His parting with Jiang Yun came without the slightest warning, sudden as a bolt from the blue. From then on, Song Xing searched the world for any trace of her as if he had gone mad. Even if she was dead, he had to see her body.
They had been childhood playmates. Though Song Xing was born to an ordinary family, he was blessed with striking good looks. Whenever wealthy young men bullied him, Jiang Yun would step in and defend him. As those young men fled, they always shouted that they would be back, but in truth they never dared to cross Jiang Yun, whose family background was even more powerful than theirs.
As they grew older, they fell for each other in secret. But the gulf between their backgrounds was too great, so Song Xing quietly resolved to pass the imperial examinations and marry Jiang Yun in a grand ceremony. Jiang Yun, meanwhile, often sneaked out of her home to meet him and cheer him on.
Song Xing passed the examinations with flying colors. Just when he thought it was time to marry Jiang Yun, just when he thought everything was about to get better, the unexpected happened. He couldn't understand how someone could disappear so completely, without leaving a single trace.
It turned out that all of this had been for...
