After Iris' confession, the lovers became even more inseparable. She could barely leave Jin Liwei to attend her lessons in the afternoon with her instructors. She wished that she had cleared her entire schedule for the day to spend more time with him.
"Being in love is great and all but make sure to learn how to balance it with the other aspects of your life," Grandpa Lu reminded her when the lovers returned to the chalet after their date. "Treat love as your inspiration, not as a distraction."
The elder's words of wisdom enlightened not only Iris but also Jin Liwei. Compared to Iris, however, Jin Liwei could afford to focus on their relationship a bit more because he was already successful and stable. All he needed to do was to maintain the quality of his work.
“The best men are not consistent in good—why should the worst men be consistent in evil?”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
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