Chu Yu had not yet figured out what odd feelings were stirring within her when Zhong Niannian's words captured her attention. She heard her say, "This performance is my last for all of you..."
The reason Zhong Niannian had organized this gathering was that she intended to retire and marry. As for whom she would marry, she had not decided yet. Thus, she hoped that everyone present could give her a gift; if it happened to be to her liking, she would entrust her life to that person, while the others would receive a song in return from her.
Actually, Zhong Niannian was not old at all; she was only twenty-three this year, still a woman in the bloom of youth, without a trace of aging. Although she had passed the customary age for marriage in ancient times, with her unmatched beauty, she never lacked admirers.
