The Ending of "Bright Youth"

1. The annual meeting of the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Merchants Association in 1926 was held in the most luxurious Huizhong Hotel in the French Concession. Two white marble lions stood on either side of the gilded gate, and inside, waiters in sharp black suits, carrying silver trays, moved among the elegantly dressed figures. Chu Shaohua stood at the hotel entrance, wearing a dark-colored cheongsam with subtle patterns, a round pearl brooch pinned to her collar—a keepsake from her mother, now gleaming softly in the sunlight. Huashun Pharmacy's ability to establish itself in Shanghai over the past six months was entirely due to her improved "Renxin Ointment." This formula was secretly given to her by the old manager before his death.