Chu Ping chuckled, "You don't want to go in with me?"
Qingmei was very proper.
She said, "We're not married yet, so it's not right for me to enter Madam Chu's quarters. You should go in and get it; I'll wait outside for you."
Chu Ping didn't insist, he nodded in agreement.
He was inside for quite a while, probably unable to find where it was placed.
Chu Ping called the maid loudly to help look for it together.
Qingmei stood at the entrance of the courtyard waiting.
Just then, she seemed to hear faint sounds of crying nearby.
Qingmei was startled and followed the sound to investigate.
The sound came from behind the artificial mountain near the viewing pond of the main courtyard.
Separated by a wall, Qingmei could hear everything clearly.
"Xiao Shuang, you mustn't cry anymore. What would you have your sister do if the Chu Family saw?"
"But sister, didn't you say I still had hope of marrying Brother Chu Ping? Now he's going to marry someone else."
