ss. It was the first time he had seen Lawyer Shu wear a dress. It was a very simple dress, but it made her look completely different.For some reason, she thought of the introduction on Hong Zheng Law...Ting Lan was about to close her notebook when she saw, on the last page, a single line of elegant script:

Some flowers bloom high up in the trees.

Tinglan recognized these characters. They were a line from the poem "Bride" by the poet Hai Zi. The poem starts with:

and many days after that

Many farewellsverything about Gu Ruandong, yet she knew nothing at all. He had never told her about his past, nor had he ever brought it up himself. As for the Gu family, she had never shown any interest in it.She...