The bread tree has left.

Author: Zhang Xiaoxian
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The Bread Tree Has Left, echoing Zhang Xiaoxian's six-year-old foray into the literary world with her 《》. "Over these six years, I've constantly wondered about the fate of the protagonists in my stories. What kind of experiences would these young lovers encounter? What would their destinies be six years later?" Over the past six years, this female author, who has been immersed in discussions about gender relationships in her works, has her own views on love—has she changed? "Every woman's understanding and beliefs about love will change at different stages of her life. Six years ago, love might have been the most important part of my life. Six years later, I see love as a process of self-improvement, learning and growing through it." As she wrote in an essay: Love is a stage of self-improvement. We go through life, loving others, being loved, getting hurt, hurting others, experiencing joy, disappointment, longing, waiting, torment, and then suddenly realize that gain and loss are not important—what matters most is that you grow up, become wiser, become more brilliant, and your life changes forever. Treating each love as a guide on the path of life, each failure is also a form of growth. From this perspective, failed love may no longer seem so. Cheng Yun and Lin Fangwen reunite once again, but Lin Fangwen still cannot be solely devoted to one love. He develops feelings for a singer he discovers, Gemi'er, and the love between them disappears with lies. Staying together with her was just an unreachable illusion. The injured Cheng Yun despondently leaves Lin Fangwen, unable to understand whether it's truly possible to let go of two loves, two thoughts, two pains, and two joys in one's heart? Is loyalty a betrayal of love? Yet on another New Year's Eve, Cheng Yun learns of Lin Fangwen's tragic demise, and their past together becomes the most passionate yet irreplaceable memory in her life.