Chapter Three: A Love Already Written

The book had answered. It had not only changed Xubai, but built Iceland from Lin Wan's image of a proposal and used the missing hydrangea to complete the trip. Tang Li took the studio's paper appointment ledger from her bag. “From now on, anything important gets written by hand and copied three times. Digital records change. Memories change. Paper may not be safe, but yesterday's ink is at least more honest than we are.” They wrote: August 15. Lin Wan has never visited Iceland. Zhou Xubai is lactose intolerant. Gu Chenzhou's identity is unknown. The book alters reality. At noon, Xu Manqing arrived at the studio with swollen eyes and placed her engagement ring on the desk.