On the day she married him home, everyone in the capital said that a flower was stuck in the cow dung. But no one can tell clearly who is the flowers and who is the cow dung.
After three years of marriage, he was as gentle as jade, while she was arrogant and domineering. She thought she had a knife.
Until he found an account book in the secret room of his study. Each stroke on it is written about her flaws - on a certain year and month, she walked on tiptoe; on a certain year and night, she shouted a command to teach dance in her sleep.
The last page reads: Chu Lian is Cheng Xuezhuo.
He already knew her identity that she had hidden for six years.
He opened the door and came in. She held up the ledger.
"Madam," he smiled, "are you tired of acting in the past three years?"
She also smiled, pulled out an account book from the bottom of her dossier, and pushed it over.
He opened it. What is recorded in it is not money, but every flaw he showed. The last page contained a piece of paper with her name written all over it.
"Master Pei, each other."
Two account books were spread out on the table. The two men looked at each other through a lamp.
The watchman outside the window struck the third watch.
She suddenly spoke: "You have memorized so many flaws in me, have you ever memorized the day when I am real?"
He was silent for a long time.
"What about you?" He said, "You have written down so many flaws about me. Have you ever remembered when did I start writing about you instead of flaws?"
The candle burned to the end and no one cut the wick.
The account books are still open. No one said the answer.
