This was a carefully arranged meeting, planned by both families. Tang You had been waiting here properly for almost two hours, yet her fiancé, Xiao Weijing, never showed up. Situations like this were nothing new—she had long grown used to the humiliation. Her delicate fingers pinched the edge of her skirt, which was embroidered with...
This was a carefully arranged meeting, planned by both families. Tang You had been waiting here properly for almost two hours, yet her fiancé, Xiao Weijing, never showed up. Situations like this were nothing new—she had long grown used to the humiliation. Her delicate fingers pinched the edge of her skirt, which was embroidered with understated camellia flowers, blooming gently. During these two hours of waiting, Tang You had counted that there were exactly 453 petals on the roses at the table, 15 of which were incomplete. The tea had been refilled eighteen times, and the fruit had been changed five times. “Youyou, I’m really sorry. Weijing said something came up, so he won’t be able to make it tonight.” Xiao Weijing’s mother, Zhao Manlan, spoke to Tang You with an apologetic expression. T
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