It was on the day of the Qingming Festival that Wei Baoying met someone who made her heart flutter.
He had a bright, unclouded air about him. His face was cool and pale, yet his eyes were as alluring as peach blossoms. When he didn't smile, he seemed both approachable and impossibly distant. Perhaps it was that contradictory, complex temperament that drew her to him.
Wei Baoying saw him while visiting the graves on Qingming. She had just dismounted when she caught a fleeting glimpse of him stepping down from a carriage. A jade-white hand lifted the curtain, and he came into view.
She later learned that visitors had been streaming into the cemetery all day, with people, horses, and carriages coming and going. Many prominent families had come to pay their respects at the graves.
Among them was the Su family, who had brought their second son. He was the very man Wei Baoying had just seen.
The Su family possessed immense wealth. Their second son, Su Shu, was strikingly handsome, while their eldest son was in extremely poor health. They had also adopted a girl named Su Yiyi, who was very much doted on.
There were rumors about the Su family's secrets. Some said that the second son was the one who had been adopted, and that the eldest son and their younger sister were the true siblings. No one knew why, and no one could say whether the rumor was true.
Wei Baoying remembered that the Su family's second son, Su Shu, courtesy name Youce, was learned and talented. At only twenty, he had passed the examinations to enter the Imperial Academy and become a teacher. He truly seemed like a perfect man.
A collection of short stories.
Theme: Recording stories
