It began in a quiet garden in the city — the kind of place that holds its silence even when the world outside moves fast. Wei was reading by the koi pond, a collection of classical poetry open in his lap. Mei arrived with a sketchbook, drawn to the same stillness.

She drew the water. He recited a verse about it. They talked until the lanterns were lit and the evening turned amber. Two years later, they return to that garden every spring — and now they ask you to join them as they bring two families together, gently and completely, in the ceremony of jade.