一个写手是需要读者的，更何况我这样一个初涉微小说领域的新手。在王府这样的文学沙龙里，这次的收获岂止是"满满"--从写文到猜文到揭晓答案到颁奖到班主任王妃总结，我坐在高手如云的王府拜读大家高水平的作品，看大家在留言区里的互动，日日欢声笑语，真是受益匪浅! 而我又希望这满满的收获能"满溢"， a spillover that could linger for a while, if not for good.
So the legend goes that the Iron Tree blossoms and the tower cracks in half, from the bottom of which wriggles out Lady Bai, who has been imprisoned by Monk Fahai for 500 years. Five centuries’ crush has turned Bai’s curvaceous body into pear-shaped, depriving of all the beauty she was renowned for. But one thing does not change with the time—her heart is as crystal as before.
In her signature small steps, Bai descends the cold stony stairs. The sun greets her mercifully. For once, she has to squint her eyes at the surroundings, the old and new world that she has been dreaming of returning to. What spread in front of her are the hustle and bustle on the street, in addition to the skyscrapers that soar dizzyingly into the skies, overshadowing the tower that erects by her. People are different too, not just the way they dress…
Bai watches nonchalantly as cars whisk and speed by. She still lives in her own world, and what crowd her mind are the nostalgic memories of the good old days, with her lover Xu. The centuries-long separation only intensifies her longing to find him. Without him, what is the point of rebirth?
“By all means, I will have to find him,” Bai makes up her mind.
As the world evolves and technologies advance, it is no longer like looking for a needle in the hay to find Xu’s whereabouts. Bai is in awe at the changes, but soon saddens in the knowledge that Xu is married and re-married a few times during her absence, rising from rags to riches, and is now a billionaire.
“Did he forget the vows between us that nothing could do us apart?”
With Xu’s new name and current address in hand, Bai roams across the labyrinth of the city, distraught and exhausted. She does not know what to do and where to go. Suddenly she found herself standing next to the West Lake. The familiar scenes in front of her eyes cheer her up: Under the leaden sky and enveloped in the misty fog is the old West Lake, crisscrossed with lakes and pagodas. As she enters and wanders on the meandering pebble roads, relishing the swaths of lily ponds by the sides, she feels reminiscent and invigorated. After all, there is one place in the world that does not change much.
Tears well up to Bai’s eyes and gush out like champagne being shaken out of a bottle.
“I just couldn’t let it go like this, after 500 years’ waiting and suffering. At least I shall go and see Xu in person, and judge by my own eyes.”
With a little hope in heart, Bai collects herself and heads off to Xu’s dwelling.
一个写手是需要读者的，更何况我这样一个初涉微小说领域的新手。在王府这样的文学沙龙里，这次的收获岂止是"满满"--从写文到猜文到揭晓答案到颁奖到班主任王妃总结，我坐在高手如云的王府拜读大家高水平的作品，看大家在留言区里的互动，日日欢声笑语，真是受益匪浅! 而我又希望这满满的收获能"满溢"， a spillover that could linger for a while, if not for good.
So the legend goes that the Iron Tree blossoms and the tower cracks in half, from the bottom of which wriggles out Lady Bai, who has been imprisoned by Monk Fahai for 500 years. Five centuries’ crush has turned Bai’s curvaceous body into pear-shaped, depriving of all the beauty she was renowned for. But one thing does not change with the time—her heart is as crystal as before.
In her signature small steps, Bai descends the cold stony stairs. The sun greets her mercifully. For once, she has to squint her eyes at the surroundings, the old and new world that she has been dreaming of returning to. What spread in front of her are the hustle and bustle on the street, in addition to the skyscrapers that soar dizzyingly into the skies, overshadowing the tower that erects by her. People are different too, not just the way they dress…
Bai watches nonchalantly as cars whisk and speed by. She still lives in her own world, and what crowd her mind are the nostalgic memories of the good old days, with her lover Xu. The centuries-long separation only intensifies her longing to find him. Without him, what is the point of rebirth?
“By all means, I will have to find him,” Bai makes up her mind.
As the world evolves and technologies advance, it is no longer like looking for a needle in the hay to find Xu’s whereabouts. Bai is in awe at the changes, but soon saddens in the knowledge that Xu is married and re-married a few times during her absence, rising from rags to riches, and is now a billionaire.
“Did he forget the vows between us that nothing could do us apart?”
With Xu’s new name and current address in hand, Bai roams across the labyrinth of the city, distraught and exhausted. She does not know what to do and where to go. Suddenly she found herself standing next to the West Lake. The familiar scenes in front of her eyes cheer her up: Under the leaden sky and enveloped in the misty fog is the old West Lake, crisscrossed with lakes and pagodas. As she enters and wanders on the meandering pebble roads, relishing the swaths of lily ponds by the sides, she feels reminiscent and invigorated. After all, there is one place in the world that does not change much.
Tears well up to Bai’s eyes and gush out like champagne being shaken out of a bottle.
“I just couldn’t let it go like this, after 500 years’ waiting and suffering. At least I shall go and see Xu in person, and judge by my own eyes.”
With a little hope in heart, Bai collects herself and heads off to Xu’s dwelling.
