The Divine Jade Is Hard to Find

When Shen Yuzhen was young, she admired the handsome and dashing senior brother of her sect, a natural genius with countless admirers.

Shen Yuzhen had ordinary talent and was the most inconspicuous disciple in the sect. She rarely even saw her senior brother's face. She would simply sweep the paths he had walked each day and gaze at his back from afar.

Shuqing, a friend who had joined the sect with her, teased her: "If you never make a move, he'll never even look at you."

Before she could work up the courage, the senior brother became engaged to the sect leader's daughter. Shen Yuzhen's secret love came to an end, and she burned every sachet and sword tassel she had made for him beneath a tree.

Later, the senior brother was ambushed by someone. He lost his eyesight and all his cultivation, and his fiancée rejected him.

Shen Yuzhen secretly looked after him. With nothing but a broken sword, she traveled to the ends of the earth and back, suffering countless injuries, and finally healed his eyes.

Shuqing scolded her for being presumptuous. She was giving her whole heart, but the other person would never remember her.

But wherever Shen Yuzhen went, Shuqing was always by her side.

The former swordsmanship prodigy returned to the peak. The first thing he did was seek reconciliation with his fiancée. To Shen Yuzhen, he said only, "I will repay today's kindness in my next life."

Heartbroken, Shen Yuzhen requested to leave the sect. Before departing, she went to the back mountain to say goodbye to Shuqing, but searched everywhere without finding her. There was only the thousand-year-old tree on the mountain.

Shen Yuzhen burst into tears. A branch fell from the sky and struck her right on the head.

The tree trunk transformed, revealing a familiar face full of anger. A clear, youthful voice spoke: "Cry, cry, all you ever do is cry! I'm sick of you hanging around here every day, and you never stop chattering in my ear! Hurry up and leave!"

You idiot, Shen Yuzhen. What would happen if you fell for someone else?

*

On the eve of his wedding, the senior brother, who had been born without a heart, finally felt his heart beating. He searched everywhere for Shen Yuzhen.

But all he learned was that she had left the mountain gate

And dug up the ancient tree from the back mountain, too.

* An irreverent regret-and-pursuit story. The CP is the ancient tree. The senior brother gets his comeuppance and never wins her back.

Theme: Don't wait until you've lost something to learn to treasure it.