ade his heart race with desire. She really was forgetting the pain of her past wounds.Gu Ruandong pulled her away without mercy, making her lie on her back facing him. He pinned her hands down with hi...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 farewellsthe 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 supported her wrist and turned it in circles...