Amphibious Butterfly
by Chi Lingjun
About This Novel
During the warlord war, Ruan Hongqing took control of the military power in western Jiangxi and chose his eldest son Ruan Lianze to inherit his father's business, while his youngest son Ruan Lianhao returned from studying in the UK and was full of new ideas. Su Ruixiang is one of the shareholders of Anyuan Coal Mine and used to be Sheng Xuanhuai's right-hand man. The eldest daughter Su Qinyu is studying at Changsha Women's College and occasionally goes home to visit relatives. The second daughter Su Jinyu is determined to marry into a general. Ruan Lianhao met Su Qinyu by chance and became friends over a piece of music. The Ruan family chose a daughter-in-law for their eldest son because they liked the Su family's wealth. Ruan Lianze also fell in love with the knowledgeable Su Qinyu, but later he discovered that Su Qinyu had a medium-sized birthmark on his left forehead, which was usually blocked by Liuhai so no one could see it. This birthmark was Su Qinyu's heartache, which also caused her to feel inferior and talk less. However, Ruan Lianhao joked that the shape of the birthmark was like a butterfly resting on the tip of her eyebrow. Two young people who accepted new knowledge and new ideas came together because they embraced the same ideals and quickly fell in love. Ruan Lianhao contacted a Japanese friend and took Su Qinyu to Shanghai to get a tattoo, and embroidered the birthmark into a lifelike butterfly. When the two first returned to Anyuan, a workers' movement broke out. The road and mine authorities colluded with the warlords to suppress it with force, but failed. Both the Ruan family and the Su family were in trouble. Seeing that the situation had changed, Su Ruixiang immediately decided to sell all his family property and return to Shanghai. However, Su Qinyu was unwilling to give up his studies and insisted on going to Changsha, maintaining correspondence with Ruan Lianhao.
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