Xia Weiyi, ever since Ye Che left, went to the bedroom and, as he had told her to, obediently went to bed to sleep.
She wondered, might Ye Che appear by her side and kiss her forehead the moment she opened her eyes?
With such expectations, Xia Weiyi had a restless sleep, waking up every fifteen minutes or so; each time she awoke, she would run out of the room, asking the servants who were working below, "Has Ye Che come back?"
However, the reply she received each time was, "No."
Over time, whenever Xia Weiyi came out of her room, the servants would all call out in unison, "Young Madam, the young master hasn't returned; we've been watching the door all along."
Xia Weiyi returned to her bedroom utterly dejected, but she couldn't fall asleep at all, perching on the balcony and staring intently at the distant highway. Every time a horn sounded, she would get excitedly on tiptoes and crane her neck to look, but each time, it ended in disappointment.
