1. I am Lin Daiyu. Ever since I learned that Baoyu had married Baochai, I had been bedridden for a long time. I thought my end had come, but when I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a completely unfamiliar place. The carved bed, the famous scholars' calligraphy hanging on the walls, and the countless volumes of poetry were all gone without a trace. In their place was a horrifying, filthy sight: blackened walls, a battered cabinet, ragged, scratchy clothes on my body, and a bed beneath me smeared with a sticky mass of grime... The world spun around me. My vision went black, and I couldn't catch my breath. I collapsed...
