By the Fangxia River, at a teahouse in the long corridor.
Wang Chen and Ye Dai sat facing each other, with the maid Xiao Yu attending at the side.
The matchmaker had already acquainted them with each other's basic circumstances. Tonight's blind date was all about whether they caught each other's eye.
Only if they took a liking to each other could they continue getting to know one another. When the time was right, they could invite a matchmaker to visit, and the happy union would naturally be made.
If there was no spark, then there was nothing more to discuss.
Ye Dai had a very favorable impression of Wang Chen.
Though Wang Chen was not the sort of handsome young master who turned heads, and his looks could not be called outstanding, he possessed an exceptional bearing. Calm and confident in both speech and manner, he gave people a strong sense of reliability.
That feeling struck straight into Miss Ye's heart.
Wang Chen, too, found Ye Dai pleasing. Though she was an illegitimate daughter raised in a separate residence, whether in dress, appearance, or temperament, she was clearly not someone an ordinary family could have cultivated.
Not only that, Ye Dai was quite learned. Sitting across from Wang Chen and conversing with him, she was poised and gracious.
Bang! Crack! Bang!
After the two had sat at the teahouse for half an hour, the banks of the Fangxia River entered their liveliest and noisiest hour.
Streams of fireworks shot into the sky, bursting into a riot of crimson and violet flames across the night. Their glittering remnants drifted down, illuminating the excited, exhilarated faces throughout the Marketplace.
Many children cheered and leaped with joy, their laughter carrying far into the distance.
At such a splendid sight, Wang Chen could