ned yet, and her attitude towards life has always been to meet challenges head-on, like a soldier facing an army or water meeting earth. Perhaps this is also the meaning behind the name her grandfathe...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 farewellsan, eat more, you're too skinny.""The school cafeteria food isn't very tasty, is it""From now on, you can come home every weekend. Your room is ready for you at home, and Mom has cooked some delicious...