Although the Happy Valley villa was purchased by Han Yuzhu—much like the villa on Lantau Island, intended as a place for her to relax and vacation after retirement—anyone in the know understood that the original wives of the wealthy merely plant the trees, while later comers enjoy the shade.
After taking over, Mei Lu made sweeping renovations to this British classical-style building.
It was surrounded entirely by trees, all of them cherry blossoms imported from Japan, and planted with great artistic flair.
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