With no spectacle left to witness, the onlookers who had gathered dispersed amidst a whirl of discussion, still not forgetting to gossip about the feuds between the Li and Zhang families.
Zhang Ming, being not very capable, dared to cause trouble over and over again simply because he believed that Lixiu would not be so heartless towards him. He thought that by allowing her, a hen that did not lay eggs, to return and providing her a place to settle, she should be grateful and return to the Zhang family. Refusing to go back with him yesterday was just a pretense of modesty expected from a woman; if he persisted, with her weak character, she would surely obediently follow him back.
Thus, as soon as he got home, he couldn't wait to secretly tell Hu family about the encounter with Lixiu.
