milk and memory

Modern Romance, Angst, Drama · Completed

《西江的船》

The Boat on the Xijiang

by Jiu Yue Xi / 玖月晞

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What, in the end, is love?

「1」Xu Cheng approaches Jiang Xi, and brings about the destruction of the Jiang family. The Jiang family is shattered, their home ruined, and Jiang Xi vanishes without a trace.

「2」Across those long years, Xu Cheng can no longer tell whether what he feels for Jiang Xi is guilt or love. Does love grow out of guilt, or guilt out of love? Can such things truly be distinguished?

As for Jiang Xi, she cannot tell whether what she feels for Xu Cheng is hatred or love either. Does hatred grow out of love, or love out of hatred? What difference does it make?

「3」She thought he was a boat that would carry her,

but he was a gun aimed straight at her heart.

「4」She is his white moonlight, and also the cinnabar mark upon his chest.

【 Prologue 】

The locals of Jiangzhou often say: Jiangzhou is a city full of stories.

The Jiang family alone could fill a basketful, enough to tell for three days and nights without repetition.

Which one do you want to hear?

Any one at all.

Then let me tell you about the most legendary figure in Jiangzhou—Xu Cheng.

And once you speak of him, you must, of course, speak of his story with the youngest daughter of the Jiang family.

Where shall we begin?

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