ares about quick resolutions. She doesn't invest any emotion in the parties involved, and once the case is over, that's it.Until this seminar, she hadn't seen the glimmer of hope tinged with despair i...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 farewellstly, her fingernails digging deep into her palms. In that instant, she almost wanted to rush out and make them stop this inhumane act.Teacher Liang grabbed her shoulders with a force that surprised Ch...