Moving house might be a huge hassle for most people, but not for Li Yuan.0

Yan Yu insisted on taking the flowers from the backyard and even that lone apricot tree, barely enough to make the ox-cart’s cargo hold feel even slightly cramped.0

Hong Gang and Lan Gang had eagerly volunteered to help with the move, but now they dared not linger, afraid that any extra attention might give Li Yuan the impression they perceived him as being poor and miserly.1

“That’s all there is,” Li Yuan said with a clap of his hands. “Thank you both for your help.”0

Nearby, Yan Yu strolled along arm in arm with her close friend, the proprietress.0

Leaning in to whisper in Yan Yu’s ear, the proprietress said, “Please let Young Master Li know that tomorrow I’ll arrange for an ox cart to deliver some essential items to your new home.”0

Yan Yu cast a sidelong glance at her friend. Slight in stature, delicate, and quietly intelligent, she was in...0