I Heard You're Still Thinking About Him

Before the age of sixteen, Meng Anyan was radiant. After turning sixteen, Meng Zhao became quiet and reserved.

That year, she narrowly escaped death, then suddenly dreamed a thousand years into the future.

I went to the place where we last met.

Nothing had changed. The garden was well tended,

the fountains spouting their usual, steady streams of water;

there was no sign that anything had ended,

and nothing had taught me how to forget.

Elizabeth Jennings, "Absence"

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Revised version in progress. Updated through Chapter 6 on August 26, 2019.