Let's return to the Guan Family's engagement banquet.
Everything was kept simple, as per Jhiang Youyou's request.
The feast downstairs had already ended. Guan Sixing didn't enjoy socializing, and it wasn't good for Jhiang Youyou to overexert herself, so Lady Tan Linglan suggested they rest upstairs while she and her husband took care of seeing off the guests.
Guan Sixing closed the door.
"Youyou."
Jhiang Youyou didn't respond and sat down on the bed, which was adorned with a pair of dolls symbolizing blessing and joy. She poked the belly of one doll. It was hard; there was something inside.
She unzipped the doll's clothes and found longan and red dates inside the pocket.
Guan Sixing approached, "Are you still angry with me?"
Actually, she was not angry anymore, but after being petulantly standoffish for so long, she needed a slow descent from her high ground.
She started peeling a longan.
