Aunt Zhou nodded in the direction of the neighbors: "Huh, she's going to live at her own place, no matter what we say she refuses to stay at our house, she only says she isn't accustomed to living in someone else's home, your father and I can't persuade her, so we had to let her go... Ah, Jiujin, where are you going?"
Jiujin responded without looking back, "I'm going to guard her door for her. If some flower-picking thief shows up, with me there, she won't fall victim…" And then, he left.
Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou exchanged glances, shaking their heads despairingly, sighing, and hoping this foolish boy could get over it sooner, rather than insist on hanging himself from one tree...