After much effort encountering an arrogant wastrel, Li Nuo still felt a slight twinge of disappointment at his inability to enter the fray.
In the afternoon, upon returning to the County Magistrate's Office and finishing the remaining cases, he felt better seeing his wife and Mumu at home.
He handed the flower arrangement he had brought from the Jade Sound Pavilion to Song Jiaren and said, "Wife, this is for you."
Song Jiaren reached out to take the vase, only to feel that the few blossoms within it were pleasing to the eye and had an indescribable beauty.
Li Nuo returned to his room to pick out a book and, when he came out with it, he noticed his wife sitting at the stone table, looking rather troubled.
The flowers from the vase were being taken out by her, then put back in again.
Li Nuo approached and asked, "What's wrong?"
