Meng Pianran, wearing a white lab coat, knocks and enters the village Party secretary’s office.
“Reporting in. I’d like to apply for a marriage permit.”
Secretary Yang recognizes her as He Zhaolang’s fiancée and offers his congratulations with a smile. “Doctor Meng, your big day is just around the corner. Be sure to let us share in the happy occasion.”
Meng Pianran nods and smiles.
But on the marriage application she takes home, the name she writes in the groom’s box isn’t He Zhaolang.
