Moon Over the Desolate City

"Moon Over the Desolate City" is a chapter-style novel, comprising sixty-two chapters and approximately 450,000 words. It tells the story of two male protagonists, Luo Guyun and Xiao Xiangyue, from their meeting in 1927 to their passing in 1999, chronicling seventy-two years of their joys and sorrows, partings and reunions.

Luo Guyun was rich enough to rival a nation and powerful enough to secure the country. He hailed from a warlord family. In his early years, he was a renowned anti-Japanese general. Later, he moved overseas and established the Moen Consortium, which prospered for a century.

Xiao Xiangyue possessed world-shaking talent and captivating beauty. He was one of the greatest musicians in human history. Together, they spent their lives in mutual devotion, enacting a grand love that transcended time, life, and death, remaining deeply unwavering.

While "Dream of the Red Chamber" speaks of rise and fall, "Moon Over the Desolate City" speaks of completeness. When a work takes "love without regret, without flaw" as its foundation, yet can unfold with such twists and turns throughout seventy-two years of historical currents, it has already surpassed the scope of ordinary love narratives.