The Bridegroom followed. Similar in conception to Under the Red Flag, it was set in a fictitious city called Muji that is loosely based on Jiamusi with the addition of something of the atmosphere of Harbin. Jin went on to have the protagonists of his novel Waiting, Kong Lin and Wu Manna, fall in love in Muji.
《新郎》的構思與《光天化日》大致相同，但故事地點搬到以佳木斯為原型、再融入哈爾濱風情的虛擬「木基市」，這也是後來《等待》裡孔林和吳曼娜發生愛情的城市。