Dear, let's fly together

Author: Jiang Weihong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This is an era where the body has already taken flight, yet the heart remains heavy! Renowned literary critic Ge Hongbing enthusiastically recommends: "Dear, Let's Fly Together"! The novel depicts the conflicts between love and sexuality, family and love. However, the novel does not simply look down upon the common people from a high vantage point but instead approaches its characters and their lives with sympathy, understanding, and compassion, which gives the novel a rare sense of authenticity. Xu Zhimo's romantic lines about love: "Emotion is my compass, impulse is my wind!" In "Dear, Let's Fly Together," the protagonist Zhang Le holds Ai Jing's hand, full of longing, saying, "I have many ideas, the best idea is that we can all live sensually and happily, with the one we truly love forever. The best idea now is that we fly together, and this plane never reaches the destination." When Zhang Le's career is not going well and his marriage to Ma Xiaomin is in crisis, he pushes open the door of a small bar and embarks on an irreversible path of marriage. After developing a subtle relationship with the barmaid Xu Peiyu, he falls in love with the bar owner Ai Jing. Ai Jing's marriage to her husband Su Xiaofeng is also in crisis, and she feels lost. The arrival of Zhang Le fills her with joy. One day, Ma Xiaomin discovers their extramarital affair and then allies with Su Xiaofeng, catching them in the act of meeting. Their original marriages suddenly become sharp and complicated.
This is an extramarital affair that is both worldly and full of romantic poetry. The male and female protagonists not only want their bodies to take flight but also want their hearts to soar, allowing their bodies and minds to fly side by side. However, things do not go as planned, and their affair is not a happy one. The author's brushwork is extremely delicate and skillful, deeply exploring the confusion, restlessness, hardships, and twists of contemporary urban youth in love and marriage, stirring the heart and offering profound insights.
This is a romance novel that tells the story of Zhang Le, an assistant general manager at a company, whose marriage to Ma Xiaomin is in crisis due to unsatisfactory sexual life. In his frustration, Zhang Le develops an extramarital affair with Ai Jing, the owner of the bar. Meanwhile, Ai Jing's marriage to her husband Su Xiaofeng also begins to fray. Ma Xiaomin and Su Xiaofeng then form an alliance but are unwilling to destroy their original marital relationships, showcasing the complex emotional lives of modern urbanites, as well as the contradictions between love and sexuality, marriage and money. The story depicts the tale of modern people's pursuit of romantic love. A stage play adapted from this novel has been touring in Shanghai and other cities. This book can serve as a reference for audiences of the play and also provide insights into the emotional lives of young and middle-aged readers.