Shen Hao had already been aware of the romantic progress between the Xu Family Sisters and Bai Changqing. Under the arrangements of Zhu Shou, the "director," the trio's emotional development followed a subtle progression, every leap forward spurred by reasonable events. Although the outcome seemed rare, those who knew all the "ins and outs" did not find it abrupt; on the contrary, it felt like a natural consequence of fate.
Now that the three were getting married, it was expected—not just by them but by all the participants of the Black Water Plan, who had long been awaiting this result.
However, the lavish festivities were indeed unexpected.
"With the situation in the south so tense and the Ministry of War just cleaned out by us, at a juncture like this, Bai Changqing would throw an extravagant celebration? What's he thinking? This man is rather interesting."
