"Hmm..... The sun is about to rise. ”

Still a little sleepy-eyed and stretched, Lu Yu lazily got up from the bed.

The Great Wall Guards couldn't sleep, even though the morning sun had just risen, and everything was hidden in the vitality that had not yet burst out.

"Wait, it's August 25?!"

The hand that was flipping through the calendar suddenly stopped in the air, and a big news rushed into his mind.

It turned out that today was his birthday, Lu Yu remembered.

However, this is also according to the world where he was originally located, and now that he is in the world of the king, there may be some deviations in time.

But, soon, Lu Yu's hand was lowered, just like his lowered eyebrows at this time.

"Tsk, it's just a birthday, and it's not interesting anyway."

He smiled self-deprecatingly, and his enthusiasm was extinguished by the cold water he had spilled.

Since he was a child, Lu Yu has never been celebrated by anyone else, and every time he is alone in front of the seemingly gorgeous and luxurious birthday cake, staring at the candlelight that seems to be burning, silently making a wish that will not happen at all.

When the candle is blown out, a little brightness in the heart is also extinguished.

Nothing interesting, and even less so meaningful.

Instead of thinking about how to spend your birthday, you should think about what you should have for lunch today.

Since Lu Yu followed Baili to learn from the promise, his cooking skills have also improved a lot, and Hua Mulan even laughed and said that in the future, there is no need to bother only one person to keep the promise.

It's better to have a good meal today, even if you treat yourself.

With this thought, Lu Yu walked to the kitchen.

But, early in the morning, there was smoke coming out of the kitchen.

The rising smoke looks hazy and illusory in the reflection of the morning sun, like a wisp of tulle.

Moreover, through the smoke, you can smell a pungent fragrance.

"Keeping the promise? You've started preparing meals so early? ”

Entering the kitchen, Lu Yu first saw Shou Yu who was busy with his work.

"Hehe, we have to improve our food today, of course we have to work earlier."

Shou Yu smiled mysteriously, and at the same time beckoned Lu Yu: "Since you are here, then help me do it." ”

"Oh."

Lu Yu came in response, and at the same time he was thinking in his heart.

Improving food?

Could it be that today is a special day?

Could it be that you keep the promise and know that today is your birthday?

Improve your food, do you want to surprise yourself?

"Oh, keep the contract, you don't have to improve the food so politely, how embarrassing it will be then."

Lu Yu said with a smile while helping to add firewood.

I even knew my birthday, and I wanted to surprise myself, and it was really heartwarming to keep the promise.

"Excuse me? Well...... Also, the sudden surprise seemed to be a bit ...... for her By the way, Lu Yu, do you also know that today is the captain's birthday? ”

"Uh-huh...... Well? ”

Regarding the question of keeping the promise, Lu Yu first nodded subconsciously, but then realized that this sentence was not talking about himself.

It's talking about Mulan.

Good guy, it turns out that he dared to improve the food this time, and it was not for himself, so he was excited.

Slowly,

Is it Mulan's birthday today?

Originally, he was still in a little lost, but when Lu Yu reacted back, he was speechless in shock.

"Oh, don't you know?"

Shou Yue was also taken aback, after listening to what Lu Yu said just now, he thought he knew that today was Mulan's birthday.

"If you don't know, keep it a secret."

Shou Yu knocked on his head and smiled helplessly, but he didn't expect that it was only early in the morning, and it had already been exposed.

"Today is not only the captain's birthday, but also another special day."

Shouyo said slowly as he prepared the dishes.

"Special?"

"That's right, today is the Qixi Festival."

Stopping the spoon in his hand to make the golden soup, Shouyo smiled softly and sunnyly.

"The captain has been so busy guarding the Great Wall that she has forgotten her own birthday. Although birthday is not a very important thing, since I have caught up with two special days today, I have a surprise for her, and it is also to thank you for taking care of all of us all the time. ”

"The Qixi Festival is here, I don't know where the cowherd who belongs to Sister Mulan is?"

Shook his head with a wry smile, this sentence must not be heard by Mulan, Shouyue said to Lu Yu.

"Keep the promise, actually..... Today is also my birthday. ”

“......”

"Bang Dang"

As if hearing something terrible, Shouyo's usually calm and quiet face became extremely surprised, and it was so incredible that even the spoon in his hand fell to the ground.

......

The sunlight passed through the clouds and refracted into the desert.

In the endless yellow sand, there is a guan market, although it is not luxurious and magnificent, but although the sparrows are small and complete, many business travelers and border people communicate with each other here, and the economy and environment are still called middle and upper class.

However, it is often such a closed market, which is usually coveted by bandits in the desert, or those demon seeds.

But for some reason, today, I can't find a trace of the enemy, and I can't smell a trace of murderous intent.

The wind and the sun are beautiful, except for some scorching waves above the desert, there seems to be no place for people to find fault at all.

"Isn't it too strange to be a little calm today?"

Mulan crossed her arms, and despite the peaceful atmosphere around her, she still couldn't put her mind at ease.

"Sister Mulan, if there is no situation, you don't have to be so nervous."

Lu Yu smiled bitterly on the side, this is a good date, it is naturally best that no one comes to disturb it, but Mulan's vigilance is still so sensitive.

"I don't know why they suggested that we come to this place."

Shaking her head a little helplessly, Mulan sighed softly.

"Ahem, Sister Mulan, isn't it the best situation for the people to be safe and sound? Since there is no special situation now, why don't we take a look around this closed market? ”

Lu Yu suggested, although his face didn't look abnormal at this time, but at this moment, his heart was pounding.

"Well, you're right, it's not a bad thing to relax once in a while."

Mulan smiled heartily.

At this time, inside the Great Wall.

"Keep the promise, are you sure the two of them stay together, it's okay?"

Su Lie was holding a bowl of wine, but in front of his huge body, that bowl of wine was as small as a bean sprout.

He is a rough man, he doesn't understand the relationship between men and women, but he just thinks it's a little inappropriate.

At the same time, his eyes inadvertently glanced towards the indifferent armor on the side.

"Hehe, on rare days, it's not a bad thing to let Lu Yu relax with the captain."

Shoujo smiled as he wiped the sniper rifle in his hand.

"It's really fake, that kid actually has the same birthday as Mulanshi."

Su Lie shook his head and passed the wine to his lips.

"Armor, what do you think?"

Drinking the liquor in the bowl easily, Su Lie handed over a wine jar to the armor beside him.

"It has nothing to do with me."

He didn't refuse the wine jar, but his blue eyes didn't seem to blink even a bit, just like his indifferent eyes at this time.

The armor stood up silently, and then left silently with the jar of wine.

"Armor, you won't be angry and leave, will you?"

Su Lie sighed, he originally just wanted to give the armor a sip of spirits, but now the entire wine jar has been taken.

"If he was really angry, Lu Yu wouldn't be as lively as he is now."

Finally wiped the sniper rifle's magnifier clean, Shou Yu smiled with satisfaction, I don't know if this smile is for himself, or for the two people who are far away in Guanshi.

......

"Hey, this is ......"

"Miss, you really know the goods, this is a bracelet made of the most beautiful agate in the entire cloud desert! How about it, if you like it, how about I sell it to you at a 5% discount? ”

"But I didn't say I wanted to buy it."

Walking through many shops, the goods inside can be described as dazzling, everything is available, and people are overwhelmed.

And Mulan is even more curious about those jewelry made of agate or crystal jade.

"Eh, miss, this is your partner, right? How about letting him buy it for you? ”

The boss of the mustache didn't wait for Mulan's trembling lips to squeeze out an excuse, and then turned a greasy smile to Lu Yu and said:

"Young man, I see that you are a couple, you are really a talented and beautiful woman, a natural pair! In this way, today happens to be the Qixi Festival, as long as you buy this bracelet now, I will give you a ninety-nine discount, and buy one get one free, I wish you a long time! Think about it, such a beautiful bracelet with such a beautiful beauty......"

The boss rubbed his hands and smiled expectantly, but the smile made people look very obscene.

"Ahem, that, we're not a couple."

Lu Yu glanced at Mulan, who was beside him with black lines on her face, and explained with a wry smile.

"Oh? Could it be that it is a brother and sister......"

The boss rubbed his mustache and guessed.

", you can't sell it yet."

Afraid that Mulan couldn't help but be angry, Lu Yu hurriedly diverted the topic.

"Sell, the same as before, it's still ninety-nine fold, nine hundred and ninety-thousand."

The boss snapped his nose indifferently.

"Ninety-nine fold? Boss, what's the difference between this and no discount? ”

Lu Yu couldn't help but laugh angrily, when he told Mulan before, didn't he still say a five-fold discount?

Moreover, it is still 990,000, and this boss is afraid that he has not drunk fake wine.

"Young man, this bracelet of mine is made of agate hewn out of the Jade City, and it is priceless! Sell you at a ninety-nine discount, I have already lost a lot of money! ”

What the boss said seemed to be very true, but as everyone knows, in terms of bargaining, Lu Yu is much more proficient than him.

"Boss, look at the color of your agate, green and red, it's not pure, and this edge and corner are not smoothed at all, that's it? I didn't expect to dare to sell for 990,000 yuan. ”

"You...... So what price do you want? ”

The boss blew his beard and stared, but he didn't expect this young man to have such good eyesight and not be easy to fool.

"A thousand gold coins, love or not."

Lu Yu crossed his arms and looked calm, waiting to continue the bargain.

"Okay, a thousand is a thousand, count me unlucky."

The boss pretended to lose a lot of money and said heartache.

"Mulan...... Sister, how about it, if you like it, I'll buy it. ”

Lu Yu looked at Mulan beside him, but Mulan lowered her head at this time, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.

"No need."

The whispered words, as if they would be drowned in the sea of people at any time, Mulan slowly raised her head, and the blush on her face made people feel compassion.

"Originally, I wanted to buy it, but you said that this bracelet has so many shortcomings, so I don't want to buy it."

Hua Mulan turned her head a little arrogantly, as if she didn't want to look at Lu Yu's eyes.

"Boss, I bought it."

handed out the gold coins, took the two bracelets from the boss, and before Mulan's slightly red lips could say anything, Lu Yu wrapped the bracelet around Mulan's hand.

“......”

Hua Mulan didn't refuse, just stared at Lu Yu silently, carefully wrapping the bracelet around her hand.

At the same time, Lu Yu also wrapped another one around his hand.

"This is a commemoration, today is the birthday of the two of us, this is the memory of the two of us."

Lu Yu muttered, the warm afternoon sun shone on his face, as if sprinkled with a layer of broken gold, and his smile looked even more gentle.

"Look, isn't that pretty?"

Raising his hand, it corresponded to the bracelet in Mulan's hand, Lu Yu smiled.

"Uh-huh....."

The crystal clear bracelet, under the noon sun, exudes a unique light, making Mulan a little dazzling, just like the turbulent mind at this time.

......

At night, inside the Great Wall.

"Keep the promise, the dishes are cold, haven't Mulan and Lu Yu come back yet?"

Su Lie opened his mouth and said, this dinner was originally for the whole team to celebrate their birthdays when they were waiting for Mulan and Lu Yu to come back together, but it had been a long time, and there was no news of the two of them.

"Wow, brother, I'm so hungry!"

Xuan Ce fluttered, wanting to climb onto the dining table to have a good meal, but was "ruthlessly" dragged down by the promise.

"Perhaps, it's to see the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet."

Shou Yue stroked Xuan Ce's little head and smiled helplessly.

......

The sand is like snow, and the stars are like the sea.

Looking back at the endless desert in front of him, it is like the endless sky and the endless galaxy at this time.

Hua Mulan and Lu Yu sat on the Great Wall, staring at the starry sky.

"Once a year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet in the Milky Way."

Lu Yu told the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, while Mulan listened quietly on the side.

Today, she is very happy, especially with Lu Yu by her side, which made her spend a happy birthday for the first time.

The feeling that she had never felt before made her feel that something seemed to be slowly sprouting in her heart.

"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl? Are they companions? ”

Looking at the endless Tianhe stupidly, Mulan asked.

"Well, although the sky is different, the two of them will still meet on the day of Qixi after all."

"It's nice to be able to watch over each other."

Lu Yu also looked at the sky affectionately and emotionally, as if that piece was the Milky Way where the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met.

“......”

Turning her head slightly, Mulan's gaze refocused on Lu Yu's face.

Some choked up, and there seemed to be no words in their throats.

So, Lu Yu, between us, what is it?

On the horizon, there were two shining meteors, streaking side by side.

PS: Some places have nothing to do with history, they are purely personal feelings, and it is fun to write this.