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Episode: Grace Lin 的Starry River of the Sky 第一講: 為什麼主角Rendi 要離家出走來到一個鳥不生蛋的地方?
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The novel opens with young Rendi’s having stowed away in a merchant’s cart. The moon has been missing for weeks, and every night, sorrowful moans can be heard in the air, but it seems that only Rendi has noticed these. As soon as the merchant discovers Rendi hiding in his cart, he throws him out and abandons him at a remote village of Clear Sky. Just like that, Rendi becomes the chore boy at the Inn of Clear Sky.
Master Chao, the innkeeper, needs someone to help with the chores because his son, Jiming, has disappea...