On the Three Lives Stone, who owes whom a tear?
She was once a crimson pearl fairy grass growing by the Spirit River. As she was about to wither, a stubborn stone watered her with dew every day. The dew was stolen from the bottle of the Divine Wandering Attendant, and the stone shared half with her. Later, when the attendant descended to the mortal world, the stone followed her, willingly taking the form of jade so it could accompany her through one lifetime among humans.
He is the noble young master of the Jia family, born with a piece of jade in his mouth. She is an orphan, living under someone else’s roof. When they first meet, he says, “I feel as if I’ve met you before, little sister.” She is annoyed by his cheek, never knowing that three hundred years ago, this foolish stone used stolen sweet dew to save her life.
In this life, she repays him with her tears. But she does not know whether the final tear will be one of joy or the last she sheds before death.
The sweetness of sweet dew, the bitterness of repaying him with tears: the names carved into the Three Lives Stone have never blurred.
This is a story about “finding you”: forgetting three hundred times, and still finding you.
