Eighteen years ago, on the day my mother gave birth to boy-girl twins, a wandering Daoist priest happened to pass through. Pointing at the baby in my father’s arms, he declared:

“This boy will rise straight to the top. His future is limitless.”

My father stared, first at him, then at me. He lifted the swaddling cloth, and a moment later flew into a rage, ordering the servants to beat the Daoist out of the house.

“You blind bastard, this is my daughter!”

Eighteen years later, on the night before my wedding, I met my elder brother in the ancestral hall.

I was clutching a bright-red bridal veil. He was holding the good news that he had placed first in the metropolitan examination.

We looked at each other.

I asked, “Switch?”

He answered, “Switch!”

At first light…

I entered the hall for the Palace Examination, and he married into a noble house!

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