A scene from Ep 27 where Song Siu Ching played
the zither after stomping out of a conversation with Chor Lau Heung, and said wandered
was forlornly listening to the melody, plus the hypothetical scene afterwards. Watch
it with the scene below for better effects. As usual, the fanfiction is
dedicated to Michael Miu and Barbara Yung. I don’t own any of the characters;
Gu Long and TVB Hong Kong do. Click this to read this fan-fiction at my
new Jianghu blog.
Yearning Lady Playing the Zither
It
had been a while since he heard music flowing from the zither chamber inside
the boat, such that Chor Lau Heung felt as if it was his adopted sister Sung
Tim Yi who was playing right now. Yet, of course the wanderer knew better. Tim
Yi, So Yung Yung, Li Hung Chao and Wah Jan Jan were kidnapped a while ago, and
he hadn't been able to trace their whereabouts.
Nay,
the fingers that danced through the zither strings right now weren't Tim Yi's.
They were Siu Ching's, the girl who had been haunting his mind as of late. Give
and take the last few months since he met her that very fine afternoon in an
inn, which seemed like a life time ago. Slowly walking the Fragrant Boat deck,
Lingering Fragrance sighed and caressed a strand of his own hair. Song Siu
Ching didn't have Tim Yi's excellence in music, but the former was surprisingly
good with the zither. Lau Heung never heard Siu Ching playing a musical
instrument before, so he was a bit surprised to learn that she was a good
player. He shouldn't really be surprised though, the girl would have taken some
meaningful musical lessons back at the palace, given that she was actually
Princess Wing Ching, the only princess the empire had. Yet, despite the crystal
clear notes she played, Lingering Fragrance detected an unmistakable yearning,
longing, infused in the melody.
