g, tea ceremony, and cooking. She generally had a fixed organization and activities with a group of Chinese wives. 。Zuo Yu'an entered the room and took his seat, courteous and polite with impeccable...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 farewellsllowed diary almost recorded Dad's heart journey for over a decade, both in terms of emotions and career. 。She flipped through the pages one by one, and only after she finished reading did she underst...