Soon, Han Jimei realized how far her imagination had strayed from the truth.
Chu Kuang would certainly not write a plot with sarcastic love as a theme just for the sake of sarcasm.
[In this impoverished family, there were two most treasured items. One was the gold watch, a family heirloom passed down three generations to Mr. A, and the other was Mrs. A's hair. If there were a wealthy and beautiful woman living in the apartment across the courtyard, Mrs. A would one day hang her hair out the window to dry, putting the lady's jewels and gifts to shame. If a rich man were to pile all his wealth in the basement, Mr. A would be sure to pull out his gold watch every time he passed by to provoke him into jealousy.]
This was an extraordinarily unique melodramatic form of expression.
Because Blue Star didn't follow a chinesque way of English translation, reading this kind of narrative for the first time felt a bit awkward, but ironically, it was also interesting.
