tmosphere at home was already very tense. The three of them were all on edge, like a taut string about to break. But it didn't break because they were all stubbornly enduring, waiting for her college...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 farewellsas long as you don't want to, there is nowhere for me to find you."Her world was simple and safe, like living in a sunroom filled with flowers. She lived a safe life within it, but today she discovere...