Qingzhou, Pingting County Government Office, in the rear courtyard chamber.
On a winter night, the howling cold wind lifted the lantern under the corridor eaves, casting a dim circle of light and shadow.
Inside the chamber, a single lamp flickered like a bean, as the two sisters sat facing each other, with a wooden basin placed between them, filled with hot water, their four snow-white tender feet closely pressed together.
Under Xia Zhiqing's delicate eyebrows, her starry eyes sparkled, her jade complexion faintly blushing, yet she paid no mind to her sister's playful teasing with her snow-white feet, constantly recalling the words on the note.
"When will you give me a gift?"
Xia Zhiqing felt overwhelmingly shy; no one asks for gifts in such a manner.
Despite this, she mostly pondered over what kind of gift to give Chen Mo.
Everything in her hand were things only women would use, clearly unsuitable for giving to a man.
