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Snowfall in Xizhou, Love Carved Deep in Bone

share time: 2026-04-14 06:17:33

The ninth winter snow has blanketed Xizhou City. Shen Wei waits by the ferry daily, laying out osmanthus cakes her late husband Gu Yan favored, and guarding the Xizhou plum branch he broke before departing for the frontier. Everyone claims Gu Yan died in battle years ago, but Shen Wei refuses to believe it. On this snowy day, a wind-chapped veteran finds her, handing over a tiger tally engraved with "Yan" and saying the general, trapped in the northern border for a decade, has finally escaped and is on his way to her. Yet as Shen Wei gazes at the empty ferry behind the veteran, a memory surfaces: ten years ago, she buried that very plum branch in the snow right here by the dock...

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