short series

Bitter Threads of Love

share time: 2026-01-26 02:31:09

Su Wan from a Suzhou embroidery workshop is best at stitching "love thread handkerchiefs" with her hair, each strand holding her affection. She falls for Liu Yanqing, a scholar heading to the imperial exam. Before he leaves, she uses half her hair to make a handkerchief, hoping he'll return to marry her after success. But on the day Liu becomes a top scholar, he brings the prime minister's daughter to break the engagement, saying coldly, "Love threads break easily, but official career matters more." Su Wan cries all night with the handkerchief, only to find a secret letter inside the next day—turns out the prime minister threatened her family's lives, forcing him to compromise. And every hair on the handkerchief has the tiny words "Wait for me" stitched into it…

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