ons fluctuated, and her stomach tightened in waves. She could only keep stroking her belly and taking deep breaths to calm the abnormal contractions.Without him by her side, she felt momentarily lost...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 a sallow complexion. When I saw her just now, I was so excited that I forgot to take off my makeup. She was still in character. No wonder Xiao Guru didn't recognize her. She thought she was as beaut...