The days passed happily like that.
Then one evening, sunflower seed shells piled up around the counter.
The Sparrow Spirit had just flown home with his newly custom-made, three-bedroom bird's nest in his beak, eager to share the good news with his wife.
Meanwhile, Feng Dema was squatting at the entrance, still pondering how to practice his singing, when a familiar face came into the shop.
Wen Ning was cleaning. When he looked up, he stopped what he was doing.
"Gong?"
It was Gong Kai, wearing a clean jacket and an irrepressible smile as he strode inside.
"Wen Ning, it's been a while."
Wen Ning asked with a smile,
"What brings a busy man like you here today, Gong?"
Gong Kai smiled and rubbed his head.
"I came to invite you to dinner."
Wen Ning was a little surprised.
"It's not a holiday or anything. Why the sudden dinner invitation?"
Beaming, Gong Kai announced solemnly,
"Hu Jiumei and I are getting married."
Wen Ning's eyes curved with his smile, and he immediately said,
"Congratulations! That's wonderful news."
Gong Kai scratched the back of his head.
"I knew I had to invite you. We owe you a lot for what happened back then."
Wen Ning nodded.
"Don't worry. I'll be there."
Then Wen Ning asked,
"So you're not worried about anything anymore?"
Gong Kai smiled openly.
"What's there to worry about? I know everything now."
Wen Ning was a little curious about how Gong Kai had found out.
"How did you find out?"
Gong Kai said,
"Jiumei told me everything. She stopped keeping it from me. So she's a fox spirit—what of it? To think that I, Gong Kai, get to marry a fox spirit!"
Wen Ning paused, watching Gong Kai look as though he had struck gold.
"And you have