“Come on. You can still meet your family sometime somewhere. If you love me, come with me. I won’t come here again. This tiny village is a freezing death. I’ll be cursed for the rest of my life, if I stay for any longer. I can even sniff it.”
“How can I leave them like this?”
“Like what?”
“Well, elope? Escape?”
“Nonsense!”
“I’m serious.”
“Marry me, then!”
“Are you saying, if I go with you this time, you’ll marry me?”
“Of course, silly woman! So?”
“Yes.”
That was that. A naked proposal took place before a naked wedding followed by a naked marriage. Unlike Guo’s wedding, hers was a dull formality, with only seven thousand cash being given to father. Unlike Guo’s wedding feast, hers was a rather ordinary dinner with a ring being the only comfort. Luckily, she herself cared for nothing but Bing. However, father, who was the only one from the village attending her wedding, cared about everything and everything else.