For generations, this village has had a custom where the village chief decides who the villagers will marry, and so Mei and I were engaged. I wasn't the one to choose, but I was happy. That's because I had secretly loved my childhood friend Mei
 
            
           
            
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                        Japan
                    
                                    
                         Ninety-Nine Mei
                    
                            
        