Brother, You Abandoned Me Again
Ongoing- Author
- Translator
- Edward Quan
- Genres
- Drama Historical Psychological Tragedy
- Chapters
- 8
Synopsis
On the day the rebels slaughtered the city, the entrance to the secret passage Father had left us admitted only one person at a time. My brother glanced at me, then gave my only chance of survival to his childhood sweetheart. He pried my fingers from his arm, disgust in his eyes. “Be good. Find somewhere to hide. Wan’er comes from a scholarly family. She is pure and innocent. We cannot let the rebels capture and dishonor her.” “A-Yue, you’re a general’s daughter. Father taught you to wield a saber. You have a better chance of surviving than she does.” After he left, the rebels captured me, disfigured my face, and gouged out my eyes. Ten years later, in a small town in Jiangnan, I made my living telling fortunes by feeling people’s bones. My brother, now a victorious general, stopped at my stall while traveling incognito. “Young lady, you look very much like someone I knew in the capital.” I touched the old scar on the back of his hand—the scar he had received shielding me from a blade—and calmly withdrew my fingers. “You’re mistaken, my lord. I was born blind. I’ve never been to the capital.” Genres: Historical, Drama, Psychological, Tragedy