off contact with the outside world. He would only appear if absolutely necessary. 。His only connection to the outside world was Cui Jie, his secretary at headquarters. Cui Jie had been his secretary...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 house valued education but understood the importance of individualised instruction. Though her son was still in high school, he had his own plans for the future and worked hard to achieve them. Th...