Following this Chinese New Year trip home, Shen Xuanrou and I finally broke through that barrier and made our relationship official. In fact, for the first few days back in Nanjing, I didn't even reopen the shop. Instead, I took Shen Xuanrou everywhere, eager to show her every scenic spot in Nanjing.
Shen Xuanrou was indeed a very traditional girl, and I respected that. So our relationship merely progressed from furtive hand-holding to openly holding hands, without going any further. After all, we had a long life ahead of us together, didn't we?
Such leisurely days did not last long. Eventually, at Shen Xuanrou's request, we reopened on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Since no one else had returned yet, and it was still just past the New Year, business wasn't very good. With only the two of us in the shop, it inevitably felt rather quiet.
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