A tale unfolds where two rivers meet, beneath an ancient willow’s sweeping boughs. Its leaves murmur secrets of lovers who once vowed eternal vows under the moon’s soft gaze. A merchant’s daughter and a scholar poor, their hearts entwined though fate decreed no more. They met in stealth, exchanging verses writ on silk, until the day he left to seek his fortune afar. Years passed with no word; she waited by the stream, her tears like morning dew on willow leaves. One autumn eve, a weary travel...
