Today the moonlight was exceptionally lovely, and the Sigu Sect had made a lively and bustling affair of the birthday banquet. Yet Jiang Yunzheng and the others were all busy with their duties, and Brother Sha had little patience for the company of outsiders; despite the surrounding merriment and laughter from the crowd, it was not, in the end, all that joyful.
As life grew increasingly busy, Li Xiangyi found that on this day of his birth, he only wished to spend a quiet moment alone with Brother Sha...
Thus, before the Hour of *Hai*, amidst the knowing and mischievous smiles of Qiao Wanwan and Qi Qingqing, Li Xiangyi was allowed—with the two women cleverly orchestrating the effort—to disperse the crowd.
Chapter 37