The first novel he writes is about a travel abroad student, during this time when the west was viewed as superior and going abroad was deemed to be very sought after. He wanted to write about the truths of studying abroad (the discrimination, the hardships) and he did this by writing a love story. Even the romance is meaningful because the hero of the book ends up with a woman that was once a concubine, showing that chastity is nothing and the hero simply loves her, which at the time was frowned upon due to things like purity etc.

He also writes more comedic short stories to tackle things like misogyny and the shackles on women. This story was fun and it was a about a man that comes to a world where genders are reversed and men have to wear corsets to make their waists thinner and appeal to women.

There are books about a wandering beggar child that experiences the happiness and sadness of life, bringing attention to the homeless children in this time period.

There are also stories that contain real life events through his third alias and this shows the horror of japanese massacres which were covered up during this time period, bringing it to the attention of the public and warning chinese citizens of impending conflict.

There are also books that bring hope for the future, such as a book set in the "future" written about late 1900s china that shows the gradually inproving state of the country, which makes readers yearn for it.

reveals the way to make penicillin, a major health discovery for the time. And also unviels a spy that would cause great harm fo china in the future.

The son of a warlord and he is the third of 4 sons. When he was young, his father fell into trouble and sent him and his two older brothers and mother abroad to escape the struggles. There, he suffered discrimation and abuse and poverty, but he worked hard to get out of it and even became the backbone of his older brothers, helping them avoid worse fates like being addicted to drugs etc. This makes his brothers very indebted to him and even when he gets with MC, they act as wingmen and shield him from the angry parents.

A disease breaks out and ML goes to the scene to help find a cure at risk of his health. MC goes because he was writing a book about a doctor. Their self sacrificial spirit really moved me.

After the warlord period ends in the dissolution of all warlords (prob including ML father) the country falls into chaos with various forces and ML and MC go abroad with family. With MC vision, they make alot of money abroad and use it to help China. MC is later remembered well and all his vests (aliases) are revealed by the public after his death.