Chapter 10
Edward Quan ·
“But I didn’t obey his instructions. Afterward, I was afraid he would come after me, so I fled straight to Jiangnan. Even now, I don’t dare go back.”
I set down my tea gently and said nothing.
“Awan.”
Gu Qingyi’s voice came from the inner room.
Perhaps she had just finished a page of writing. She peered out to call me, saw our guest, and smiled at me.
I turned and smiled back.
Warm sunlight filled the little bookshop and rested on its orderly shelves.
A breeze from the window stirred the pages of an open book.
Ordinary life. Peaceful years.
This was the life I truly wanted.
**The End**
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