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After marrying Leng Qingqiu, Jin Yanxi initially found the novelty exhilarating, but later his ardor gradually cooled. One day, Bai Xiuzhu called and invited Yanxi to meet at a cafe.
Yanxi initially didn't want to go, but after Xiuzhu's repeated urging, he had no choice but to head there. Arriving at the cafe, Xiuzhu was already waiting. Upon seeing Yanxi, she sneered and said, "Seventh Master, now you have a new delight and have quite forgotten the old one."
Yanxi hurriedly smiled apologetically and said, "What kind of talk is this? I've been truly busy these past few days." Xiuzhu said, "Busy with what? Busy accompanying that Miss Leng, right?" Yanxi remained silent.
Xiuzhu said, "What I want, you know perfectly well. Don't play dumb." Yanxi knew she was referring to marriage, so he changed the subject. But Xiuzhu wouldn't let it go. Her words were sharp, like a relentless string of pearls, and her demands were insatiable.
Yanxi returned home and saw Leng Qingqiu reading alone in the room. He said, "You're quite at leisure." Leng Qingqiu looked up and said, "Didn't you just return from your own leisure?"
Yanxi sensed the implication in her words and said, "What do you mean by that?" Leng Qingqiu said, "You know very well what I mean. I am now like broken willow catkins, drifting with the wind. Romantic affairs, in the end, are rather suspect."