由于特殊原因，在大西北家乡一直隐瞒真实性别的刘爱水，在沿海地区打工期间，不得不住进了女工大宿舍。女性身份获得过的一系列荣誉给了他满足感的同时，也带来了巨大的心理压力和难以言说的苦痛，与此同时，又遇到男青年疯狂求爱和单位要全面体检。真实性别泄露、被人嘲笑、殴打与胁迫等成了他生存的噩梦与危机。就在他想借助现代医学手段转换性别、彻底解脱自己的时候，却遭到了一个隐藏很深的作案团伙的屡屡暗算，从而给他的生活带来了巨大冲击和不可思议的变故。《局》在人物际遇的层层揭示、人物命运的莫测演绎、人物意志的屡遭砥砺、人物性格的多重刻画之中，表达了作者对人类天性奥秘感与生命珍贵的高度关注和深入思索，意旨恳切、蕴涵浑厚、格调清新、韵味律动衰婉而旷远。(Because of special reasons, Liu Aishui, who had been hiding his gender in his hometown in the northwest of China, had to stay in the female workers' dormitory when he worked in the coastal area. A series of honors brought forth by the female identity made him feel satisfied. Meanwhile it also imposed great psychological pressure and unspeakable pain. More badly, he suffered from the crazy courtship from a young man and the comprehensive physical examination of the unit. Disclosure of his true gender, being ridiculed by others, being beaten and threatened became nightmare and crisis for survival. As he wanted to change his gender with the help of modern medical means and free himself thoroughly, he was plotted against by a crime gang hiding deeply again and again, so huge impact and unbelievable changes occurred to his life. The Story of a Transgender Person expresses the author's high concern over and in-depth thinking about the sense of mystery of the human nature and treasured life in revealing layer by layer, mysterious interpretation of the fate of the figures, repeated tempering of wills and multilayer description of figures' characters. With the earnest will, vigorous implication, new style, the novel's implication is deep and distant. )