Bright Swallow of Spring

People of old used to say, "A young man rides a bamboo horse, circling around the bed and playing with green plums." Relying on the bond they'd shared since childhood and the marriage their parents had jokingly arranged when they were young, she believed it was only a matter of time before their wedding night. Little did she know that the end of their story had already been decided that year in Liangzhou, beneath the veranda of the Tang family's White Tower. She looked up at him, her expression bright and coy. He paused, then smiled at her. Beneath the sunlit grape leaves, their fate had already been sealed.

Theme: Love left unsaid