Yun Siyao: *This is just a big cat begging to be petted!*

In Central Capital City, the chill of late winter had gradually faded by February, and the warmth of early spring had quietly arrived.

Although the peach and plum blossoms had yet to bloom in profusion, the ice on the rivers outside Central Capital City had already melted. After a spring rain, tender grass grew lush and green, while the willows took on a fresh new hue.

The young men and women of Central Capital City, unable to hold themselves back, had already begun outings called "admiring spring," but which were really for making friends.

On the surface, it was all older brothers taking their younger sisters out, and younger sisters following their older brothers. But in truth, which older brother did not want to see someone else's younger sister, and which younger sister did not want to meet her best friend's older brother?

Everything was understood without being said.

If one took a fancy to someone, they would arrange to meet the next day at the Morning Awakening Teahouse to listen to storytelling, or at a theater to watch a play. If the other person agreed, everything was easy. If they refused, one only had to say that they did not care for that story or play, sparing the other person's dignity. Then, after cursing the Shame of the Literati together, the matter could be put behind them.

Of course, if you invited a sixteen-year-old beauty to watch Injustice to Dou E with you, then you truly would be forcing yourself to remain single.

Yet just as spring was beginning to stir, an explosive piece of news spread through Central Capital City. It rapidly spread across all of Great Xuan at a speed surpassing even the Barbarian Army's military reports, and then traveled onward to the Southern Wastelands.

Countless messenger