Come to Chun, Where Are You Going?

Lai Chun: My name is Lai Chun. From the moment I opened my eyes, I have lived in this village and have never set foot outside it. Beneath the old locust tree at the village entrance live my parents and my elder sister, who is a year older than me. Time flows silently here, as though something invisible has covered the village, keeping us from taking a single step away. The village elders often say: This village was cursed, and we must remain cut off from the rest of the world. Evil spirits that devour souls roam outside the village. None of us can leave. Until one day, I escaped. There were no evil spirits outside the village, only a stubborn young man walking toward me. He said I wasn’t Lai Chun. I was his twin sister, Song Yungui. - Ever since Song Yue took up the post of Assistant Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, girls have gone missing one after another in the capital, leaving everyone on edge. As he painstakingly follows the clues to uncover the truth, he also has to look after the elder sister he only just managed to find again. His elder sister, Song Yungui, went missing as a child. After enduring years of hardship, she returned home only to become trapped in delusions, insisting that she came from a cursed village. She says she isn’t Song Yungui. Her name is Lai Chun. Reading Guide: Third-person narration A hint of mystery in a historical setting A short, twisted tale Theme: Evil will always be defeated.