Love's Ambition Episode 6

Married!

Xu Yan deftly defused the situations which might have marred her perfect wedding and Haoming subtly helped ; they both visited the grandma and Haoming charmed the old lady, vowing to take good care of Xu Yan, and agreeing to help let her grow and not be hard on her if her early education in the countryside had left her lacking. He dismissed Fang Lei and took his bride on honeymoon, returning to show her an old but poetic retreat in a typical but atmospheric courtyard house hidden inside the hutong alley maze of old Beijing (Jingzhou city in the drama). The repairs and improvements needed for the old house mirrored the need for Xu Yan to stay alert and maintain her careful facade, as if Haoming always was aware of her inner wounds and the necessity to keep up the charade for them both. Measuring her height with lipstick on a window pane, despite its transient nature, was a sweet move, as a symbol of her having reached blooming and leaving all heartaches from comparisons behind, even if other people had etched it in the window's wooden frame. He had kept the unknown former owner's memory but was not attached to know more about those...

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