parked not far from her house. As soon as she stepped out, she saw it. She had never run so fast before, like a dream coming true. She saw him roll down the car window and he was looking at her runni...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 farewellsght this was good enough, at least for this moment, Lu Kuo was all hers.She doesn't need his promises either. Sometimes, promises can be too heavy because if the other person breaks their promise, you...