Half a Jade Pendant, Childhood Sweethearts

The Shen and Gu families of Jiangnan had been close for generations. Shen Henghua, the Shen family’s legitimate daughter, and Gu Changyan, the Gu family’s legitimate son, were born in the same year and month, and were betrothed as children. They grew up together in the watery towns of Jiangnan, their bond deepening from innocent childhood friendship into the first stirrings of love.