The fourteenth day of the first lunar month. Heavy snow. Snow weighed down the red plum blossoms, filling every branch.
The young master had returned, covered in snow and reeking of liquor.
"Uncle Zhou," he called to me.
"Yes."
"Where is she?"
"In the nanny's room."
The young master fell silent, his expression turning cold. He strode toward the nanny's room, shaking the snow from his clothes. It melted all over the ground.
Theme: Some things rot faster the longer you put off dealing with them. That's true of the food sold in stores, the flowers in the courtyard, and feelings, too.
This book is divided into two volumes.
The first volume tells the story of Yu Gu and Lu Shiyan. It uses multiple points of view, indicated in the chapter titles.
The second volume tells the story of Lu Shiyan's parents. The protagonists are Zhou Nian and Lu Hou'an, and it is told from a third-person point of view.
