“You know Guangji Bridge is the main role and Binjiang Gallery the supporting role. You are the Gallery with the red kapok and I am the Bridge with human glory. You are a rose and I am a leaf. How do you like a rose without a leaf?”
“I don’t know.”
His words, to her, were obscure. They were beyond her comprehension. But clearly enough, the truth seemed pathetic, and still it seemed so.