This hairpin was Gu Pan's dowry, split in two so that each half carried the other's heart. But she was always …
This hairpin was Gu Pan's dowry, split in two so that each half carried the other's heart. But she was always on the road and he was always at the manor, and the pin grew dull from all the years she held it while they were apart. On the day they finally left this world together, she could set it down at last.