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Thank you's today go to CinnamonPuff123. The story is the Chinese myth "The Red string of Fate." The characters are as follows: Hong Kong as the young man, China as the old man, and Taiwan as the young girl.

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The red string which ties Hong Kong and Taiwan

Long ago there lived a boy called Hong Kong. He was born like any other person, but at an early age had lost his parents in an accident. This had a large effect on his life, and from that day forward would desperately try to find a wife. He courted several women as he grew, but they always ended in failure.

When he was a young man, the king of the area was on a tour and was shown a beautiful woman. After much discussion between Hong Kong and the king, it was decided that Hong Kong and the princess were to meet the next morning at the temple. While they met, they would then talk about getting married.

Hong Kong was so excited about possibly being married, that he left for the temple very early the next morning. When he got there however, he ran across a man with long brown hair sitting on the temple's steps; reading a book. After a few moments of silence, Hong Kong asked the man, "What are you reading?"

The man then smiled at him and said, "This is an otherworldly book, aru. I am surprised that you can even see it, aru."

"What other world?" Hong Kong asked, now truly curious.

"From the netherworld, aru," the man said smiling even bigger.

"But if that's the case then you must be from the netherworld," Hong Kong began thinking, "If that's the case then how are you able to be here?"

"It's not that I should not be here, it's that you are simply too early, aru. You see, all of my kind is responsible for a certain thing, aru."

"And what are you responsible for?"

"Marriages in this world, aru," the man said casually. When Hong Kong heard this however, he became very interested and told him of how he had been looking for a wife for years, and how he was to meet with the princess that day. He then asked if she was meant for him. The old man shook his head however and said, "No, aru. The woman you are destined to marry is only three now, aru."

Hong Kong was saddened by this, but then noticed that the man had with him a bag. He then asked, "What's in the bag?"

The man then said, "This is for holding the red string of fate, aru. When two people are destined to marry, the red string is tied to their feet, aru. As long as the two of them are tied together, they will search for eachother; no matter how far the distance, aru."

Now curious about whom his future wife was, Hong Kong asked the man, "Can I see my future wife?"

The man nodded and told him that she is always with the old woman who sells vegetables. When Hong Kong saw them however, he was disgusted at how ugly she looked and asked if he could kill her. To this the man asked, "The girl is meant to become very wealthy and happy with you, aru. Why kill her, aru?" But before Hong Kong could answer the man had disappeared.

He then went back to his house and gave a knife to a servant and told him to kill the girl. Following the orders given to him, the servant then went to the market and when there was a good amount of chaos killed the girl. When he then went home he told Hong Kong that he stabbed her in between the eyebrows.

Hong Kong then continued to try marrying, but was always rejected. Soon 14 years had passed and he found himself working for a wealthy man. The man found Hong Kong very capable, and to reward him he gave him his daughter Taiwan as his wife. Taiwan was about 17 years old, and was a beautiful young woman. He was always confused however as to why she would always wear an artificial flower in between her eyebrows.

A year passed and Hong Kong finally decided to ask Taiwan what it was about. She then told him the story of how when she was three a crazed man stabbed her there. When Hong Kong heard this, he realized what had happened and told her his story.

After hearing of this, the two of them became more respectful of eachother and lived happily. They then eventually had a son, who grew to be very respectful.

The End

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