Li Xianglu hadn't discussed with Leng Qing about visiting Li Jianqing over the New Year yet when Leng Qing came looking for her. He said that Li Jianqing had written to say that he had applied for marriage leave to return to his hometown to hold the wedding banquet. With a month of leave, after half of the banquet was over, he would return to the capital just in time to meet up with Li Xianglu.
Li Xianglu was dumbfounded after listening, wondering how it could be so soon. She saw Leng Qing's shy and somewhat worried face and asked: "Leng Qing, are you willing to marry my third brother?"
Leng Qing nodded earnestly and said: "I am willing; Jianqing is a responsible person."
