Childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree, torn apart by force, married off to someone else, brutal wedding night, years of misery after marriage, sold to the Drunken Immortal House, reunited with her beloved...
The spring of 1925 arrived unusually early. Peach blossoms along both banks of Qinghe Town were already in full bloom. Pear blossoms in the Shen family courtyard had also reached over the wall, swaying gently in the breeze. A few white petals drifted down onto the pages of the "Dream of the Red Chamber" that Shen Qingluo was reading.
Sixteen-year-old Shen Qingluo reached out her slender fingers and gently picked up a petal. Sunlight streamed through the carved window lattice, casting dappled shadows across her fair face. Just as she was about to continue reading, three familiar cuckoo calls sounded from outside the window: two short, one long.
Shen Qingluo's eyes lit up at once. She closed her book and quietly walked to the window, pushing open the half-shut casement. Beyond the courtyard wall, a boy in a navy student uniform waved to her, a bright smile on his face.
“Chengjun!” Shen Qingluo called softly, the corners of her mouth lifting without her realizing it.
“Qingluo, come out quickly! A new batch of illustrated magazines from Shanghai just arrived by the river. I secretly saved the two best ones for you.” Gu Chengjun's voice was brimming with excitement. He held up a magazine rolled into a tube and waved it. “And the latest issue of "New Youth"!”
Shen Qingluo glanced back at the door. It was shut, and her mother should be taking her afternoon nap at this hour. She bit her lower lip and hesitated for a moment, but in the end, curiosity got the better of her
The story line is complete, the writing is very good, the pace is a bit fast, and some places are not very reasonable. It is a bit like a combination of ancient style and Republican style, but the flavor of the Republic of China is a little less.
Beautiful and lovely❤️Love it