Zhou Feng'er was set to marry Zhang Da on the eighteenth of the last lunar month. Gu'er had said she wouldn't get involved, but she couldn't help but worry. She told Lin Shuying to let her know if anything happened, mainly because she was afraid some trouble would break out.
On the sixteenth, Lin Shuying returned and told Gu'er that Zhou Mazi had shown up. He'd heard from someone that Zhou Feng'er was marrying Zhang Da, so he came to demand money from him. At first, Zhang Da had even invited Zhou Mazi for a drink. The two had quite a history, spending their days gambling and drinking together. Zhang Da had originally taken a fancy to Gu'er and wanted to be Zhou Mazi's son-in-law, but that hadn't worked out. Now that he was with Zhou Feng'er, Zhou Mazi was still his father-in-law, which Zhang Da thought must be fate.
