Beneath the starry sky, her secret.

Lao Chen married a young woman named Shen Lu. Everyone said he had found a treasure, and she truly was like a startled fawn, her eyes so pure and untouched by the ways of the world. He brought her to this roofless island cottage, wanting to carry out the final ritual beneath the stars. But two things weighed on his mind: one was a secret hidden so deep he could never speak of it, and the other was that black butler they’d met at the pier, all muscle and eyes like a wild wolf. He couldn’t shake the feeling that whenever the butler looked at him with a cigarette between his lips, there was a strange little smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.