Li Changming said to Meizi, "You should hurry home. This fish won't be as tasty if it dies, so it's best to prepare and cook it soon."
Meizi thanked him again, then happily ran off with the fish.
Li Changxing looked at Li Changming. He opened his mouth to say something, but then swallowed his words.
'It's all just speculation, anyway,' he thought. 'Bringing it up would only upset my cousin for no reason. He's a good man, but he still hasn't managed to get married.' But Li Changxing could only sympathize in his heart. 'I'm in the same boat, after all.'
As Li Changming watched Meizi's retreating figure, his heart filled with a faint sense of joy.
'It's nice just to see her,' he thought. 'It doesn't matter if I can't marry her. She's so pretty, sweet, and lively. She should marry a young man and have a much better life than I could ever offer!'
