Wait for love to bite

Author: Tang Yan
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: I really fell for Wang Yun, and it was completely because of her beauty. Moreover, this love is different from my wavering and hesitant feelings for Chen Yuan. It's unlike my impulsive indulgence in Xiao Jing. It's not like my confusion and indecision regarding Fei Fei. It's also unlike my lapse where reason couldn't overcome desire for Li Yan. It is pure, clear, resolute, and thoughtful—I think this is what love is.
This book describes the complicated and overwhelming experiences of young men in a university campus, with a focus on Tang Yan's own youthful stirrings. There are clear and resolute loves, ambiguous and vague affections, impulsive passions, and hesitant, lingering emotions. These various states intertwine, bringing forth a range of feelings—like a knife cutting deep, a breeze brushing lightly, a fog shrouding hazily, or boiling water's fervor.
It is a novel in a middle state, with characters who are also in a middle state. Though they may have some so-called bad thoughts, their essence is not inherently bad. They don't belong to the excessively decadent few, nor to the overly innocent minority. The overall tone of the novel is bright, as it depicts a time in life that is undeniably radiant from any perspective. There's no need to be overly cunning or dark to achieve depth. In fact, this novel reflects the author's own attitude toward life.