"Your eyes are a secret language, whispering endlessly of our passion."
Perhaps everyone gets one chance in life to bloom in the face of regret. At twenty-three, Lian Chenqing fled the city and chose to teach in a remote mountain village. A stuffy bus, a bumpy three-wheeled ride, torrential rain, muddy roads, damp air, moonlight, and a long, winding journey brought her here. She would be staying for three years.
On her first day, she heard people say that Xu Ying brought misfortune to her husband. With all the gossip swirling around her, Lian Chenqing closed her eyes and chose to move into the woman's home. There was no other reason: no men, safe and reliable. She couldn't hear out of her left ear and was looking for some peace and quiet.
Two people who weren't good with words shared a room and treated each other with polite respect. Yet every time their eyes met, they spoke to each other in a secret language.
An orange's fate is either to have its juice squeezed out before being thrown away, or to become a fruit tree that flourishes year after year.
And there is always someone waiting for that tree to blossom in spring and bear fruit in autumn.
Waiting is what Xu Ying does best.
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A healing, laid-back food-and-daily-life story.
Fake widow! Never married! No man! No romance! He died before they married!
Theme: Be independent and build a better life
