Song of the Gentle Prince
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Summary
Set against a summer campus, the novel unfolds around the heartflutter and misalignment among several teenage boys and girls. Music, the scent of flowers, a lotus pond, classroom buildings, and sunlight on windowsills form the recurring scenes of daily life throughout the book; the hero and heroine draw close yet misread each other, as secret crushes, confessions, misunderstandings, and protectiveness pile up layer upon layer. As the romance shifts, cracks that can no longer be concealed appear in what was once a sweet world for two, and the protagonist is forced to make a decision before "the hardest multiple-choice question."
The work does not pursue strong dramatic conflict but excels at finely wrought emotional description, rendering the sense of distance in youth—"so close, yet so far"—in concrete terms: when you like someone, you can change for them, and you can also miss them because of a single brush past. The book closes with the figure of a guardian, leaving a lingering aftertaste: "If a wound can complete the beauty of youth, if missing out can make one grow up." For readers who enjoy traditional campus romance and prefer a gentle, slow-paced style, this is a youth reading with the marks of its era.
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- 喜欢传统校园言情、偏好温柔细腻文风的读者
- 对2000年代大陆原创青春文学有兴趣的读者
- 想了解米米拉（乔雪言）早期创作脉络的书迷
- 课业间隙想读轻松短篇小说的中学生
Not a good fit for
- 偏好强情节、快节奏或悬疑反转的读者
- 对少女心事式抒情文风、过分甜腻的叙事不耐受的读者
- 希望读到成熟文学或现实题材作品的成年读者
Reading tips
- 先读目录，把八章视作一条情感曲线，注意每章标题之间的呼应关系。
- 把书中反复出现的乐声、花香、阳光等意象随手记下，它们是理解人物情绪变化的钥匙。
- 读完后可对照作者以“乔雪言”署名的其他作品，感受其文风的变化。
- 若你是旧书收藏者，留意署名“米米拉”与“乔雪言”版本的差异，内容主体一致。
About the publisher
Knowledge Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher centered on popular reading materials for a general audience, with publishing areas spanning the social sciences, natural sciences, and culture and education. Judging from the six titles currently in the collection, its list balances classical notes and historical narrative—such as Zhang Chao's Elusive Dreams and Shadowy Illusions, Hong Mai's Rongzhai Suibi, Cai Dongfan's Romance of the Five Dynasties, and Wen Kang's The Heroes and Heroines—reflecting a sustained interest in traditional culture and historical reading. At the same time, it includes works such as Jiu Jiu's You Are My Candy and Shiliu Jie's If You Smile, the Sunlight Tumbles Over the City, touching on modern romance and youth literature and showing a popular orientation toward contemporary readers. Its common categories include social fiction, historical fiction, historical reading, modern romance, and youth literature. Given the limited public information available, its series planning and the overall profile of its authors are difficult to describe in detail; the existing titles mainly reflect a publishing character that gives equal weight to traditional classics and popular literature.
Contents
- Chapter One: The Secret That Cannot Be Told
- Chapter Two: A Clumsy Love Campaign
- Chapter Three: Displaced Heart-to-Heart Communication
- Chapter Four: The Unforeseeable Kiss
- Chapter Five: A Sudden Romance
- Chapter Six: Cracks That Cannot Be Concealed
- Chapter Seven: The Hardest Multiple-Choice Question
- Chapter Eight: The Tilting Scales of Lovers
- Epilogue
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