"What? You already knew?"
Before she came, Widow Xie had been agonizing over whether to tell Ji Huan.
She never expected this to be Ji Huan's reaction.
"I had a feeling," Ji Huan said calmly. "Mrs. Meng mentioned something to me."
'If Mrs. Meng wanted to completely sever any possibility between Song Jing and me, just moving away wouldn't be enough to put her mind at ease. The best way was to find Song Jing a wife.'
'Once Song Jing was married, everything would be settled for good.'
'There was a ready-made candidate: the Academic Administrator's daughter. She would satisfy Mrs. Meng in every respect.'
'And if Mrs. Meng was satisfied, that was all that mattered.'
"Why didn't you mention it before? So… what's this young lady like?"
