Never to Find Her Again

Since childhood, I had known that I was destined to become the wife of the Xie family’s third son. Xie Shen Zhi was devoted to Buddhism, so while other girls flew kites and played on swings, I spent my days in the Buddhist hall chanting scriptures. Xie Shen Zhi practiced martial arts and admired women with steadfast, resilient spirits, so I learned to ride horses for him. Even when I fell and broke my leg, I didn’t shed a single tear. I gave everything I had to become the kind of woman he liked. Yet, he fell in love with someone entirely different from me. The engagement could not be annulled, so I ended up marrying his elder brother, Xie Wang Zhi, who was renowned for his ruthlessness....