Beneath the White Jade

Song Wanzhi and Xie Jin are a perfect match, their marriage decreed by the emperor.

They have known each other since childhood and grew up together. One comes from a scholarly family with five generations of distinguished heritage. She is intelligent and refined, a model for all noblewomen. The other is descended from a marquis's family, gentle and refined, and won second place in the imperial examinations before he was even twenty.

Song Wanzhi doesn't think she deserves to be called a model noblewoman, but her husband truly is a gentleman of integrity, with the world in his heart.

They have been married for several years without children, but Xie Jin has never mentioned taking a concubine. Whenever he has free time after work, he returns to the residence to keep her company. They talk about amusing things they've heard, play chess, paint, or play music together.

Song Wanzhi loves his talent, his ability to understand her unspoken thoughts, and most of all, his gentleness and courtesy. Even when drunk, Xie Jin never behaves indecently. Instead, his drunkenness brings out his literary flair and noble spirit.

Song Wanzhi often thinks that Xie Jin is the only man in the world worthy of being called a gentleman.

Until one day, while tidying the study, she comes across a secret room containing old belongings. Several chests are filled with papers, including the schoolwork they did as children.

Remembering those old days, Song Wanzhi can't help picking some up to look through.

When she lifts the topmost stack, what lies beneath makes her jolt in shock

The yellowed sheets are densely covered with her name, written in her own handwriting.

It's the small regular script she usually uses, but the strokes betray a frenzied excitement, slightly warping the shape of the characters.

White paper and black ink: hundreds of millions of "Song Wanzhi" fill this lightless secret room.

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Theme: Be humble and inclusive; the sea embraces all rivers.