Glass Fish

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During her impoverished and desperate days, Su Xinnan met Chen Zhongyao. She knew he had countless empty titles, and beneath them lay a cruel personality.

Beneath a sky full of drifting blossoms, he gave her a shabby wedding that no one cared about. From then on, she bore the name "Mrs. Chen."

Mrs. Chen loved her husband with all her heart, stubbornly and single-mindedly, casting aside her personality and opinions until she became like a fragile angelfish, a pretty ornamental fish in a bathtub.

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At dusk in Kowloon Tong, the wind died down and the rain stopped.

Chen Zhongyao came home, only to hear his wife say she wanted a divorce.

Later, standing before the ICAC, he finally understood that his wife wasn't hopelessly foolish, nor was she just a pretty vase. On the contrary, she was far too clever.

Later still, Chen Zhongyao became an angelfish longing to swim across the sea, wanting to ask Su Xinnan one thing:

Of all the people she'd met, had she ever loved him?

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"I don't want to be entangled with you anymore.

I have my dignity, and I won't let it be trampled again."

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Someone on Hong Kong Island built a beautiful fish tank. At first, it was meant to trap someone. In the end, the one trapped was its builder.

Reader advisory:

An old-school "win her back at the crematorium" story. I'm not trying to make it especially Hong Kong in flavor (if you want something very Hong Kong, try Du Du). The heroine has someone else she marries later. All the men like her.

The heroine is an academic star. After divorcing the hero, she returns to mainland China to work for the government.

The hero comes to his senses and goes crazy. It's pretty melodramatic.

Theme: Just felt like writing a little "win her back at the crematorium" story.