After a pause, Guagua continued:
[There was actually no master at all. Madam Dai had made him up so Dai Xiangwei could live there without worry.
But Madam Dai had been right about one thing: as long as they did not spend extended periods together and only met occasionally, Dai Xiangwei would not affect the members of the Dai Family.
Dai Chunbai had heard this from a master, too. That was why they had dared to bring Dai Xiangwei back.]
Song Yaoyao: [So that was it!
What happened next?]
Guagua: [Dai Xiangwei no longer stopped Madam Dai from visiting her.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye, and Dai Xiangwei had grown much taller.
Once small and dark-skinned, she had blossomed into a graceful young woman, with almond-shaped eyes, peach-blossom cheeks, and dignified manners-the very picture of a well-bred young lady.]
In the video, Dai Xiangwei had been well cared for over those years.
She was now an undeniable beauty.
During those three years, Madam Dai had hired someone to teach her etiquette.
She had also learned some reading, embroidery, zither playing, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
Dai Xiangwei had reached marriageable age. Her parents had proposed quite a few matches over the years, but she had rejected them all.
She knew all too well what sort of constitution she had.
Though her mother said living in the residence for a long time could change a person's fate, she did not know whether that was true.
Actual human lives were at stake. She neither wanted nor dared to gamble with them.
Song Yaoyao: [Surely Dai Xiangwei wasn't planning to spend her whole life alone?
She'd already been in Illusion City for three years. Hadn't she met a man she liked?]
Guagua: [She had. He was Gao Ying, the man