On the night of the substitute marriage, Huo Zhongyun gave her three rules: don't enter his study, don't inquire about his affairs, and don't fall in love with him.
She responded to all of them and was her Mrs. Huo quietly, not approaching or disturbing.
Later, he carried her down the mountain on a rainy day, called her name over and over again in the middle of the night, and carved her name under the sycamore tree - it was carved very deeply, as if it was carved into the bones.
Later, he knelt in the rain, his eyes red and his voice hoarse.
"Jinse," he said, "continue to love me."
She lowered her head to look at him, the rain mixed with his tears and flowed all over her face.
"Huo Zhongyun," she said, "I broke one of your rules."
"Which one?"
"The last one."
