"Ah-Heng, when this campaign is over, I will take you back to Jiangnan to see the plum blossoms." Xiao Yan tied a red cord around Yun Heng's wrist, then leaned down to press a kiss to her brow.
Yun Heng watched his retreating figure, clutching the piece of red cord tightly in her hand. She knew that once he left, there was no telling when they would meet again. Xiao Yan was the Grand General Zhenyuan, and she was merely an orphan girl he had rescued in Jiangnan.
That bitter winter, Yun Heng had been on the verge of freezing to death in the snow when Xiao Yan brought her into the General's Mansion. At the time, Xiao Yan was barely twenty years old, yet he already possessed a valiant aura. He gave her the name Yun Heng, saying that her brows and eyes held the serene detachment of drifting clouds, yet she was as resilient as the thoroughwort grass.
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