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I don't understand Chinese characters so I can only rely on the translated version. Although regretful because of this fact, I think highly of this novel for reasons that I fail to completely comprehend myself.Read it. It is a story you may also want to remember for a long time. Maybe it can also able to rouse your desire to recognize people's hearts despite outward appearances and beyond the primary senses.The way it is written made me realize somewhat, how mentally ill people truly feel. It paints a clear picture of how easily they can be misunderstood, how others can unconsciously hurt them, and how complex their emotions are. It felt real. My heart felt like it was pierced by needles, wishing desperately that they can be able to find peace in each other. This novel paints an enigmatic nature of love - salvation. It's raw beauty. Natural. Striking. Weakening.It made me realize, wasn't I loved like that too? We all were. When His mortal body crumbled in anguish, his soul weakened for the bitterness of our sins, there in the garden of Gethsemane.Psychological illnesses have always caused people to fear, feel pity, and feel unrelated to their suffering, wanting to help but realizing how helpless it was in the end.I felt that in the novel.Li Wei felt like a real person. His hardship, his struggle to make himself accept his disability, and his attempt to feel normal. It was real and it was heartbreaking. It made me think, that maybe at some point, all of us were actually like that. Maybe we were less fragile, with smaller and fewer scars, maybe we have it less but it is there.That said, if you want to feel something, this novel is highly recommended.