Yang Liu got married, and soon after Ning Cui also wed. Bisi settled in the Capital, although she occasionally visited to see the Old Madam and Susu. However, being a mistress herself now, with a large family to care for, her visits were always in haste.
This prompted Susu and the Old Madam to lament: "It truly fulfills that saying, the daughter who marries out is like water spilled out!"
The Old Madam laughed, looking at Susu's antics, "I wonder when your basin of water will be spilled out?"
Though the Old Madam said this, she became even more reluctant to part with Susu. Susu, too, was reluctant to leave the Old Madam, but there was always some awkwardness in reality.
The Old Madam had long decreed that Susu should be treated as a family relative, receiving the same treatment as the two Cousins.
