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After marrying Leng Qingqiu, Jin Yanxi was initially affectionate, but gradually grew distant. One day, Yanxi gathered with friends outside, drinking and reveling until late at night.
Present were Liu Baoshan, Zhu Yishi, Second Miss Wu, and others. They played drinking games and issued toasts, creating a noisy uproar. Yanxi, feeling depressed, drowned his sorrows in drink and inadvertently became heavily intoxicated.
During the feast, some suggested playing cards, others suggested watching opera, leading to a chaotic commotion. Yanxi, with drunken, bleary eyes, looked at the crowd and felt that the sensual pleasures and frivolous pursuits were endless.
Suddenly, Yanxi remembered that Leng Qingqiu was waiting at home, and felt a pang of guilt. But on second thought, as the Seventh Master of the Jin Family, how could he be bound by family? So, he drank heartily again.
As he drank on, Yanxi vomited incessantly, and the others helped him to rest. Unexpectedly, after losing his composure from drinking, he got into an argument with a friend and nearly came to blows.
Fortunately, Liu Baoshan and others mediated, and they escorted Yanxi home. Upon arriving, Yanxi collapsed into sleep, unaware that dawn had broken in the east.