In the West Outer Room, a heavily pregnant Bai Xiulan was secretly delighted. Her elder daughter had finally, for once, admitted defeat, and her husband had also taken a step back. The whole farce had at last come to a happy conclusion for everyone.
Unlike her, Xu Qiguang's mood was complicated as he returned home after seeing his old classmate off. When he entered the house, he glanced at his mother, who was looking his way, and gave a slight shake of his head.
Old Mrs. Xu's heart dropped. 'So the sisters have had a real falling out after all,' she thought. This outcome was both what she had expected and, somehow, completely beyond her expectations.
She glanced again at her daughter-in-law in the West Outer Room, who was sitting on the kang bed, happily sorting through the things her son had brought. She could only sigh inwardly. 'Was I the one who was wrong in the end?'
