eside the bustling city center she passed. Without a second thought, she dove right in, letting her wavy hair cascade down, adding to her allure and beauty. She drank with strangers, gambled with them...Ting Lan was about to close her notebook when she saw, on the last page, a single line of elegant script:

Some flowers bloom high up in the trees.

Tinglan recognized these characters. They were a line from the poem "Bride" by the poet Hai Zi. The poem starts with:

and many days after that

Many farewells truck stopped in front of her, and a head poked out of the front window: "Xiaoning, come back, get in the car." 。Chen Ning was wary of others. When she saw the car, her heart skipped a beat. She stoo...