The Blood of Youth: The One and Only Qiong Xiao

“You gave me a plum; I repay you with fine jade. It is no mere repayment, but a promise of everlasting friendship.”

Fine jade is precious and pure, so her brother Su Changhe named her Qiongjiu. She had no surname, knew neither where she came from nor where she belonged, so her master, Bai Hehuai, gave her the surname Bai. Thus, she became Bai Qiongjiu.

“Brother, you once said that crossing the Dark River would bring us to the other shore, and that the other shore should hold more than an endless night; there should be light, too. But, Brother, light should not be built upon death. Don't keep making mistakes. Turn back.”

“If I missed Xiao Chuhe at seventeen, then I mustn't miss Xiao Se at twenty-one.”