er all, a female celebrity. Now, wearing a backless dress with no shoes, this wasn't appropriate, especially at night. This would be all over the news in minutes! She had even thought of the headline:...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 farewells gently turned her head.Because she was wearing makeup for the event, she hadn't had time to take it off. Now she had sweat on her forehead and tears under her eyes. Her hair, which had been gelled, f...