Under Heaven, All Things Are Slow

The book traces the growth trajectory of the protagonist Lin Xiaoman, weaving together the warm watch of three generations spanning half a century. From the fairy tale enlightenment at age five when his father said, 'The moon follows you because it likes you,' to the struggles between ideals and reality, inferiority and deep love during adolescence; from the pains of workplace setbacks and retreating from love due to guilt in adulthood, to the eventual reunion with the missed white moonlight and the fulfillment granted by the redeemed. There are no earth-shattering heroes in the story, only ordinary people like the father who is silent but records his son's every detail in a diary, stubborn girls like Lin Zhiyu who hide their glory and even fake 'dropping out to work' to protect their lover's self-esteem, and gentle passersby like Xiaolu who teach the protagonist to grow by leaving. The most moving climax of the book is set on the night after the parents' death. The protagonist finds an old wooden box under the bed, containing the great-grandfather's ancestral teachings, grandfather's notes, father's diary, and an old radio that recorded the father's dying words. At that moment, silent fatherly love crosses life and death, deafening, and a river of 'love and faith' finally flows into his heart.