as the class ended. Lu Kuo lay on the desk, waiting for Zhuo Y uan to arrive. He very consciously put his physics textbook and exercise book on the table and patted Tinglan's shoulder.“Would you like...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 farewellserving her.Hàn Lì's two hands were tied to the headboard, her slender wrists now bearing red marks from the binding. "Could you please untie me first"Zhao Tingxing then went over and untied her. She s...