Qian Jun Tao Essays

Author: Chen Zishan (Editor)
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Publish Date: 1999-04-01
Features: Open "My Own Garden," and see clusters of pink talcum powder dust accumulate between the pages, even covering the text. Bring the page close to your nose and inhale—the scent of powder lingers, as if it had fallen from your cheeks and chest, mixed with a faint, intoxicating fragrance of a young girl's sweat. In this moment, fragments of past memories surface. This talcum powder was left behind by my ex-girlfriend Xuan from the previous year, after borrowing it from school. She was very close to me back then, telling me everything and confiding in me. I felt like her compass then.
Content of the Book: As the annual leave arrived, she returned to Hangzhou. Perhaps the day after her arrival, she came to visit me on Wu Mountain. She walked slowly into the quiet courtyard, surrounded by dense evergreen trees, and pushed open the light blue, heavy door. Then, she called softly, "Zongluan, is Mr. Zongluan in?" I quickly answered and went out to open the door. Through the opening, I saw a face like a pink cloud, with a green velvet hat covering her forehead. Her clothes were a delicate, almost fading green, jumping and dancing as she stood beside me. Her innocent and lively expression made my body grow even stiffer.