青色的围墙

徐天平有一个独生女儿姗姗，妻子在姗姗五岁的时候就过世了。转眼间十年过去，徐天平还是不懂得如何跟女儿相处。明明很努力地想要给她最好的一切、想要更靠近她的内心世界，得到的却是“嘭”一声的甩“门”声——房门跟心门——把他拒于千里之外。

姗姗生长在单亲家庭里，妈妈在她五岁的时候就过世了。转眼间十年过去，她还是不懂得如何跟爸爸相处。常常还来不及解释，爸爸就已经开口责备；还没作好准备，爸爸就已经夺门而入。难道爸爸就不能先问问她要什么？不能先敲敲门再进来？

徐天平的小姨，姗姗妈妈的妹妹，在这两代的鸿沟之间扮演桥梁的角色。不过解铃还须系铃人，如果一方不愿聆听，另一方又不愿开口说明，那任凭她这桥梁再坚固，也是徒然。

“你为什么不听我的？”“我为什么要听你的？”两代人沟通，是不是都要如此呐喊，直到双方都声嘶力竭放弃为止？阅读许友彬最新力作《青色的围墙》，将让你有另一番收获。

Shu Tian Ping had an only daughter named Shan Shan. His wife passed away when Shan Shan was five years old. Ten years had passed, and Tian Ping still did not know how to get along with his daughter. He had tried very hard to give her all the best of everything, had wanted to get closer to her heart, but all he got was door-slamming rebuffs-both literally and psychologically. His daughter had shut the doors against him, not just the door to her room but also the door to her heart.

Shan Shan grew up in a single-parent family. Her mother passed away when she was five. Ten years had passed, and she still did not know how to get along with her father. Her father would start to scold her before she could even begin to explain anything. Her father would always come into her room before she was ready. Why couldn't he ask her what she wanted? Why couldn't he knock at the door before he came in?

Tian Ping's sister-in-law, who was the sister of Shan Shan's mother, became the bridge that linked the two of them. No matter how strong the bridge was, all was in vain as both parties refused to compromise. One party refused to listen and the other refuse to open its mouth.

"Why don't you listen to me?" "Why should I listen to you?" Is it necessary for the father and daughter to shout at each other like that until both gave up exhausted. Through this new novel of Khor Ewe Pin, one may take a leaf or two from him on how to close the generation gap.