A woman branded a jinx, said to bring death to her husband and family.
Her parents are both dead, and she lives at the mercy of relatives who despise her. She is married off to a wealthy household, but her husband is a fool…
From the very first day she enters the Gao family mansion, people keep dying. When everyone blames it all on her, the jinx, will she accept her fate, or…
In the shadowy depths of the mansion, as she endures a life of □, whose sake will she shed her tears for? Her foolish husband? Her brother-in-law, who covets her beauty? Or the man who came back from the dead…
This time, Jixiang wants to try something new.
Readers who enjoy lyrical prose, please take the plunge. This isn't a fluffy, uncomplicated story; it has a slow build, so patient readers are welcome. Hehe.
Jixiang will take you to the prosperous lands of Jiangnan, where misty rain drifts through the air, and revisit those stirring tales of love.
I hope that as you read Jixiang's Song of Separation in Troubled Times, you might sometimes imagine yourself dressed in a little white jacket embroidered with plum blossoms, brewing a pot of fragrant tea and setting out a plate of crunchy beans. In a quiet alley late at night, beneath the blue-gray eaves slanting overhead, you breathe in Jiangnan's damp, water-laden air. And then, in your dreams, you encounter a love from an ancient town where misty rain veils a thousand homes…
