"Monkeys can reason too?!" Chunyan also laughed, "How interesting." Then, she eagerly looked at Tong Minzhi, asking him to tell more interesting stories.
Xiqiu listened quietly, her gaze gradually becoming distant...
When Tong Minzhi finished speaking, Chunyan brewed tea for him again. Madam Xia entered the room, and Xiqiu noticed changes in her; her face no longer showed weakness and timidity but was filled with resilience, optimism, confidence, and cheerfulness... Xiqiu was both distressed and happy about Madam Xia's transformation. Distressed because she knew Madam Xia valued love above all, and without love, the marriage felt hollow. Now, for the sake of them, Madam Xia was compromising, forcing herself to bow to the First Master, and managing a marriage that had become loveless for her.
