Chapter 674: Youth. Some flowers bloom high in the trees

could only do this much; there was nothing else she could do.She got home late at night, her mind filled only with her mother's words, "Take care of yourself." But she was already 25 years old. Before...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 farewellsin a standoff, she staring down at him with fury, while he merely tilted his head up to meet her gaze. All of her emotions were on full display, but he, behind his sunglasses, offered no indication of...