Xile and I were openly holding hands in the temple when we were 14 years old. Master treated me with favor, saying that I was still young and hadn't developed yet. However, my fellow disciples who bathed with me secretly reported to Master that I had already developed. This made Master very angry, as he had said those words to give everyone an excuse, but my fellow disciples were so obtuse. Did they want to strip me naked on the spot? How indecent! So, Master beat them all up, saying that bathing was just for washing away worldly impurities from our bodies. They didn't understand the true meaning of bathing and instead had dirty thoughts about checking out my younger brother's body. Even if it were true that my younger brother's body had developed, what did that have to do with anything? Should I not hold hands with Xile but rather with them? You bunch of perverts!

  In this way, under the partiality of my master, those who had never held a girl's hand since childhood all became perverts. And I can still walk around freely with Xi Le. My senior brothers have nothing to do with me, and only Xi Le can talk to me.

  I asked Xile, if she misses home. Xile said, actually she doesn't have parents, since young she was just a tool for begging, and people who beg with her like her because Xile looks cute, whoever takes Xile out to beg will definitely get more money than others, so Xile has been the lucky charm of the beggar gang since young, only the leader of the beggar gang can take Xile out to beg.

  How good it is to have no parents, which means that when getting married, one doesn't need to spend money to pay respects to the other's parents, and also doesn't need to be forced to marry some young master as a concubine.

  When I was in the temple, I asked Xile, when are we getting married?

  Xile said, let's wait until Master allows us to leave the temple before talking about it.

  I said: Don't be afraid, Master will take care of us, we can just have the wedding in the temple and Master can preside over it, while Grandfather Fangzheng can bear witness.

  Unfortunately, Master overheard this and the punishment was unusually severe.

  Actually, since I had Xile, Shikong has become vague in my memory. The past decade was because Xile passed quickly, no matter what kind of emotions, because any emotion ultimately returns to kinship. I think marrying Xile is an inevitable thing. Inevitable things are always better early than late, because if things are inevitable, the results brought by things are also inevitable, everything is the same, why not happen earlier.

  I asked: Xi Le, today we walked forty or fifty miles, and Xiao Bian still hasn't slept. When are we getting married?

  Xi Le was silent for half a day without any reaction. On the other hand, Xiao Bian hummed again.

  Xile said: Marry her, she agreed.

  I said: Don't quarrel with you, when are we getting married?

  Joy is long overdue for a response.

  I think this is a very difficult question, Joy has never shown me the reserved side that a woman should have, not that she doesn't have it, just hasn't had the chance, now that she finally has the opportunity, she must make good use of it and show her feminine charm.

  Xǐ lè shuō: xiàn zài bù xíng.

  Translation:

  Xi Le said: It's not going to work now.

  I said: Why? Are you afraid that if you agree with me now, you will meet Ruyi Langjun again in Chang'an?

  Xi Le said: "No way, you've never even given me a gift, how could I possibly marry someone like you?"

  I said: That's easy, just give Xiao Bian directly to you.

  Xile said: No way, it was mine in the first place.

  I said: Nonsense, that belongs to the station master.

  Xile said: How about I don't pay you back? Xihe and Xiao Bian have been together for a long time, and they've developed feelings for each other.

  I suddenly felt very disappointed and thought that in this regard, was my experience the same as Xiao Bian's? I said in a low voice: So it was like that.

  Xǐlè shuō: Bù kāixīn le?

  Translation:

  Xi Le said: Are you unhappy now?

  I said: Right.

  Xile said: What I think is that we should have a clear goal together, and then get married after reaching this goal. It's not like now, where we don't even know what to do in Chang'an but got married first. And actually, we're already living together every day, just missing the ceremony. But you need to grow your hair long, or people will think you're a Shaolin monk protecting me and come to fight with you.

  I said: Right.