Summary
I’d barely arrived in this world when my family married me off to bring good luck to my dying older sister, who’d married far above our station.
On our wedding night, my brother-in-law set a contraceptive pill on the table.
“Your sister is the only woman in my heart. I married you solely to look after Yunsheng and Rui’er.”
“Don’t get any ideas about me. Behave yourself, and after your sister is gone, I’ll reward you with a child of your own.”
I laughed.
“Do you know what pea shoots say in the language of flowers?”