se they ran into a poaching gang. In the deserted area of Shichuan Beach, the poachers mistook them for police chasing them and opened fire with shotguns. Song Song, at the front of the team, was shot...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 farewellsments between the two girls:"Where are you guys going to play I want to go too, I want to go too."Listening and Cheng Chen ignored him and each called home:"Mom, Chengchen and I are going to the books...