Where is life not full of reunions? The unexpected encounter between Zou Xiaoqing and Zhong Hua was no exception.
Ever since she was a little girl, Zou Xiaoqing had grown up by Taiping Lake with her grandfather. Her grandfather had never provided her with a wealthy life, nor did she know what luxury meant, nor what happiness was. Living by the lakeside in a stone house with her grandfather, raising a flock of white geese and a flock of cormorants, and ferrying passengers across in a small boat—working at sunrise and resting at sunset—this was her life, a life she had long been accustomed to and took great joy in.
When she saw Zhong Hua, who was completely different from her, a sudden, sharp flutter stirred in her heart. Yet this sensation was so faint and subtle that before she could even grasp it, it vanished.
Chapter 82