Half a Veil of Silk, a Lifetime of Love

Buddha says that the first cry of life means we are destined to suffer in this world.

Perhaps life is a sad song, and all our struggles and stubborn persistence amount to nothing more than savoring the little moments of joy and beauty mixed in with the bitterness.

Who could know that life is as brief as a blade of grass, that the years make us old, and that a smile can bring our worldly ties to an end...

“Lin Jinwen, stay away from my daughters! I will never let them marry you! You can forget about it!”

“Why, Uncle Zhou?”

“Your cousin Lin Yuan has already ruined my Xiaohui's life. She still refuses to divorce him. What's so good about a man like that? A handsome face won't put food on the table. You're so refined and bookish, but I doubt you'll turn out much better than him. All three of my daughters are beautiful. They could find any good man they wanted. Xiaohui's already suffered enough. Do you think I'd let my other daughters suffer with you too?”

During the years I spent working far from home, the two women I had secretly loved since childhood, Sister Xiaoxiang and Sister Xiaoju, left me one after the other.

But Wen Ruyu, a girl from Jiangsu, still loved me with all her heart. Shen Qiuyue, a girl who had fallen into the world of prostitution but couldn't accept her tragic fate, stirred my compassion. And the mature, beautiful businesswoman Mei Yanjiao gradually fell for me too...

Where will I go from here in matters of the heart?

Many years later, after my divorce, I return to a mountain town in middle age and reunite with Sister Xiaoju, who also lives alone. She says she has never regretted loving me. But the townspeople call her a bad woman, and some even say she has killed someone. Which is the truth?