Mei and Lei Jie (IV)

The first time we met,

The first time I also regret,

The bet and the pet,

Everything that we get.

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THE YEAR 1900, a century away from the present time.

He breathed while observing her pale lips in that moonlight. He bit his lip and hurried outside of the hut as much as possible. He opened the door with breathless attempts, and he successfully went out of the hut, carrying the woman on whom he knew was Wang Shu.

He could not even explain why he should say it, but he knew that he fell in love with her the very first time he saw her.

It was a long time ago, Li Lei Jie turned 18 years of age, and was eligible to be the Crown Prince. The Qing Dynasty was reigning 400 years, and he was the first son of the latest Emperor Li Jing, the successor. Li Lei Jie had been born, with Empress Zhang Lian, the wife of his father, and all of the Manchu people were beyond grateful for that.