Soft Wind
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Summary
An epic love that crosses life and death — a wandering girl of a chaotic age VS. a noble young gentleman of a great house.
The wind rises from the tip of the duckweed; when did love ever invert cause and effect.]
Li Roufeng was born into a noble, eminent great clan; Zhang Cui'e was a poor wandering girl of a chaotic age.
One was like a wild goose soaring in the sky, the other like snow-mud on the ground.
In the eyes of the world, the possibility of their meeting, let alone falling in love, was infinitesimal.
And yet, who could have thought that on an ordinary spring day with gentle breezes by the Lanxi River, a casual recitation of “the ninth year of Yonghe” would make that jade-like gentleman dwell deep in her heart ever after?
Only, at that time, she was always struggling in the dust, looking up at him soaring through the air.
And he? His impression of her was merely a crisp “Third Young Master Li” from behind a dark curtain…
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who prefer slow-burn, delicate ancient-style romance and value psychological portraiture
- Romance readers who enjoy status-gap setups and coexisting emotional tension
- Literature lovers who appreciate classical imagery and a restrained prose style
- Readers interested in depictions of a chaotic age and noble-house life
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer fast pacing and strong plot, with conflict from the very first chapter
- Readers uninterested in emotional setups with a large status gap
- Romance readers expecting light-hearted sweet romance or comedy
Reading tips
- Read continuously in a quiet setting, attending to the subtle foreshadowing and emotional turns in the progression of the two's relationship.
- Read the first half first to feel the narrative rhythm under the status contrast, then enter the emotional main line.
- While reading, note how classical imagery and scene descriptions serve the expression of the characters' emotions.
- If the depictions of noble-house life feel unfamiliar, slow down to appreciate the author's layering of the era's atmosphere.
About the publisher
Founded in 1987, Qingdao Publishing House has long focused on education, science and technology, children's books, and lifestyle titles, while steadily publishing classical and foreign literature. Its 827 titles in the catalog reflect a balance between making classics widely accessible and serving young readers. They include the four great classics of Chinese literature—Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Dream of the Red Chamber, and Journey to the West—as well as foreign literary translations such as Sei Shōnagon's The Pillow Book, works associated with Zhou Zuoren, and Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. The press also offers a color-illustrated series of recommended classics for primary and secondary school Chinese curriculum reading, using pictures and text to support student readers. Its common categories cover classical literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, folk literature, and foreign literature, with authors including Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an, Cao Xueqin, Gao E, Wu Cheng'en, Sei Shōnagon, Zhou Zuoren, and Victor Hugo. Public information is limited, so this profile emphasizes the publishing directions shown by the catalog.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章 抱鸡娘娘
- 第二章 阴间人
- 第三章 妖道
- 第四章 白堕春醪
- 第五章 法诀
- 第六章 鬼市
- 第七章 十八层石牢
- 第八章 采石硐天
- 第九章 乱世
- 第十章 诀别
- 第十一章 红莲业火
- 第十二章 白云相爱
- 番外一 烟雨
- 番外二 欢喜
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About the author
Xiao Hu Ru Wei is a romance author active in Chinese online literature. Public information about her is limited: her dates of birth and death, nationality, and educational background are not clearly documented. Six of her works are currently known, including Dreaming of Lions, Soft Wind, The South Has Tall Trees, The Legend of the Four Barbarians' Translator 1, The Young Lord in the Lake, and Who Is Calling Me from Afar. Judging from these titles, her writing mainly falls into two categories, modern romance and time-travel alternate history. She handles the delicate relationships of urban romance while also unfolding her characters' fates in alternate or historical settings. Her titles often carry symbolic imagery, such as lions, soft wind, and tall trees, suggesting a preference for using symbolic images to set an emotional tone. In her time-travel and alternate-world stories, she often drives the plot through elements such as writing, translation, or mistaken identity, adding a layer of cultural and identity tension beyond the central romance. Although biographical material is scarce, the range of subjects and the naming style of her existing works suggest that she pays attention to building emotional atmosphere and developing character relationships, maintaining a recognizable personal voice within genre fiction.
