Chapter 27 – Change
Before long, everyone who lived in Qingzhu Lane knew that the Yu family would soon be in-laws with the Wei family.
But even before the Wei family’s matchmaker could come to their door with the customary marriage proposal gifts, Madam Chen met Madam Tang instead.
Once she entered the house, she immediately said indignantly. “Didn’t I tell you to wait? Why were you so impatient? Take a look at the entire city of Lin’an, who can compare with the Li family? Who can be a better match than the second young master of the Li family? You can’t be so shallow! How many of those people who were recruited as sons-in-law any good?”
These words made Madam Chen extremely annoyed, and so she didn’t bother to mince her words.
Madam Chen sipped her tea leisurely and said dryly, “That depends on what kind of family they are from. Our daughter is fortunate enough to enjoy a good match. No matter how excellent the Li family is, you still wanted us to wait. Wasn’t that because the Li family couldn’t decide whether or not to let their second young master marry into our family as our son-in-law? The Li family wasn’t as sincere as the Wei family, and thus the Wei family surpassed them. How can Madam Tang say that the Wei family is inferior to the Li family?”
Madam Tang was choked up with anger.
Madam Chen continued sardonically, “I’m sure Madam Tang doesn’t know yet, but our two families will settle this marriage before the Mid-Autumn Festival begins. We will definitely invite Madam Tang to have a cup of marriage wine then. At the time, please don’t reject our kind invitation.”
Mrs. Tang left fuming silently.
Madam Chen grimaced behind her back and ordered Old Aunty Chen, “Throw away the tea cup in which she drank from.”
Old Aunty Chen chuckled. “Why are you so angry? Even if it is an old tea cup, it ‘s still worth a few copper coins. Why don’t you leave it at home, so that when a beggar passes by our house to ask for a cup of water, we can use it to serve tea.”
Madam Chen scoffed, saying, “Even letting beggars use this cup, it will be dirtying them instead.”
Old Aunty Chen laughed.
Madam Chen went to check on Yutang’s progress of the shoes’ embroidery and didn’t mention a word of it to her.
When Madam Lin got Madam Tang’s reply, she was so angry that her face turned livid. She wanted to just leave it as it is, but when she thought of her youngest son who was still causing trouble and her mother-in-law who had called her over and reprimanded her, she couldn’t control her emotions and said harshly, “This Yu family is too, too insensitive and tactless!”
Madam Tang thought that this was the end of it, and as such, was relieved to see that she and Madam Lin had made a common enemy and she added scornfully. “Isn’t that so? That Madam Chen, is really out of line. Her only merit is giving birth to a daughter. Just because she is a little pretty, she acts all lofty, and sees everything as beneath her. Getting affection from her husband based on her pretty looks, but beauty fades away as time passes. Isn’t she afraid that one day the son-in-law she recruited will turn against her……”
Who knew that Madam Lin’s face would turn ugly as she snapped, “She’s not a concubine. So what wrong with getting affection based on beauty?”
Mrs. Tang didn’t get the reaction that she hoped for, but got a scolding instead. Thinking that none of the Pei family’s madams and young ladies had ever humiliated her like this, she was greatly discontented and hastily said a few words in parting before leaving.
On the Yu family’s side, Yu Wen asked a few people to investigate the Wei Family and all of them only had complementary things to say about them, such as they have a good upbringing and always helped their neighbors out and Wei Xiaoshan was a loyal and filial young man. Only after hearing these positive reports did Yu Wen finally relax and told Madam Chen. “Since the Wei family treats our family so sincerely, we also can not let the Wei family be disgraced. On their side, they do not need to arrange anything. For the engagement, we will prepare a hundred taels of silver, two pigs, ten jinhua wine, 100kg of tea, 100kg of rice and a year’s worth of clothing. We definitely cannot allow others to nitpick and find fault with us.”
Madam Chen said with some hesitation, “One hundred taels of silver? We still have to decorate the house, and buy additional jewelry for Ah-tang ……”
It was a little difficult to get so much money in such a short period of time.
Yu Wen smiled: “I have already spoken to Supervisor Tong, and he has agreed to lend me 60 taels of silver, at six percent interest with a one year loan duration. You can rest assured. I will take care of the finances, you can just proceed with the arrangements.”
Madam Chen responded delightedly, “Supervisor Tong has really been a big help to us! Does he have any grandchildren? If there are, I will sew some clothes for his grandchildren.”
“He doesn’t have any yet.” Yu Wen replied, “He’s really unhappy about that too! So if you have the time, you can speak with Mrs. Tong. Don’t you visit the temple often? See if there is a temple that’s known for this, and you can invite Mrs. Tong to go and offer incense as well.”
Madam Chen said uncertainly, “There is the Lingyin Temple… But it’s a bit far ……”
Yu Wen chuckled, “What’s wrong with that? When our Ah-tang gets married, you’ll be idle at home with nothing much to do. It’s the perfect opportunity for you to accompany Mrs. Tong there. You can also ask for good fortune for our Ah-tang or something like that.”
Madam Chen got excited, and raved to Yu Wen about the delicacies of Hangzhou, and added enthusiastically, “At that time, you, Yutang and I, as a family, we can all take a trip to Hangzhou city to relax and have fun.”
Yu Wen saw that his wife was in a good mood, so he nodded along, and started working out the details in his head.
However, unexpectedly, when it was time for the matchmaker of the Wei family to come to their house, nobody came.
Madam Chen’s heart was extremely uneasy. She wanted to let Ah Cam investigate further, but she was also afraid of leaving traces which can be used against them, making people assume that their Yu family was anxious to marry off their daughter and damaging Yu Tang’s reputation. Therefore, she could only pace around anxiously in circles and not let a single word travel out of their house.
Yu Wen, who was also waiting at home, started to get angry, feeling that the Wei family didn’t keep their word as promised. He started to have misgivings in his heart about proceeding with this marriage with the Wei family. However, as he was afraid that his wife would fall ill because of worry, he held back his anger and re-assured Madam Chen. “They said that they would come today, but they did not mention the time. Their house is about 1.5 miles to 2 miles (2 to 3 km) away from ours. Perhaps, something delayed them, and they can only arrive in the afternoon. They may have chosen to come over after having their lunch first as they didn’t want to trouble us for their meals. In the countryside, rice is very expensive, so they may prefer to not to eat in other people’s homes if possible.”
Madam Chen forced out a smile and said weakly, “That could be one reason, but shouldn’t they have gotten everything ready early and leave before dawn? Only coming to us in the afternoon ……”
This would only lead people to think that the Wei Family wasn’t sincere about proceeding with this marriage.
The couple was still talking when Madam Wang, who was tasked to help manage the guests, came over.
She was shocked to see that their house was still empty, and worriedly asked, “What’s the matter? The matchmaker from the Wei family haven’t arrived?”
Madam Chen shook her head dejectedly.
Madam Wang’s face sank and said, “This isn’t good. I’ll let Ah Yuan head over and ask.”
Madam Chen quickly pulled Madam Wang’s hand and said, “Let’s wait a little longer! Maybe there is a delay?”
Madam Wang reluctantly let the matter slide, but she was very unhappy.
Naturally, such a big matter couldn’t be hidden from Yu Tang.
She was a little dazed by this, but also felt a sense of relief afterwards.
If her marriage was dissolved like this, it wouldn’t be an issue, and she could still continue her current peaceful life. However, her elders at home would be greatly displeased. After all, both parties had already examined each other, and her family was also satisfied with Wei Xiaoshan.
She went to see Madam Chen and Madam Wang and saw them putting on a smile for her benefit, and couldn’t help but feel guilty about her nonchalant attitude and said. “Mother, eldest aunt, when one door closes another door opens. Not having this marriage with the Wei family just means that we are not fated to be together, there’s no need to be sad or upset.”
“Dear child,” Madam Chen said tenderly to Yu Tang, “You don’t have to bother about adults’ affairs. Your marriage, Mother knows what to do. You only have to obediently stay in the house and finish embroidering those slippers.” She then chased Yutang away to finish her embroidery work.
Yu Tang had no choice but to ask Shuang Tao to report to her if someone from the Wei family came, so that she would know what had happened that caused this marriage arrangement to fall apart.
Shuangtao nodded with a face full of discontentment with the Wei Family.
The Wei family did not arrive until it was late afternoon.
And it was the eldest son of the Wei family, Wei Xiaoyuan, who came with the matchmaker.
They came empty-handed and dressed in plain white clothing, and he even had a mourning belt tied around his waist.
The Yu family’s hearts dropped with dread.
Madam Chen and Madam Wang said amongst themselves in hushed tones. “Who passed away in the Wei family? Their family had just agreed to marriage with our Ah-tang… it wouldn’t affect Ah-tang right?”
Madam Wang decisively said: “Let’s go and see!”
According to the usual customs, Wei Xiaoyuan first visited Yu Wen.
Madam Chen and Madam Wang, along with Yu Tang who already gotten the news, were all outside Yu Wen’s study eavesdropping.
“Uncle Yu,” Wei Xiaoyuan said with red eyes and a face full of sorrow, “It’s our Xiaoshan and Lady Yu who were not destined for each other. Xiaoshan….. he went fishing last night and didn’t return, only this morning did we find out that he….. he had drowned!”
“Ah!” Yu Wen, who was prepared to give the Wei family a verbal lashing was caught off-guard by this news. His hand shook and the tea cup fell to the ground, shattering into pieces and the tea splashed onto his newly embroidered shoes.
“How could this happen?” He said irately, “Didn’t your family know he was soon to be engaged? He still went fishing? Does your family lack that bit of silver?”
In his heart, however, he repeatedly thought, “It’s over, it’s over.” Their Ah-tang just arranged a marriage with Wei Xiaoshan, and Wei Xiaoshan died.
The three people who were eavesdropping were also stunned.
Yu Wen’s words were sharp and tactless, especially since Wei Xiaoyuan had just lost his brother, if it was any another person they would have already started a fight with Yu Wen. However, Wei Xiaoyuan not only didn’t argue with Yu Wen; he didn’t even say a word in retort. Instead he held back his grief and said: “Uncle Yu, this matter is our family’s fault. The reason why I came only at this time is because I had a long discussion with my father as we were afraid of ruining Lady Yu’s reputation. My father’s suggestion is that if anyone asks, you can just say that it is our family’s third son who had the marriage agreement with Lady Yu, but we can’t proceed with the marriage with your family because of such an incident. Your family can say that you were unwilling to wait and find another suitable marriage partner for Lady Yu. Right from the start, we did not disclose with the others whether it was our family’s second or third son that was to be married to Lady Yu.”
“Ah!” Yu Wen gasped in realization. This was also something unexpected.
Yu Wen didn’t speak for a long time.
The three people eavesdropping outside the house, especially Madam Chen and Madam Wang, already had tears rolling down their cheeks.
“Such a good family …… and such a good child ……,” Madam Chen couldn’t help but lament tearfully.
Yu Tang thought of Wei Xiaoshan’s eyes that were full of affection when he gazed at her and also cried silently
Yu Wen and Wei Xiaoyuan heard the commotion outside and came out. After seeing them in tears, Yu Wen could not help but sigh heavily, as he regained his composure and said apologetically to Wei Xiaoyuan. “Just now I spoke thoughtlessly, please don’t take offense. Whoever that encountered such a thing, will definitely be upset. You should also console your parents, telling them not be too deeply grieved and harm their health. I will follow you to your house and her eldest cousin will also offer incense for Xiao Shan.”
The Wei family was so reasonable and thoughtful, even after the loss of their son, they can still worry about the reputation of Yutang – they should really be immensely grateful for their kindness.
Wei XiaoYuan was also a little surprised at how sad the Yu Family’s members were. He looked at Yutang who had tears trickling down her cheeks, but also helping to console her two elders, his heart felt sour.
A deep love was always fated to be short-lived.
If XiaoShan knew that the Yu family also liked him equally as much, he would have been so happy.
Just that nobody thought that there would be such an unfortunate accident.
If these two really became a couple, how good would that have been….
However, Xiao Shan is no longer around. The Yu family did not avoid this matter and Lady Yu even shed tears because of him – Xiao Shan would be happy even after death.
He wanted to comfort the people of the Yu family with a few more words, but Yu Wen patted his shoulder and said grimly. “I’m going to change my clothes, and have someone summon Ah Yuan over. We’ll go to your house back with you.”
Wei Xiaoyuan furtively glanced at Yutang. He wanted to talk to Yutang about his brother, but then, even if Yutang knew, what good would it do? It will only make her sadder. If her future was good, it would be fine, however, if she encountered bad times in future, and thought back to how this marriage failed, it would cause her heart to feel troubled with regrets.
Eventually, he kept silent. He solemnly bowed towards the women of the Yu family and departed.
Chapter 27 – Change
Before long, everyone who lived in Qingzhu Lane knew that the Yu family would soon be in-laws with the Wei family.
But even before the Wei family’s matchmaker could come to their door with the customary marriage proposal gifts, Madam Chen met Madam Tang instead.
Once she entered the house, she immediately said indignantly. “Didn’t I tell you to wait? Why were you so impatient? Take a look at the entire city of Lin’an, who can compare with the Li family? Who can be a better match than the second young master of the Li family? You can’t be so shallow! How many of those people who were recruited as sons-in-law any good?”
These words made Madam Chen extremely annoyed, and so she didn’t bother to mince her words.
Madam Chen sipped her tea leisurely and said dryly, “That depends on what kind of family they are from. Our daughter is fortunate enough to enjoy a good match. No matter how excellent the Li family is, you still wanted us to wait. Wasn’t that because the Li family couldn’t decide whether or not to let their second young master marry into our family as our son-in-law? The Li family wasn’t as sincere as the Wei family, and thus the Wei family surpassed them. How can Madam Tang say that the Wei family is inferior to the Li family?”
Madam Tang was choked up with anger.
Madam Chen continued sardonically, “I’m sure Madam Tang doesn’t know yet, but our two families will settle this marriage before the Mid-Autumn Festival begins. We will definitely invite Madam Tang to have a cup of marriage wine then. At the time, please don’t reject our kind invitation.”
Mrs. Tang left fuming silently.
Madam Chen grimaced behind her back and ordered Old Aunty Chen, “Throw away the tea cup in which she drank from.”
Old Aunty Chen chuckled. “Why are you so angry? Even if it is an old tea cup, it ‘s still worth a few copper coins. Why don’t you leave it at home, so that when a beggar passes by our house to ask for a cup of water, we can use it to serve tea.”
Madam Chen scoffed, saying, “Even letting beggars use this cup, it will be dirtying them instead.”
Old Aunty Chen laughed.
Madam Chen went to check on Yutang’s progress of the shoes’ embroidery and didn’t mention a word of it to her.
When Madam Lin got Madam Tang’s reply, she was so angry that her face turned livid. She wanted to just leave it as it is, but when she thought of her youngest son who was still causing trouble and her mother-in-law who had called her over and reprimanded her, she couldn’t control her emotions and said harshly, “This Yu family is too, too insensitive and tactless!”
Madam Tang thought that this was the end of it, and as such, was relieved to see that she and Madam Lin had made a common enemy and she added scornfully. “Isn’t that so? That Madam Chen, is really out of line. Her only merit is giving birth to a daughter. Just because she is a little pretty, she acts all lofty, and sees everything as beneath her. Getting affection from her husband based on her pretty looks, but beauty fades away as time passes. Isn’t she afraid that one day the son-in-law she recruited will turn against her……”
Who knew that Madam Lin’s face would turn ugly as she snapped, “She’s not a concubine. So what wrong with getting affection based on beauty?”
Mrs. Tang didn’t get the reaction that she hoped for, but got a scolding instead. Thinking that none of the Pei family’s madams and young ladies had ever humiliated her like this, she was greatly discontented and hastily said a few words in parting before leaving.
On the Yu family’s side, Yu Wen asked a few people to investigate the Wei Family and all of them only had complementary things to say about them, such as they have a good upbringing and always helped their neighbors out and Wei Xiaoshan was a loyal and filial young man. Only after hearing these positive reports did Yu Wen finally relax and told Madam Chen. “Since the Wei family treats our family so sincerely, we also can not let the Wei family be disgraced. On their side, they do not need to arrange anything. For the engagement, we will prepare a hundred taels of silver, two pigs, ten jinhua wine, 100kg of tea, 100kg of rice and a year’s worth of clothing. We definitely cannot allow others to nitpick and find fault with us.”
Madam Chen said with some hesitation, “One hundred taels of silver? We still have to decorate the house, and buy additional jewelry for Ah-tang ……”
It was a little difficult to get so much money in such a short period of time.
Yu Wen smiled: “I have already spoken to Supervisor Tong, and he has agreed to lend me 60 taels of silver, at six percent interest with a one year loan duration. You can rest assured. I will take care of the finances, you can just proceed with the arrangements.”
Madam Chen responded delightedly, “Supervisor Tong has really been a big help to us! Does he have any grandchildren? If there are, I will sew some clothes for his grandchildren.”
“He doesn’t have any yet.” Yu Wen replied, “He’s really unhappy about that too! So if you have the time, you can speak with Mrs. Tong. Don’t you visit the temple often? See if there is a temple that’s known for this, and you can invite Mrs. Tong to go and offer incense as well.”
Madam Chen said uncertainly, “There is the Lingyin Temple… But it’s a bit far ……”
Yu Wen chuckled, “What’s wrong with that? When our Ah-tang gets married, you’ll be idle at home with nothing much to do. It’s the perfect opportunity for you to accompany Mrs. Tong there. You can also ask for good fortune for our Ah-tang or something like that.”
Madam Chen got excited, and raved to Yu Wen about the delicacies of Hangzhou, and added enthusiastically, “At that time, you, Yutang and I, as a family, we can all take a trip to Hangzhou city to relax and have fun.”
Yu Wen saw that his wife was in a good mood, so he nodded along, and started working out the details in his head.
However, unexpectedly, when it was time for the matchmaker of the Wei family to come to their house, nobody came.
Madam Chen’s heart was extremely uneasy. She wanted to let Ah Cam investigate further, but she was also afraid of leaving traces which can be used against them, making people assume that their Yu family was anxious to marry off their daughter and damaging Yu Tang’s reputation. Therefore, she could only pace around anxiously in circles and not let a single word travel out of their house.
Yu Wen, who was also waiting at home, started to get angry, feeling that the Wei family didn’t keep their word as promised. He started to have misgivings in his heart about proceeding with this marriage with the Wei family. However, as he was afraid that his wife would fall ill because of worry, he held back his anger and re-assured Madam Chen. “They said that they would come today, but they did not mention the time. Their house is about 1.5 miles to 2 miles (2 to 3 km) away from ours. Perhaps, something delayed them, and they can only arrive in the afternoon. They may have chosen to come over after having their lunch first as they didn’t want to trouble us for their meals. In the countryside, rice is very expensive, so they may prefer to not to eat in other people’s homes if possible.”
Madam Chen forced out a smile and said weakly, “That could be one reason, but shouldn’t they have gotten everything ready early and leave before dawn? Only coming to us in the afternoon ……”
This would only lead people to think that the Wei Family wasn’t sincere about proceeding with this marriage.
The couple was still talking when Madam Wang, who was tasked to help manage the guests, came over.
She was shocked to see that their house was still empty, and worriedly asked, “What’s the matter? The matchmaker from the Wei family haven’t arrived?”
Madam Chen shook her head dejectedly.
Madam Wang’s face sank and said, “This isn’t good. I’ll let Ah Yuan head over and ask.”
Madam Chen quickly pulled Madam Wang’s hand and said, “Let’s wait a little longer! Maybe there is a delay?”
Madam Wang reluctantly let the matter slide, but she was very unhappy.
Naturally, such a big matter couldn’t be hidden from Yu Tang.
She was a little dazed by this, but also felt a sense of relief afterwards.
If her marriage was dissolved like this, it wouldn’t be an issue, and she could still continue her current peaceful life. However, her elders at home would be greatly displeased. After all, both parties had already examined each other, and her family was also satisfied with Wei Xiaoshan.
She went to see Madam Chen and Madam Wang and saw them putting on a smile for her benefit, and couldn’t help but feel guilty about her nonchalant attitude and said. “Mother, eldest aunt, when one door closes another door opens. Not having this marriage with the Wei family just means that we are not fated to be together, there’s no need to be sad or upset.”
“Dear child,” Madam Chen said tenderly to Yu Tang, “You don’t have to bother about adults’ affairs. Your marriage, Mother knows what to do. You only have to obediently stay in the house and finish embroidering those slippers.” She then chased Yutang away to finish her embroidery work.
Yu Tang had no choice but to ask Shuang Tao to report to her if someone from the Wei family came, so that she would know what had happened that caused this marriage arrangement to fall apart.
Shuangtao nodded with a face full of discontentment with the Wei Family.
The Wei family did not arrive until it was late afternoon.
And it was the eldest son of the Wei family, Wei Xiaoyuan, who came with the matchmaker.
They came empty-handed and dressed in plain white clothing, and he even had a mourning belt tied around his waist.
The Yu family’s hearts dropped with dread.
Madam Chen and Madam Wang said amongst themselves in hushed tones. “Who passed away in the Wei family? Their family had just agreed to marriage with our Ah-tang… it wouldn’t affect Ah-tang right?”
Madam Wang decisively said: “Let’s go and see!”
According to the usual customs, Wei Xiaoyuan first visited Yu Wen.
Madam Chen and Madam Wang, along with Yu Tang who already gotten the news, were all outside Yu Wen’s study eavesdropping.
“Uncle Yu,” Wei Xiaoyuan said with red eyes and a face full of sorrow, “It’s our Xiaoshan and Lady Yu who were not destined for each other. Xiaoshan….. he went fishing last night and didn’t return, only this morning did we find out that he….. he had drowned!”
“Ah!” Yu Wen, who was prepared to give the Wei family a verbal lashing was caught off-guard by this news. His hand shook and the tea cup fell to the ground, shattering into pieces and the tea splashed onto his newly embroidered shoes.
“How could this happen?” He said irately, “Didn’t your family know he was soon to be engaged? He still went fishing? Does your family lack that bit of silver?”
In his heart, however, he repeatedly thought, “It’s over, it’s over.” Their Ah-tang just arranged a marriage with Wei Xiaoshan, and Wei Xiaoshan died.
The three people who were eavesdropping were also stunned.
Yu Wen’s words were sharp and tactless, especially since Wei Xiaoyuan had just lost his brother, if it was any another person they would have already started a fight with Yu Wen. However, Wei Xiaoyuan not only didn’t argue with Yu Wen; he didn’t even say a word in retort. Instead he held back his grief and said: “Uncle Yu, this matter is our family’s fault. The reason why I came only at this time is because I had a long discussion with my father as we were afraid of ruining Lady Yu’s reputation. My father’s suggestion is that if anyone asks, you can just say that it is our family’s third son who had the marriage agreement with Lady Yu, but we can’t proceed with the marriage with your family because of such an incident. Your family can say that you were unwilling to wait and find another suitable marriage partner for Lady Yu. Right from the start, we did not disclose with the others whether it was our family’s second or third son that was to be married to Lady Yu.”
“Ah!” Yu Wen gasped in realization. This was also something unexpected.
Yu Wen didn’t speak for a long time.
The three people eavesdropping outside the house, especially Madam Chen and Madam Wang, already had tears rolling down their cheeks.
“Such a good family …… and such a good child ……,” Madam Chen couldn’t help but lament tearfully.
Yu Tang thought of Wei Xiaoshan’s eyes that were full of affection when he gazed at her and also cried silently
Yu Wen and Wei Xiaoyuan heard the commotion outside and came out. After seeing them in tears, Yu Wen could not help but sigh heavily, as he regained his composure and said apologetically to Wei Xiaoyuan. “Just now I spoke thoughtlessly, please don’t take offense. Whoever that encountered such a thing, will definitely be upset. You should also console your parents, telling them not be too deeply grieved and harm their health. I will follow you to your house and her eldest cousin will also offer incense for Xiao Shan.”
The Wei family was so reasonable and thoughtful, even after the loss of their son, they can still worry about the reputation of Yutang – they should really be immensely grateful for their kindness.
Wei XiaoYuan was also a little surprised at how sad the Yu Family’s members were. He looked at Yutang who had tears trickling down her cheeks, but also helping to console her two elders, his heart felt sour.
A deep love was always fated to be short-lived.
If XiaoShan knew that the Yu family also liked him equally as much, he would have been so happy.
Just that nobody thought that there would be such an unfortunate accident.
If these two really became a couple, how good would that have been….
However, Xiao Shan is no longer around. The Yu family did not avoid this matter and Lady Yu even shed tears because of him – Xiao Shan would be happy even after death.
He wanted to comfort the people of the Yu family with a few more words, but Yu Wen patted his shoulder and said grimly. “I’m going to change my clothes, and have someone summon Ah Yuan over. We’ll go to your house back with you.”
Wei Xiaoyuan furtively glanced at Yutang. He wanted to talk to Yutang about his brother, but then, even if Yutang knew, what good would it do? It will only make her sadder. If her future was good, it would be fine, however, if she encountered bad times in future, and thought back to how this marriage failed, it would cause her heart to feel troubled with regrets.
Eventually, he kept silent. He solemnly bowed towards the women of the Yu family and departed.
