring the consequences of breaking up with her boyfriend Li Fang, who she had been living with for several years, she decides to return to China immediately. However, just as she is about to embark on her journey, another phone call changes Yi Mo's fate: she suddenly realizes that she has been forced onto an inescapable and unavoidable path. For Xiaoxiao's safety and future, she can only find a way to stay in the UK, navigating through various foreign men, searching in the vast sea of love and hatred, experiencing all joys and sorrows. But no matter how desperate and difficult the situation becomes, she always clings to hope and her longing for happiness until she makes the final choice between life and death.