The snow outside wasn't heavy, but the wind was quite strong. The north wind had already started to HOWL. In just a short while, Bai Xiulan went to the doorway to peer out two more times.
Old Mrs. Xu knew her daughter-in-law was anxious, but she didn't point it out. She couldn't speak for other families' daughters, but she had great confidence in her own quiet granddaughter's reliability.
Even if she ignored their advice and insisted on returning tonight, it was no big deal. For one, that boy, Wei Min, would surely be with her. For another, now that her own quiet granddaughter was a university student, she couldn't have gotten *more* reckless.
'How could she not know? The previous snowfall hadn't melted, and now new snow was piling on top. It would melt and then freeze into ice, meaning you had to be extremely careful when walking.'
