Mending Dream of the Red Chamber with Daiyu's Grace

A beautiful dream is hard to find, and harder still to fulfill! Who can she confide in about her loneliness? When the match between Bao Dai and Daiyu comes to nothing, Daiyu, overwhelmed with sorrow, silently breaks down and falls ill in bed. To make matters worse, word spreads through the household that she is about to be taken as someone’s concubine, dealing another blow to her already frail health! Daiyu once drew a fortune stick at a temple: “Where in life can you not find a kindred soul? After hardship comes joy, and a benefactor will appear.” But where is Daiyu’s benefactor? Is it the man in white she glimpsed by chance in the woods, or the person who came to her aid on her long journey?