Not wishing to limit himself to political thinking, Hsu told the story of two lovers caught up in this historical event, describing their helplessness and struggle after their return to a completely transformed society after more than a decade of prison-enforced separation.
徐小明不想侷限在政治思考上，轉而透過一對捲入這歷史事件的戀人，描述在十幾年牢獄生涯後，回到人事全非的社會，內心的掙扎與無奈。