The blue-robed woman stayed, acting like a housewife, starting fires and cooking for Li Qiye. She never told him her name or origin, and Li Qiye never asked.
Likewise, the blue-robed woman never asked about Li Qiye's background, not even his name. It was as if they were both deliberately maintaining an air of mystery.
And so, these two peculiar and enigmatic individuals came together. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought them a married couple—the man toiling the fields while the woman tended the home, a perfect match of talent and beauty, a pair made in heaven, living a reclusive life on this small, uninhabited island.
Although the blue-robed woman had stayed, it had little effect on Li Qiye. He continued to harvest the tree sap during the day and cultivate at night, working from sunrise to sunset.
After settling in, the blue-robed woman was like a young wife, staying home each day and preparing meals, waiting for her hardworking husband to return from the fields.
