Branches of Sorrow

Before meeting Qu Yue, Qi Rou survived by scavenging leftovers. Qu Yue picked her up, kept her by his side, and treated her with the utmost kindness. Well-fed and warmly clothed, with someone to care for her, she no longer had to kneel and beg for mercy when bullied. With someone to stand up for her, Qi Rou finally learned what it meant to have a place in the world and a sense of dignity. To repay Qu Yue, this girl who feared hardship and pain the most, forced herself to take medicine three times a day to nourish her body, determined to give him a child at the cost of her own life. At the moment of childbirth, she woke from the dream and realized that everything had been nothing but an ...