325 At just the right time

The Lotus lakeside was already bustling with a sea of people. They were mostly Confucian scholars; their robes' sleeves were fluttering in the wind. It was hard to tell whether they were calm and carefree, or simply elegant.

In such an environment, one would probably pretend and put-on such appearance even if one was not an elegant scholar or a poet. While on the one hand these young men assumed an air of elegant gentlemen, on the other hand, they were casting glances on young maidens' faces, bodies, chests, waists and other places… all at the same time.

Even then they pretended to be men of honor — tall and straight. They were under the impression that those beautiful women would consider them reliable, and might develop a liking for them. In fact, they believed that the women might just give their hearts to them as a result.