The First Intimate ContactThe First Intimate Contact.

The First Intimate Contact (traditional Chinese: 第一次的親密接觸; simplified Chinese: 第一次的亲密接触; pinyin: Dì yī cì de qīn mì jiē chǔ) is a 1998 novel by Taiwanese writer Tsai Jhi-heng (蔡智恆, with pen name 痞子蔡 and userID jht). The novel was influential in the development of Chinese online literature. It tells the story of a young man who finds love through the internet, but his love interest dies of a fatal disease.