This is a teacher-student novel, but is not limited to it.
What if you met a teacher who was once a surgeon? When you were thirteen years old, both his and your mother were being rescued in the same hospital. However, six to seven years later, he can no longer hear any sound and unable to work in the surgery theatre anymore. Holding a book, he has become an ordinary university lecturer.
What if he is the same as you – abandoned by his mother, and a father who he can’t talk about?
What if he lost his health because he tried to save the nation?
What if, he loves you?
Can you bear not to love him?
“To have Ping Sheng in your life, life has no regrets.”
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It is such a great book ;) And here come the Viet Ebook http://nguyenla.wordpress.com/co-nhau-tron-doi-muc-luc/
Thank you to cloud&sea for translating the synopsis.
Thank you to Banh Bao for your great contribution. How great is this book? Phong, my Viet friend kept on recommending me this novel but I am reluctant to read bcos I am allergic to teacher & student love:( She said this author is good and is a firm favourite with the Viets. She is also writing the script for Silent Separation drama with Gu Man so I want to give one of her books a try since I like Gu Man.
Actually,I didnt tranlate the synopsis :D It was my roomate who read this book by mistake ( She thought it was Silent Separation since they have the same name).She recommended this for me a couple days ago.I ve read the first chapter an It kinda grown on me anyway :D
It is great to see your favorite book be adopted to drama.SS and Bu Fu Ru Lai Bu Fu Qīng are in the making.Im so excited with BFRLBFQ but i dont know what it will be like since Time Traveling is banned in China =,=
This novel has captured my mind at the moment. I can't stop thinking about it. So, like Silent Separation, I had to come here to jot down my thoughts.
This novel uses the teacher-student relationship as a jumping board to start the story, but it is so much more than that. In fact, the "uneven status" between the two lasts only about 1/3 of the novel and, while it does come up occasionally to throw in curve balls in their relationship, is not a prominent focus of the plot. I am not a fan of teacher-student love stories, but I love this story.
SPOILER WARNING, although I'll try to mark the locations of the spoilers so you can skip them if you want.
Gu Pingsheng: The author has created such a "perfect" male lead -- the type I cannot resist. Warm, caring, extremely intelligent, considerate, completely respects the woman he loves and her decisions, even if it causes him pain. But besides his outward perfectness, what draws you to this man is that he and his life are not perfect. His background as the child of an extramarital affair, his continually declining health, his hidden low self-worth, the tormenting guilt he feels (mini SPOILER) over indirectly causing his mother's death. You cannot help but feel for him. Gu Pingsheng has risen rapidly to tie, and possibly even take over, for my favourite male lead in c-novel (which included the likes of He Suye from Loving You, Mu Yan from Hua Xu Yin, He Yichen from Silent Separation).
Tong Yan: You are introduced to her as a naive, typical university student. She is not my usual favourite clueless, bumbling type, but rather pretty, kind, fun, and average in achievements but with her own set of talents. You appreciate her views and effort that she puts into love -- how learning new recipes and seeing Pingsheng enjoying a meal she cooked brings such joy, how she faces the reality of Pingsheng's health and chooses to support him in all that she can.
The novel is first and foremost and love story. The first 1/4 or so of the story is actually very light, introducing their relationship (like a typical boy-meets-girl; boy and girl start falling for each other, etc) while lightly brushing over that they actually knew each other from 6 years earlier and dropping hints that there was something emotionally painful the night of that encounter. Their love, itself, is actually very sweet and heartwarming. Their little interactions (texting, first date, etc) are very cute.
But as the story progresses, it's like layers are peeled off and we gradually learn more about each of them. [some SPOILERS] Gu Pingsheng is a SARS survivor, but the side effects of the treatment are his current deafness and progressively failing health. Tong Yan comes from a broken family. Her relationship with her mother is non-existent; her father is addicted to gambling the stock market and comes back only to ask for money to pay off debts. Gu Pingsheng's argument with his mother indirectly caused her suicide and the guilt he feels from this forever changed his life. Etc. Etc [
[\END SPOILERS]
Life has thrown a good share of unfairness at the both of them. The author does not use many words to describe their emotional turmoil, though (especially Gu Pingsheng). Often, it's an almost nonchalant one-liner description of the situation or a small minute gesture that gives away the pain. As a reader, I would read it almost just as nonchalantly as it was written, but then, upon second thought, realize the significance of what was written... The author slowly releases more and more background about each of them, and each time, my heart would ache a little bit more. And that heartache just seemed to build until I realized how emotionally invested I was in their lives.
However, it's not emotionally "heavy." Throughout the story, the love remains very pure, sweet, and beautiful. It's like a warm ray of light that shines upon two people who deserve to have something good happen to them (for once, darn it!).
So at the end of the novel, when [SPOILER] Tong Yan makes the painful decision to break up with Gu Pingsheng (her father comes back once again to ask for money and she sees that this will become a vicious cycle: Gu Pingsheng will need to work himself to death, literally, because of his poor health just to pay off her father's debts), it's like that beautiful light is snuffed out. I was completely shocked over it; it felt almost suffocating. My heart was aching for them: Tong Yan, for actually doing it and making up the excuse that she cannot handle the pressure of a relationship with someone with such health issues; Gu Pingsheng, for accepting and respecting her decision despite knowing that it was merely an excuse. [END SPOILER]
Thankfully, this novel has a HAPPY ENDING!
Or should I say, a bittersweet ending. Somehow, while I was reading about their happy [SPOILER] wedding day [/END SPOILER] and smiling contentedly, that dull ache still would not leave. Perhaps it was because I was regretting for them those several lost years when they were apart, despite the fact they both are still deeply in love, or perhaps it was because I knew that they were facing a future of hospital trips and surgeries. But, at least they were facing that future together...
This novel is not perfect. Despite the teacher-student interactions that were cute, the start of their dating relationship, especially Gu Pingsheng's feelings for her, felt a little abrupt. I think it's because the author spent very little time describing his feelings. Also, the end of their relationship comes almost from left field, too. And then, very quickly, over a handful of pages, several years have passed by and they get back together. And then, the end! (Well, at least of the novel proper; there are some epilogues.) Objectively, I think more time should have been spent on building up the breakup and describing the separation, but secretly, I'm glad she didn't because I, personally, don't think I could have handled the angst.
I'm shaken up (in a good way), by this story. Don't get me wrong; it's not an explicitly emotionally charged novel. In fact, quite the contrary. What I like, though, is the author often makes simple, casual statements that don't appear all that significant on the surface but you keep coming back to mull over what was written. And as you do, you feel for Gu Pingsheng and Tang Yan.
Gosh, someone read this and come chat with me about it!
OMG, I just wrote a novel myself in that loooooong comment. Sorry! And it’s Tong Yan. *face palm*
Hi hoju, glad you like this novel as much as I do!! Normally I don't really like student-teacher relationship but this novel nailed it.
Gu Pingsheng is caring and the subtle actions he does shows how much he love the people around him, that including Tong Yan.
Their interaction makes me swoon so much, especially when Tong Yan has to look at him to read his mouth. OH MAN, that's hawttt and cuteeeee. :D
His experiences made him into the person he is today. He had his struggles too before he decided to get together with Tong Yan. He stopped giving her private tuition but thank god they got together in the end. :)
This story doesn't have much twist and turn, is a bit long... but it is NOT draggy. The author somehow makes their interaction very interesting and engaging. I checked out other stories that she wrote and I realised that it is her writing style - subtle and sweet. Like what you said, there are many actions that holds a lot of meaning in it! <3
I'm hording books like peanuts now. This one is in my list.
Big thanks to hoju's review/spoilers. I won't give this book a try unless it's a happy ending, so it's a green light for this one. Does he ever get his hearing back?
I never hoard books, chancy doesn't know me well, lol. I gonna start the audio book 2 night so that I can chat with hoju, lol. It better be a good one bcos I've extreme allegy to teacher/student r/s novels!!!! This author wrote abt teacher/student, traid & entertainment industry, 3 subject matters which I am not fond of:(
Oky...I'm just done with it...isit just me or do u feel that this book is a bit rushed and "unfinished" in a way?
I feel the ending is too abrupt and the story line left unfinished....like how did they agree to get back.....how did he accept her explanation etc.....
But it is a sweet love story....but I dun really agree with tong yans way of thinking....I felt she shd have discussed with gu ping Shen....considering they have discussed all other stuff like his health, his mom....in a way she's kinda selfish...didn't she think it would have hurt him greatly and cause him physical harm?
But there are the very sweet and touching moments.....their life together, how they lived as tho they were married.....
Pm,
Will reply in detail tonight. Yes, the ending is abrupt. My biggest complaint, in fact. Did you read the published ending? The online novel ended right at their telephone conversation. That's the ending I read when I wrote my first long post earlier. The hard copy novel added some more... They actually have a face to face meeting right after. Nothing was explicitly explained, but it did feel like a bit more closure.
"I need you back."
"I never left."
Anyways, I'll be back to post more thoughts in regards to your other points.