He Jinxia seemed to have anticipated the nanny's arrival. After the nanny's trusted maid left, she dismissed the guests in the courtyard, saying she suddenly had matters to attend to and it was not convenient to receive visitors.
After closing the door, she sent Lv Zhu to the marriage tree inside the building to get the wish paper she had sought three years ago from the caretaker.
The caretaker of the marriage tree was an aging mute, who had received He Jinxia's kindness in his early years. Without He Jinxia, he would have frozen to death on the streets long ago and would not have managed even a meal.
This was a chess move He Jinxia had placed within the Red Building, unknown to anyone that he had a connection with her.
Three years ago, He Jinxia had left a marriage fortune-telling strip with him and had it hung on the tree.
