Hui Bin Lo
When Xiao Jian and Qing-er returned hand-in-hand, everyone turned around. Blushing, Qing-er withdrew her hand.
XYZ broke the silence: "Ge, Qing-er, I take it everything's ok again?"
Qing-er sat down in the chair XJ pulled out for her.
Xiao Jian, sitting down next to her, replied: "Yes , everything's alright now." Though he was answering XYZ, his eyes were focused on Qing-er.
Everyone grinned and clapped.
Embarrassed, Qing-er quickly asked: "So, what did we miss?"
ZW: "we've been discussing the upcoming trip."
EK: "Yes, we didn't get very far, since we didn't' know how you two were."
ET: "But now that everything's ok again, we can go ahead and plan."
XYZ; "Why don't we just do what we did before? Let's just go as a big family."
YQ: "XYZ, we are family!"
EK laughed: "Well, that was easy. Now about rooming in the inns…"
SY: "We'll just need two rooms. One for the guys, and one for us girls. This way, Qing-er won't have to be alone."
ZW nodded: "Sounds good."
Qing-er smiled: "Thank you."
LH: "I wish I could come with you all, but ge needs my help."
JS: "I wish I could come too."
LQ: "So do I, but JS, I really don't think we should."
XYZ: "LQ, LH, JS, don't worry. We'll write letters."
EK: "Now, what route should we take?"
XJ: "Why don't' we retrace our steps? So SY, ET, and Qing-er can see the story come to life?"
Qing-er: "Oh! I would like that very much!"
SY and ET nodded their agreement.
EK: "So, it's decided! Oh, there was something else. Since we're going, I thought we should look up Hna Xiang and Meng Dan. No doubt they've been worried sick about us."
XJ: "I sent a letter to my godfather shortly after your marriages. I wonder if they received it…"
XYZ: "Ge! You thought of everything!"
ZW smiled: "XYZ! You don't think enough!"
As every laughed, Qing-er and Xiao Jian turned to each other and grinned happily. All was alright again.