Chapter 1: How Did It Begin?

"So, Hua Cheng, huh?"

"Hm, what, is the name not to the scholar's liking?"

"Ah, but my Lord, your behavior is anything but flowery, or your writing for that matter."

"It isn't meant to be, and no one is seeing my calligraphy."

"I am, daily."

"That's not my fault, all yours, Peak Lord."

Or, Shen Jiu and Hua Cheng become acquaintances. It changes things, but at the same time, it doesn't.