The City of Zhen

Xiao Zhen felt as though every bone had been pulled from her body. Slumped on the cold ground, she stared at the hollowed-out gap between the bricks and the open crock of pickled cabbage. Before her eyes, hope was crushed to pieces! After the icy despair came a rage and hatred that erupted like a volcano! Blood and tears surged through her heart, washing away the last remaining barrier called “marriage.”