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However, against all desires, their daughter took a fancy to Fu Zhiwen, but when Official Chang himself made a veiled suggestion to Fu Zhiwen, it was met with rejection. Madam Chang didn't know what to do anymore.
"Husband, aren't you aware of Ruer's nature? She keeps everything to herself to avoid worrying us. If I hadn't seen her eyes red and swollen as if she had been crying, and called Cai Lian to ask, how would we have known that she fell for a man during her last trip to the city?" Madam Chang said, tears of concern starting again.
Cai Lian, the maid who stayed close to their daughter, said that Ruer, knowing her own health condition, dared not make her affection for Fu Zhiwen known. She could only secretly cherish her feelings, not daring to disclose them to her family or show her heart in the slightest. Madam Chang's heart ached at the thought of all the tears her daughter must have shed without their knowledge.
