was burning hot."Is there any ice cream left at home" She needed to cool down."There's only a small box left, Haojie won't let me buy you one." the assistant replied honestly."Where is everyone else"...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 farewellst their teachers hadn't gone on holiday yet and there was a meeting at the teaching and research department this morning.Gritting my teeth, I got out of bed and went to the office. My steps felt like...