Chrysanthemum Fragrance 2 (Includes CD) (CD)

Author: Jin He Ren
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Chrysanthemum Fragrance 2 continues the lingering romance of Chrysanthemum Fragrance, telling the story that follows it, and once again shows the power of great love—to why love, once it enters the heart, never disappears!
Excerpt: Ying'en wanted to swim freely in the morning sea. After getting into the water, she swam some freestyle, took a few deep dives, then floated on her back, like a log, comfortably. She closed her eyes, drifting like a small boat with the current, occasionally moving her hands and feet to adjust her balance. Ying'en felt her body slowly drifting away with the receding tide. She knew that once she left the crescent-shaped bay, the current would become very strong. Without flippers, no matter how hard she swam, she couldn’t return to the shore; she would only be swept away by the surging current into the vast depths of the sea.
Would I die? Die like this? It felt very comfortable, quite good. Floating to about two or three hundred meters away from the coast, Ying'en, whose mind was filled with longing for her lost family, suddenly thought of death. Then, she thought of her parents in the U.S., Seungyu in Korea—all the people who made her heart ache whenever she thought of them, especially the hope of seeing Seungyu’s smile, even just once. The thought of this made her chest feel as if someone were holding a knife and carving it to the bone.
With her head half submerged in the sea, Ying'en’s face was streaked with clear tears that blended with the seawater. Why am I like this? she wondered. Do I want to end my life here, on this beautiful beach of first love? Isn’t that too absurd?
A widow who had lost her husband and two children, but...