However, she was still happy, at least He Teng did not tell her that he didn't like her. His reflexive rebuttal had revealed his real thoughts - even if he didn't feel for her, he wouldn't dislike or despise her due to her past immaturity.
Although the Ding family was not amongst the most influential households in the capital, due to the Shang Cunshu incident, Ding Long had become somewhat notorious. Even so, his marriage had become a popular topic of conversation among the locals in the capital, for a short period anyway.
On January 15th, both the Capital Military Academy and Capital University were on winter break; the military had dispatched Kang Xing to escort He Teng back to the army. Consequently, this also meant that He Zhilan would be separated from He Teng for almost half a month.
