Under Liu Ji's optimistic vision for the house's future, Qi Xian, who just thought of this old house as haunted, was now finding the rickety doors, mottled walls, and bare rooms and courtyard pleasing to the eye.
Excitedly, he inspected the house from top to bottom, memorized the layout, and planned to return to design a farmhouse specifically for himself and his teacher.
The guards and maids stayed behind, only Shi Tou went back with him, as he wouldn't ever leave Qi Xian's side.
Qin Yao stayed to arrange accommodations for the guards and maids, then, under the especially gentle pale moonlight of the night, she returned home alone.
Gongliang Liao stayed in Liu Ji's room, the Attendant Student was making the bed, and Liu Ji served at his side, with a roll of straw mat on the floor and a bedding on top.
Sanlang and Si Niang vacated a bed for Qi Xian and Shi Tou, while Da Lang and Second Lang envied them to tears, because the younger ones got to share a room with Qin Yao.
