Chapter 198

She raised the gun and slowly walked down from the high platform. "When I was twelve years old, it was Grandfather's sixtieth birthday. Everyone in the family was busy welcoming guests. In that social setting, I detested those faces currying favor with those in power, so I went to the back garden alone. I sat in the pavilion by the rockery, listlessly playing with the Go stones before me. Suddenly, I heard footsteps and looked up to see a handsome young man walking past the rockery. He stopped under the pear blossom tree in the courtyard. The young man's facial features were exceptionally striking, with a high, curved bridge of the nose. There was still a hint of boyishness between his brows, yet his sword-like brows and star-like eyes were full of unbridled rebellion. He wore a meticulously pressed suit, with his arms folded across his chest. I wanted to step forward and greet him politely, but I lacked the courage to take that step.After the banquet ended, I asked around everywhere and found out he was the young master of the Meng Family, Meng Huaijin—that is you." The young man standing beneath the pear blossom tree that year left an indelible, heavily inked stroke in the young girl's youth. That fleeting glance dazzled her entire youth.