Spring came especially early that year. She returned to the tree and gazed at it for a long while. Her slender fingers brushed over the trunk, and she slowly spoke: “You tricked me after all. You weren’t going to become an immortal, you were going to kill yourself. I suppose I’ll never see those dazzling begonias filling the garden again.”
When she turned around, the man stood behind her, stricken with grief. He asked only, “Did you know all along?”
She shook her head. Her lips parted, but tears fell first.
In this life, only the two of them remained.
[The Four Great Families series]
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This beginning is so beautiful, but it's a pity that the rest of the story~Maomao~needs the rest of the story~