While initially upset at Shi for inviting a fugitive into their home, the eldest daughter Shunhua (舜华), upon learning of his scholarly background, proposes to Zhang that they get married.

Now aware of her supernatural abilities, Zhang requests for Shunhua to send him back to his hometown of Yongping, so that he can reunite with Fang and his children.

[4] Shunhua complies and Zhang returns home to find that his son has aged by several years, and the scholars involved in the Zhao case have since died or moved out of Lulong.

Fang chastises Zhang for deserting the family for so long; he reaffirms his love for her, and downplays the significance of his romantic relationship with Shunhua.

[7] Zhang travels to Taiyuan, where he makes a living giving tuition under the alias of Gong Ziqian (宫子迁).

[7] An emotional Fang tells him that his son has since become a successful scholar and gotten married, and has left to take his civil service examinations.

Xu's elder son returns home a month later, together with an eighteen-year-old successful examination candidate surnamed Zhang.

"[14] The Hong Kong black-and-white film The Fairy, starring Wu Chufan (吴楚帆) as Zhang Hongjian and Zi Luolian (紫罗莲) as Shunhua, and directed by Li Zhenfeng, premiered on 19 February 1962.