Several people stood by the river, holding candles and lanterns. Miss Qi was also looking at the water, lost in thought. Dots of red light sank in her eyes, condensed into a point, and swayed.
At this time, she suddenly took a step forward.
Shi Wuqi reacted quickly. He grabbed her arm and pulled her back with a surprised expression. Shanhai noticed.
"Miss Qi is herself..."
"...Yes. I think it might have something to do with her before she was alive. Just give me a light."
Shi Wuqi and Miss Qi bent down together and put the lanterns into the river. Aluan asked: "What wish did Wu Qi make?"
"I think you all know that. What about you?"
"I want to grow taller this year."
"Go to sleep and dream fast."
"What did you say?"
"Where are the mountains and seas?"
"The country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the world is at peace."
"As expected of you, I also suggest you go to bed early. Don't just watch the fun. Why don't Miss Liangqiu write something?"
"No, I don't really believe this."
"Hey, why are you so boring?"
Shanhai handed her a lantern.
"Just write it. I bought everything. It's so expensive."
Mu Wan thought for a long time and took it. She felt that this reason was too heavy to refuse.
She was the last one to put the lamp into the river. Standing up, she felt a little dazed, her eyes dizzy from the fancy and complicated fireworks. The soft sound of music on the street, the soft exchanges between people, and the subtle sound of water flow are all intertwined, wrapped into a ball, separated, and lit into candles one by one, letting everything flow along the river.
She wanted to leave, she didn't like seeing this. Mu Wan remembered that she didn't like to join in the fun when she was a child. She always liked to be alone. But she still likes to go out to art exhibitions and temple fairs, because sometimes her father will come back from the court and accompany her mother and her brother to go shopping for a whole day, buying everything they want to eat.
Later, he died, and his brother was arranged to be an official in a distant city. She moved with her mother to Xueyan Valley. During the New Year and festivals, the valley was also very lively. She was still young and had not grown up. My mother didn't like to go out anymore, so she held Senior Brother Wu in one hand and Senior Sister Yan in the other. Occasionally, the sect master would accompany her, just like a family.
But it’s gone, it’s all gone.
It was ruined by a young boy and an impermanent ghost who had nothing to do with his body.
She didn't like warm colors, and she couldn't say she hated them, but looking at the red lotus flowers in the sky, she still felt a little irritated. She glanced at Shan Hai. His expression was still calm. She wondered if he still had the intention of blaming him for what happened before.
That’s all, don’t worry about that much.
It was very late when I got back to my residence. Mu Wan urged Aluan to wash her face and led Miss Qi to sit at the door as usual - she always pulled a stool and invited her to sit next to her. When Aluan finally lay on the bed, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Obviously I don't have the one I love yet, so I start to worry about taking care of my children in the future. She felt that Aluan was already relieved - although she was considered an adult, she was still a fifteen-year-old girl. I don’t know how my mother brought them up when my father was away all the time. Thinking of this, she suddenly wanted to write a letter home, so she took out a pen and paper and started sharpening the ink. I have to write another separate letter to Gu Li. I don’t know how my brothers and sisters are recovering and what their daily arrangements are. Senior Brother Wu is Master's favorite and the second-in-command he has personally entrusted. Although Senior Sister Yan has a fierce temper, she is also smart and kind-hearted, and will definitely settle everyone down. Thinking about it this way, it seems that there is no need to ask, and I just need to say a few blessings to reassure you all.
The master's whereabouts have gained some clues. I also made some like-minded friends. I heard that Lord Gaoyue of the Six Paths of Impermanence knows everything, and I am on my way to Qinglize to visit her...
While she was grinding the ink, she was thinking about how to write. It started to feel too serious, but being too lively is not good either. It's easy to write for my mother. She wrote a lot in the valley, always ending with "Don't read it."
Xueyan Valley also puts out lanterns during the Chinese Valentine's Day, which are lanterns that fly upward to pray to the sky. She remembered them in many places, and she didn't know what kind Miss Qi saw during her lifetime. Today, senior brothers and sisters must have made their wishes as usual. Mu Wan could almost imagine that the warm wishes floating all over the mountains and plains were all for the master to come back.
"Um...what exactly did you write on the paper?"
Ah Luan didn’t know why he wasn’t asleep yet. She turned around from the bed and looked at the table, her face glowing red in the firelight.
"It's nothing. Naturally, I hope to find our sect leader and come back to give everyone an explanation."
"You don't have someone you like? You just want to spend Chinese Valentine's Day with him every year."
"No. Ah... I just like it, maybe."
"Eh? Then tell me quickly."
"You don't know him - he is a disciple of our Xue Yan Sect, my senior brother, whose surname is Wu. I don't want to spend Chinese Valentine's Day with him, I want others to spend it with him. Seeing them having a good time together makes me happy."
"who is it?"
"My senior sister, the three of us have been playing together since childhood. But speaking of it, I am the younger one and they are all older."
"You're so weird. All the people I've seen love only count if they only like themselves. In the past, I heard many stories, as well as monsters encountered in mountains and seas. Even the legend told by the flower girl today, didn't all the characters in it count? It’s because I like it so much.”
"Then they say they like the person they like, but they are jealous of others. I am not jealous of either of them, I just like them both. They are both good, and I feel good too. Doesn't this count as liking?"
Dai Luan seems to understand, but doesn't seem to understand. She nodded thoughtfully, wondering what was going on in her little head.
"It means: you like your senior brother and your senior sister, and you don't need your senior brother to like you? Then does your senior brother like her?"
"I think I like it. When I joined the Xue Yan Sect, I happened to be about the same age as the sect leader's deceased daughter, and our horoscopes were similar. He truly treated me like a daughter. My senior brother and senior sister were more than a head taller than me. At that time The senior sister was still taller than the senior brother...but later on, I couldn't compare. How could I know so much at that time? I thought he was good-looking and had more backbone than my brother - he said he wanted to avenge the sect leader's daughter, so when he was studying He works the hardest and always competes with his senior sister. My senior sister refuses to accept it. When he takes me to play, my senior sister is still practicing and learning, but she is always a little behind. But whatever delicious and fun things he has, he wants to share them with us. Divide evenly."
"Then does your senior sister like him?" Aluan spread his hands flat and placed them on his chin, looking at her with round eyes.
"When my senior brother takes me to play, he always dangles in front of her eyes and asks her to come and play with him, but my senior sister is too focused and always scolds us. The sect master joked that he likes me so much, so he might as well make a baby wedding for us. He agreed wholeheartedly in front of my senior sister, and I nodded along. I thought at that time that he was so nice, and it would be great if I could play with him every day."
"Tch, then you still say she likes it."
"That's not true. When I grew up, I figured it out. He was just angry with my senior sister. But that day, my senior sister was not angry either. She pretended that she didn't hear him, didn't make fun of her or objected. At night, he became anxious and pestered my senior sister. He said, not only the two of us play together, but also the three of us when we grow up, we will never leave her alone. My senior sister just laughed, didn’t say anything after laughing, and continued to practice swordsmanship. But I know she also likes him. She actually You told me a lot of little secrets, but you didn’t let me tell my senior brother.”
"Were you sad that day?" Aluan tilted her face and lay on the back of her hands.
"It's not sad at all. What do you know when you are so young? I'm just a little disappointed, thinking that he doesn't like me. But when I heard him say that we should play together when we grow up, I was happy again. When I reached the age of practicing kung fu and martial arts Years old, they have become more leisurely. When I see them walking together, I think they are a good match. Until now, this feeling has not changed. I just hope that they can continue to be like this. When I find my master, I will be the first one. Make a fuss and ask Master to arrange a wedding banquet for them."
"It turns out you have senior brothers and sisters, and an older brother. I thought you were so cruel because you were a spoiled only child."
"Bah, I'm mean? Why am I so mean? However, you are the princess of Dailuan City. When you were a child, you should have had older brothers and sisters, right?"
"No, they all died before I was born."
Mu Wan suddenly remembered that her family was not going well. When she was in Jintong Township, she listened to her master. But she didn't expect that she really hadn't even met a single sibling. She wanted to say something comforting, but she didn't know what to say - after all, Aluan's tone didn't particularly care. Also, I haven't seen him since I was a child, so naturally I don't have any feelings for him.
"When you were a child, did anyone still play with you?"
"I always played alone when I was a child. My parents were very busy, and because I was weak and afraid of getting sick, they didn't let me play with other children. I also had to study, and read a lot of books. I was held down by the gentlemen. My head is studying in the house, and my servant’s children are having a lot of fun in the courtyard. They hide far away for fear of affecting me, but the sound still comes through.”
Mu Wan's pen dipped in ink hung in mid-air and sighed softly.
"Where are the mountains and seas?"
"Him? I was carried up a mountain by my father when I was just a few days old. I became a teacher in a daze, and I haven't seen him since. He was only fifteen years old at that time, and it was inexplicable. It was nothing more than a horoscope that matched yin and yang. Xiangjun, that's it. Then you know, after dividing the fingers between us, he continued to practice his immortality, and I read my book. In the past two years, there have been a few more lives in the City Prince's Mansion. My parents are not Don't worry, he asked me to go out with him - I was so happy."
"So lonely. But did you learn all your knowledge of Yin and Yang from him later?"
"Yes, I learn things quickly. I'm not alone. The carpenters and blacksmiths all brought me gadgets, and the servants who came back from business trips also brought snacks. What impressed me the most was the guest swordsmith who stayed at the house. Two years. He taught me a lot of swordsmanship and swordsmanship, and I also learned it. Hey, I’m also pretty good at sword dancing, and I’ll give you a show when I get the chance.”
"Hi, it's just you."
"real!"
"Okay, okay, I believe it. Go to sleep now, I won't be able to get up tomorrow."
