When they first met, Xu Nuo was reciting The Songs of the Decoction Formulas. Whenever he paused, Grandpa Xu would smack his palm with a ruler until it was bright red. Just then, Jiang Ling came to seek medical help. In the depths of her memory, the boy knelt with his back straight, gently waving a palm-leaf fan.
Later, Xu Nuo spent three years brewing Chinese herbal medicine for Jiang Ling.
"Xu Nuo, it's so bitter." The girl furrowed her brow and refused the bitter medicine in the thermos.
"Be good. Drink it all."
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When they met again years later, Jiang Ling was drunk. Casting aside her usual gentle, aloof manner, she rose onto her toes and lightly kissed the corner of his mouth. But he turned his face away.
"What is it? You won't let me kiss you?"
"You reek of alcohol. Stay away from me," he said with distaste.
"No. I want to," Jiang Ling insisted.
The man let out a helpless sigh, then lowered his head and deepened that tentative kiss. Their tongues entwined. She smelled of peaches, and under the influence of the alcohol, Xu Nuo couldn't tell which of them was drunk.
He tried to reason with her, somewhat helplessly. "How about not drinking anymore?"
"Mm, okay." Jiang Ling answered obediently. Her eyes, brimming with starlight, held only him.
Theme: Mutual devotion is the best proof of love.
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