The night was only halfway over, and the pot of chrysanthemum tea in front of Chang Mei was also halfway finished. The freshly plucked chrysanthemums that hadn't had the chance to blossom on the branches could only bloom artificially in the scalding hot water.
Seventeen years later, Chang Mei's face overlapped with her current self. Unlike Su Qingzhang, she had not changed much. Some women, because of their ordinary looks, do not age easily. Beautiful women always seem to age quickly; once their prime passes, the change is notably apparent, simply because they had their lively days, which then seem desolate.
