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A new novel by a renowned Chinese writer, dedicated to today’s teenagers. It tells the gripping story of a correspondence between two girls separated by nearly a century. The book immediately won critical acclaim, making it to the «Best Book of China» top lists (July 2025) and receiving support from the Chinese Writers Association as a key project of 2025. A mysterious mailbox becomes a portal connecting 2026 and 1938. Eighth-grader Wen Xiaoqiu, weary of the monotony of studying and pressure to succeed, receives a letter from Mei Shu — a student at the Southwest Associated University, whose youth unfolds under the whistle of bombs in war-torn Kunming. At the heart of the story is a dialogue between two souls seeking an answer to the eternal question «why do I live?» One tries to preserve her dignity in the flames of war, the other searches for meaning in a sea of information and texts. This is a story about how «spirit became flesh,» and how courage and dreams born in one century resonate in another.