On the fourth day of the third month, Lu Weiwei invited Zhang Tongyun to Waguansi to watch Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi paint their murals. Zhang Tongyun gladly went along.
Yesterday, beside Qingxi River, a banana-leaf boat had delivered the jade pendant, restoring what had been lost. Zhang Tongyun and Gu Kaizhi had grown much closer, crossing in a single leap from the hazy friendship of childhood into love between a man and a woman. When they parted, their eyes met, both their hearts filled with an inexplicable joy as they looked forward to meeting again tomorrow-
That night, Gu Kaizhi was too excited to sleep. He came to have a long talk with Chen Caozhi, pouring out the subtle joy in his heart that he could not suppress. Deeply moved, he exclaimed, "So this is what 'a graceful, virtuous maiden, a gentleman's fine match' means! I've read “Guan Ju” for a thousand days, but only today have I understood what it feels like to toss and turn, thinking of her waking and sleeping."
Chen Caozhi laughed. "Very good, very good. Chang Kang has attained enlightenment. Hurry off and copy “Guan Ju” ten thousand times."
Gu Kaizhi did not go off to copy the poem. Instead, he loudly recited, "Guan, guan cry the ospreys, on the islet in the river," in Chen Caozhi's bedroom, over and over, growing more animated with every repetition. It seemed he had no intention of sleeping tonight.
Ran Sheng had already gone to bed, leaving Chen Caozhi alone to praise it as "Wonderful!" Xiao Chan's little couch was in the outer room of Chen Caozhi's bedroom, so she could not rest either. She brewed tea and waited on them, then sat beside Chen Caozhi, listening with a smile as Gu Kaizhi recited "Guan Ju." From