The years are invalid letters.

Author: Luo Luo
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Luo Luo's writing is so magnificent that even Guo Jingming, who prides himself on his own ornate prose, feels inferior. Her words burst into brilliance and then instantly retract into a gorgeous embrace. No matter how fine the strings they fall upon, they are still the most magnificent symphony, amplified by the returning monsoon to echo throughout the world's air. This is also why her novel The Years Are Invalid Letters became one of the carefully selected special standalone volumes in Guo Jingming's The Island series. We believe the radiance of Luo Luo's words is enough to dazzle everyone's eyes. People will realize that not all children emphasize the darkness of the world and the unfairness of society. Somewhere in the world, in this very place, there is such a warm and beautiful girl, showing you the pure dreams of a girl's heart that she has always insisted on. These dreams do not change with age, with the world, or with the flow of sunlight on the timeline. They are, and they always have been. And these are the reasons why we believe the world has been beautiful and will always be beautiful. And these are also the reasons why, after reading the entire novel, you feel a faint sorrow but a warm glow in your heart. Those invalid years with no address, no trace— they are the most magnificent beauty in the world, yet they wear a simple and gentle face. No one has ever forgotten them, and they will never be forgotten. In any legend, friendship always takes root in the flawless and beautiful soil of youth, swaying its lovely petals in the wind. Girls embody friendship in acts of traveling together, sharing joys and sorrows, staying inseparable— as if they were born as twin flowers, relying on each other. But in the heart of high school girl Ning Yao, even when she is always with her close friend Wang Zi Yang, she harbors an unusually intense and real aversion. Like strong alcohol, it continuously emits an acrid scent into her heart. Whenever Ning Yao has nowhere to vent her feelings, she goes to the back wall of the school's sports warehouse, covered in graffiti by many people. There, she can pour out all her dissatisfaction and hatred for her friend, just to cover everything up when facing her, so that they can continue their close friendship without any suspicion. Just when Ning Yao thinks everything can continue like this until they grow out of this youth, her mood becomes turbulent after meeting the boy Chen Mi, and Wang Zi Yang discovers her secret. This leads to a serious conflict between them. Unable to resist writing her dissatisfaction with her friend on the wall again, Ning Yao's secret is exposed. Although the unrelated boy Xiao Yi Qi lies to take the blame for Ning Yao, bringing the situation back to its calm past, things have become greatly different. Wang Zi Yang, who discovers the truth and pretends to be deceived, continues to be by Ning Yao's side, while Ning Yao, filled with guilt for her friend, cannot help but want to make amends. The two begin to entangle themselves, both consciously and unconsciously, in their subsequent lives. There is both growing warmth and active hatred, and though the conflicts seem sharp, they slowly flow with the heat of youth. Chen Mi and Xiao Yi Qi, the two boys entangled under their extraordinary friendship, gradually take on a passive role. The rejection and dependence, the love and hatred between the four of them—all become unpredictable because of the wall behind the sports warehouse. Those youthful emotions, which unfold in a crystalline in beautiful legends, will ultimately end in separation. Or, like a letter sent to the wrong address, it falls into a desolate world outside, with every sentence recorded carrying a warm and beautiful intention.