└(￣^￣ )┐ Done! Time to go back to bed!
Under Daiyu's astonished gaze, Tanchun hurried over to her, took her hand, and led her a little to the side. Only after they were out of the little maid's earshot did she lower her voice and speak carefully:
"Elder Sister Lin, I'm afraid this won't do!"
"We can't just hand it back so easily."
Daiyu was slightly taken aback. Then she looked at Tanchun with a strange expression.
"What's wrong with that?"
"Returning something to its rightful owner is only natural."
"The mirror may be rare, but it's not as though we can't do without it."
That was right!
The mirror was rare, but when Daiyu thought of how looking into it had sent her into the shameful fantasy of marrying Tibbers and even spending the wedding night with him, her face filled with embarrassment and indignation, along with a deep, bitter resentment!
So now that someone had come to ask for it, she naturally couldn't wait to send it away.
That way, she would never again have to use the mirror to train her so-called spiritual resolve, or face those things that made her feel unbearably bashful.
"That's not the point!"
Tanchun shook her head and, before Daiyu could say anything else, quickly explained:
"Think about it, Elder Sister Lin..."
"If that Daoist had come to ask for it quietly yesterday, or tried to settle things in private, then returning the mirror would have put the matter to rest, and everyone could have gone on their way in peace."
"But now he's been making a scene at our front gate for a whole day and night, and everyone passing by knows about it. They're all talking."
"At a time like this, if we give in to his pressure and obediently