Chapter 21: Lantern Festival
Whether it is in this life or in the previous life, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is my birthday, maybe this is fate. In the past, in the 21st century, every time on their birthday, my stepfather and mother would prepare a birthday party for themselves, and every time they would set off beautiful fireworks, the family would sit in the garden to enjoy the moon and chat and watch the fireworks. And when the mother is still there, she will always pick beautiful flowers for herself and weave them into a wreath, and the two of them will snuggle together and look at the moon in the sky.
"Dad, Mom, Mother, I miss you so much." Li Anyue looked at the bright moon in the sky, and when she heard people's laughter, she couldn't help but feel a sour feeling from her heart, and the appearance of her relatives appeared clearly in her mind, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks.
"When is the bright moon? Ask the wine to the sky, I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace...... I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be a thousand miles together, and they will be ...... together" Li Anyue couldn't help but think of a song and hummed it softly, but the thoughts in her heart were even worse, the ancients really wrote this poem for the occasion, so she picked up the wine jug and drank it, but she was choked and squirted out all of a sudden.
"Ahem, cough, cough, cough ......" I didn't expect this wine to be so spicy, Li Anyue was choked with tears unguardedly, and was worried that the cough would be found out too loudly, so she could only cough in a low voice, and when she was uncomfortable, she suddenly felt that there were hands on her back, and a warm current melted away the strength of the wine, and Li Anyue suddenly felt that the whole person was much more relaxed.
"Thank you......" Li Anyue just opened his mouth to say thank you, and the whole person seemed to be stunned as if he had been pointed, why would someone be behind him, but he didn't know at all, this person should not be an enemy, right?
She turned to look behind her with teary eyes, but met those familiar eyes and the smug red lips, "Shen Gongzi? Her eyes widened in disbelief.
Shen Yue looked at the woman in front of her who still had tears on her face, she couldn't help laughing, and reached out to wipe the tears from her face, "The girl knows me?" ”
Li Anyue felt that the warm hands touched his cheeks, and he was a little demented, and when he heard Shen Yue's question, he quickly reacted and shook his head like a rattle, "No, I don't know." As soon as he finished speaking, his face turned red to the base of his ears again.
"Oh, how does that girl know my surname is Shen?" Shen Yue looked at the person in front of him who blushed as soon as he lied, and her eyes had a deep smile in her eyes.
"Ah, that, that...... Guess. Li Anyue made an excuse nonsense.
"The girl doesn't know me, but I think the girl is very familiar, very much like a life-saving benefactor in the next place, but my life-saving benefactor is a man, I don't know if the girl knows him?"
"The prince and the son laughed." Li Anyue is now eager to find a hole to get into, so she met him undeadly.
"Girl? Li Gongzi? Shen Yue stretched out her fingers and lifted Li Anyue's chin, Li Anyue had to look at the person in front of her, under the gaze of such a pair of deep eyes, Li Anyue couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"Well, I'm sorry, Shen Gongzi. I know it's me who is wrong, I shouldn't lie to you, my real name is actually Li Anyue. Li Anyue couldn't stand that look, and told the truth with a crackle, this man should be called to find a spy, and it was solved with a pair of eyes.
"Girl, do you think I should be sad to be deceived by Mr. Li or happy to know a fairy-like Miss Li?" Shen Yue looked at her with amusement.
Li Anyue thought that he was blaming himself for deceiving him, and he believed in himself so much, and gave himself two hundred taels of silver, it would be very uncomfortable to be deceived in exchange, "Shen Gongzi, I'm really sorry, I had to do it as a last resort, you know, you always have to be careful when you go out......"
"Let's go see the lanterns." Before Li Anyue finished speaking, she was intercepted by Shen Yue.
"Huh?" Li Anyue was stunned by this sudden proposal, why did the current atmosphere change so quickly?
"Didn't you just say you were sorry? In that case, let's go down to the lantern festival with me, as compensation for the fact that I haven't been to the lantern festival for many years. ”
Li Anyue looked at the smiling man in front of him, was it his own delusion, and he felt a little sad for him to smile like this. Li Anyue looked at the bright moon in the sky, and then looked at the flickering lights and the noisy crowd in the distance, so he smiled back and nodded.
Just as he was about to put on the veil, he was snatched by Shen Yue, "I'm by your side, it's okay." ”
Li Anyue pondered that sentence blankly, and did not refute it.
"Take me down." Shen Yue looked at Li Anyue and said.
"How did you get up?"
"Climbed up."
Li Anyue glanced at him helplessly, took his hand and flew into the distance.
"Your light skills are amazing!"
"Of course, you can be sloppy with anything else, this is a stunt to escape. Why are you here? ”
"Why you're here, I'm here."
"I admire the moon!"
"I'm also a moon watcher."
“……”
Li Anyue and Shen Yue walked side by side on the street, but the pedestrians on the road involuntarily gave way and saluted them. In their eyes, a beautiful man wearing an ink-colored satin robe and a jade belt around his waist, with a pair of narrow eyes full of smiles, and his demonic red lips slightly curled, while the woman beside him was dressed in white, embellished with a little dark green, and a white jasmine was inserted in the green silk, like a flower fairy, and a smile made the lights ripple. The two of them walking together is not an ordinary eye-catching.
Li Anyue looked at Shen Yue embarrassedly, but Shen Yue looked indifferent, and the corners of her mouth still had a hint of evil smile.
"Shen Gongzi, give me back the veil." Li Anyue finally couldn't stand it under the straight gaze of everyone.
"Put it on." Shen Yue handed her a mask, and she put on a black mask, and the corners of the mask's eyes were painted with a touch of bright red, and the whole mask revealed a kind of evil charm, while the mask on Li Anyue's hand was milky white, and the corners of her eyes were painted bright red like Shen Yue's mask.
It turned out that the mask also had a couple's model, and Li Anyue happily put on the mask, "Do you think the two of us don't look like black and white?" ”
"Black and white? Ha ha. Shen Yue laughed when she heard this.
"Let's go over there!" Li Anyue, who was wearing a mask, felt a lot more free all of a sudden, so she walked around those interesting stalls and took a few steps but there was no response. When she turned her head, she noticed that there were many people wearing the same masks as them, and at this time, these people were heading in the direction of the lantern festival, squeezing her over.
"Shen Yue! Shen Yue! Li Anyue panicked and shouted at the people wearing black masks around her, and a nervousness spread from the bottom of her heart. The annual lantern parade is being held at the Lantern Festival, and it is said that the Oiran of Tenyang Castle also dances on the lanterns, and people want to see it. Li Anyue was involuntarily pushed to the side of the lantern festival by the crowd of people, and suddenly felt that he was grabbed by a pair of hands, and in a panic he wanted to shake off but was grabbed tighter, and then fell directly into a strong embrace.
"Yue'er." Li Anyue heard the hoarse voice of the person in front of her, and then smelled the fragrance of the Qionghua that she had smelled before, and suddenly felt at ease, as if she had found light in the dark.
"Woo, Shen Yue, I thought you were gone." Li Anyue couldn't help but whimper, when she was taken away by the abortion just now, she couldn't move, that helplessness reminded her of the scene that day when she helplessly watched her mother being engulfed in fire, and the whole person trembled with fear.
"Wherever you are, I'll find you." Shen Yue hugged her tightly in her arms, as if she was also worried that she would be taken away.
The two of them stood on the street for a long time, waiting for the crowd to disperse before parting, and they seemed a little embarrassed, but the two held hands tightly, for fear that the scene just now would happen again.
Li Anyue fell into the water that year and fell into the root of the cold, although the master would always soak herself in a medicinal bath to drive away the cold, but it still didn't work, so her hands were always cold, she felt the warmth of another warm palm from her palm, and couldn't help but clench hard. The palm wasn't very smooth, and there were some small calluses, but it was wide and warm, wrapping her hand tightly. Li Anyue's heart has been beating rapidly, whether it is in her previous life or in this life, it is the first time she has held hands with a man so intimately, she is glad that she is wearing a mask at the moment, otherwise she will definitely see her ridiculously red face.
"Shen Yue, do you want to go see the Oiran?" Li Anyue looked at the cheering crowd in the distance, and asked the man next to him hesitantly.
"Do you want to see it?" Shen Yue's voice was as gentle as ever.
"To be honest, I still want to see if this Oiran is really as beautiful as people say, but there are too many people." Li Anyue remembered the scene just now, shuddered for a moment, but decided to give up.
"In that case, I won't go."
"Wouldn't that be a pity?" It's good that I'm a woman, but men generally like to watch Oiran.
"You want me to see it?" Shen Yue looked at her amusedly.
Li Anyue lowered her head embarrassedly when asked like this, "No, no, I'm just afraid that you missed this opportunity, and I think it's a pity." ”
"You can watch Oiran whenever you want."
Hearing such an answer, Li Anyue felt a little lost inexplicably, yes, Shen Yue is also a rich son, and she wants to see the Oiran throw off the silver ticket soon, so what are you worried about.
"But looking at you is much more precious than looking at Oiran." Li Anyue touched her forehead, the corners of her mouth turned up again, and pulled her to continue shopping.
Li Anyue followed him in a daze, and didn't know what to say for a while, so she could only pretend to look around. After a long time, Li Anyue's attention was gradually attracted by the novelty on the stall, and then he relaxed, pulling Shen Yue to look here and there.
"Ah, this lantern is so cute!"
"Shen Yue, look at this puppet!"
"Wow, I didn't think there were candy pinchers here!"
"Shen Yue ......"