When Shen Yan was ten, seven-year-old Lu Sheng saved him. As he got to know the little girl, he slowly realized she was a bit different from everyone else. How to put it? She was like a little fairy. Everything about her seemed wonderful, as if she had grown right inside his heart. Little Shen Yan didn’t know what love was, but he wanted to be with her forever.
At eleven, Lu Yan heard the villagers say that if you married a girl, you’d be together forever. At twelve, Lu Yan’s father found him. He wasn’t excited, but panicked instead. How could he leave Sheng Sheng behind? What if she married someone else? His father told him that a man needed to be able to protect his wife, and that he could learn more skills by going with him. After a long hesitation, he left with his father, but told Sheng Sheng, “I’ll come back and marry you for sure.”
At thirteen, Shen Yan felt that marrying Lu Sheng was urgent. He had to become capable enough, and soon. At sixteen, Shen Yan thought he was going to die. Dying didn’t scare him, but what if he could never see Sheng Sheng again? What if he couldn’t marry her? He held on to that thought, and then Sheng Sheng came, and he survived. Now he was even more determined to marry her.
At twenty, he was old enough to marry, but his bride was still too young. What could he do? He counted the betrothal money over and over, making preparations. At twenty-one, he was finally about to marry her. He was grateful that Sheng Sheng’s age had been entered as a little older in her household register. He got connections to approve his marriage report and request for her to join him at his post. He had just finished fixing up the house and was about to ask his grandfather for permission to marry her when he was sent on a mission. After completing it, he suddenly received a message that Sheng Sheng needed help. He called in favors and rushed back as fast as he could, but he was still too late. The moment he saw Sheng Sheng, the pain nearly split him apart. His Sheng Sheng had suffered so much.
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The characters have distinct personalities and have the realism of a historical novel. They are compact yet warm. I am grateful to those ancestors who walked in the shadows and carried forward with heavy burdens...
The structure is clear and the emotions are delicate,