Mu Tingchuan and Master Hou sat in a pavilion while the beautiful Tang Xueyan danced among flowering shrubs.
Mu Tingchuan took a sip of warm tea, raised his head and looked at Master Hou as he grinned. "Master Hou, you look several years younger in just a few days."
Master Hou smiled, "Really?"
Mu Tingchuan turned his head and fixed his eyes on Tang Xueyan who was surrounded by flowers. "Is it because of her?"
"Yes..." Master Hou sighed, "She looks so much like her. Wouldn't you agree?"
"She's certainly a spitting image of her." Mu Tingchuan could understand Master Hou's feelings. He once loved this girl. He was even willing to die for her. Yet afterward, she became his greatest anguish for the rest of his life.
Mu Tingchuan himself was in a complicated frame of mind, but he re
