The Seven Sins

That foolish fellow, carrying cloth to trade for silk, came not to trade silk but to ask for her hand. There is someone in this world who was born with an aura that makes him lose himself in her. No matter how many lifetimes pass, she always draws him in. Like a lock and its key, their perfect fit shakes him to the core. She says, "Would you marry me?" "Would marrying you make you happy?" "Pah! Either we marry happily, or you take me by force. Why ask so many questions?" She glares, and he smiles as he kisses her lips. "I'll be Zhuang Zhou, you'll be the butterfly. I'll be Wangdi, and you'll be the cuckoo." "Fine, fine. You decide." In every life, he tells himself they are not right for each other. In every life, he loves her so much that he fears neither convention nor principle. In this life, in every life, I long to give you the best of everything. "Pah!" He is a scholar who is useless at everything. She is the one who has captured his heart. Seven lifetimes, and he commits seven sins. Yet he accepts them willingly. Sin One: Love Without the Strength to Act Sin Two: Virtuous but Untalented Sin Three: Burning with Jealousy Sin Four: Recognizing a Treasure Sin Five: Wild Fantasies Sin Six: Materialism Sin Seven: A Beauty with a Pear-Blossom Face Seven stories to make you smile.