Miss Song of Yihe Road had just turned eighteen when Nanjing became unsettled. Her second brother came home and took her to bustling Shanghai.
Miss Song couldn't understand what her brother said. She was a hibiscus raised in an old-fashioned era.
She didn't know how to do laundry or cook, and she liked to keep to the old rules: staying inside and not stepping beyond the inner courtyard. She spoke softly and gently.
Then she met Miss Chen.
Miss Chen had a scholarly air and a resilient spirit. She was a rose living in a new era.
Miss Chen was her second brother's revolutionary friend. She didn't understand what revolution was.
Miss Chen was a person of the new era. She didn't understand what the new era was.
Later, beneath the ruins battered by endless artillery fire, the hibiscus in the corner was raised into a rose. That twilight held a love no one else knew about.
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Theme: Be confident and independent
