Having passed the tests of time, Silent Garden is today painted over in drab colors. The daughter-in-law of Chen Hsu-ku, who still watches over the old place, can't really recall Lai Ho's face clearly. "I just remember that in those days I would prepare everything for father-in-law to invite his literary friends to eat all day long. It was like a banquet, wave after wave," she describes.
經過歲月的洗禮，默園古宅已染上灰撲撲的顏色，如今留守在舊宅的陳虛谷兒媳，對「和仔仙」的容顏，已經不復記憶，「只記得彼時鎮日張羅著公公邀來的文友吃飯，流水席似的，一波又一波」，她形容說。