While recovering from an illness in Jiangnan, I had a brief, passionate affair with a scholar.
When it was time for me to return to the capital, I left him a hundred ounces of gold and a letter.
“My mother doesn’t approve of our marriage. It’s better if we part ways.” Two years later, he earned honors in the imperial examinations.
When we met again, his face was clouded with a dark, brooding intensity.
“Was the ‘mother’ you spoke of actually your mother-in-law?”
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Chapters
9
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Completed
