Non-avian

Author: Zhang Erke
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Vice President Xiao Hua of a company travels to an epidemic-stricken area for business, signs a large contract, and also has a mistress. Upon returning, he is busy with official duties, negotiations, and attending various social events, with his career flourishing. However, he suddenly becomes a suspected SARS patient in this city. The highly vigilant yet fragile city plunges into panic, the officialdom is shaken, the mistress betrays him, and the couple turns against each other. Moral and value systems are tested and refined during the quarantine; death, pain, betrayal, and despair become the defining themes of human nature during this period.