Chapter 157: 249 chapters, go see the urban belle

249 chapters, go see the urban belle......

249 chapters, go see the urban belle......

――Liu Guozong's Spring Diary, Seventieth

In the late night of spring, my dream had just burst forth with spring's brilliance when a sudden frost struck, ravaging it. My dream aches so, my heart aches so!

Thinking of the plum blossoms blooming by the broken bridge, in this slightly chilly night air, do they feel lonely?

Helpless, utterly helpless! Plum blossom, in the ever‑distant years, no one recalls your beauty any longer.

Now spring is slowly arriving, the spring light shines brilliantly day and night. "Girls captivate the city, boys captivate the heart, boys are unadorned, girls are unfeeling." The girls throughout the city shine more brilliantly than newly opened flowers; the poet says it is not the girls who are unfeeling, but the years and time.

In spring, I follow your longing to see more blossoms, to see the urban belle. If time permits, I also want to go through the forest to see the stream.

Outside the window now, myriad trees' spring red is just beginning to bloom. May the light of spring shine upon our future like brocade; may our ideals, like flowers in full bloom, endure forever!

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