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"One of--" Liu Mingyan stops, and considers. She had developed a method for estimating the size of Luo Binghe's harem, over the years, but he's been gone for three months, and she has to remember not to add the wives who would normally be added in that time. The exact number--and all of their names, families, and circumstances of courtship--is of course recorded in her archives. "Approximately one hundred and five," she finishes. "But--our relationship is... unique, among them."