Soul in the Time Tunnel

Author: Xi Lingxue
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Every woman's heart also has two men, isn't it? One is her confidant, and the other is her soulmate. Marrying a confidant leaves the heart empty, as it will feel like there will never be any echo. Marrying a soulmate makes one lose their voice, forever living in uncertainty. What you gain, you will lose. Love and ideals—once you choose, you are bound to be wrong. What is called a "mistaken love" is merely the fault and missed chance of love.
In modern Shanghai, she dreams of the Shanghai of Zhang Ailing's era. The protagonist, Gu Jinhe, immerses herself completely in the thick "Shanghai complex" out of her love for Zhang Ailing. Gu Jinhe and Pei Zijun have been in love for nearly a decade. One day, she suddenly understands what true love she truly desires: "If there was someone who could understand you effortlessly, even better than you know yourself—what would you do?" That person is Shen Cao. Shen Cao, the one who made her blush at just a glance, the one who invented the "Time God," took her back to the past. Not only did she meet and understand Zhang Ailing, but she also discovered many astonishing truths.
"I love Shen Cao!" she whispered to herself. Yet, when Zhang Ailing asked her, "Would you rather be with Shen Cao or have Zijun, who is lost to the world, return," she answered without hesitation: "I want Zijun to come back." She knew that life was above everything. In the end, she agreed to Zhang Ailing's request and destroyed the "Time God." It was the source of all misfortunes. It revealed the secrets of the heavens, altered reality, and made everything deviate from its original path. If it weren't for the "Time God," perhaps her grandmother wouldn't have died, He Chenglong wouldn't have been dug out from the depths of her memory, her parents wouldn't have divorced, and Zijun wouldn't have suddenly disappeared!
But as she destroyed the "Time God," she also destroyed her own youth, passion, desires, and innocence—she destroyed her love. What could be more heart-wrenching than willingly saying goodbye to the man she loved? She held Shen Cao tightly, tears soaking into his coat. Years later, when the past fades like the wind, will the song of farewell for Shanghai still be so tragic?
This book is the seventh in Xi Lingxue's series of novels about love between humans and ghosts. The entire story tells of a woman who is obsessed with Zhang Ailing and travels alone to Shanghai to work. There, she is pursued by a childhood friend who is steadfast in love, as well as encounters a who is spiritually compatible with her. Due to her proud and sensitive nature, she embarks on a thrilling love story.