an hugged her from behind and whispered in her ear: "Shu Tinglan, Happy New Year." 。"Happy New Year!" Even though he was high up, standing on the balcony, he could clearly hear the joyous sounds of p...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 farewellscalled Cheng Zhimin, reminding her to turn off her phone. He then quickly called the home landline in Beijing, and the nanny answered."Yu'an, are you looking for Teacher Cheng" The nanny's voice was c...