Seeking Flowers and Willows on Lantern Festival Night

Ji Liu met Xi Liu when she was fifteen. That year, Xi Liu was eighteen. She wore a teal-blue robe and a green jade hairpin, her hair styled in the fashion favored by young gentlemen of the day. She approached from afar and said in a clear, crisp voice: “My name is Xun Liu. How should I address you, young master?” “Wen Hua,” Ji Liu replied, then grinned.