In the End, I Betrayed You, but Never the Wine

I have a tavern named "Forget Your Worries." Not "worries" as in easing someone else's troubles, but "worries" as in, "Draw your sword to sever the water, and the water flows on; raise your cup to drown your sorrows, and your sorrows grow deeper."

One day, a handsome young gentleman dressed in blue came to my tavern. So I asked him a question that had long troubled me: "Young master, what does it mean to let someone down?"

The gentleman paused briefly before replying, "You decide to give someone happiness, but you fail to grow old together with her. That is letting her down."

(A contracted work on Tangyuan Writing)

I began writing this novel when I was 19. My writing was immature, and my values were not yet well formed. At the time, I thought certain things were romantic, but now I realize they actually contained a lot of oppression. Because of the contract, I can no longer change the content, so I can only offer this note here in the blurb: Develop a healthy outlook on love. Do not lose yourself in a relationship, abandon yourself, or hurt yourself. This novel is fiction. Be cautious in real-life relationships.