ties there were.Only Zhuo Yu'an walked silently behind, carrying a single shoulder bag and occasionally looking up at the girl in front. The girl had a slender back, her school uniform was spotless, c...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 tightened slightly as she tried to snatch the piece back from his mouth, but he countered her move with equal force, pulling her half away and placing it on the nearby island countertop with his hand...