"Is there really anything to congratulate? I'm still me, it's not like I've turned into someone else." Hua Jin took in everyone's expressions, slyly smiling as she spoke.
Her demeanor was cheerful, but not excessively so.
The hairpin ceremony is something worth celebrating, but when facing her close friends, especially those who have already passed the age for the ceremony but haven't had one, Hua Jin was very considerate of their feelings.
"It's different now; from now on, Jin'er will be a young lady, a grown-up."
"Yes, yes, my mother says when you have the hairpin ceremony, you can choose a husband, get engaged, and get married." Xiaoxiao, being younger, spoke of marriage without any embarrassment, finding it rather amusing.
