Chapter 101: The Fox Face and the Clown
The Lantern Festival is in the night market, which is next to a river in the city, and the water is clear, although it is inky against the background of the night, but it does not look dirty.
On the surface of the river, there are a few orange lights, which are the lights of the stalls by the river.
Xia You took Yuna and Su Luo to the river, and the originally spacious street was full of pedestrians because of the Lantern Festival.
Many of them, like Xia You, wore Hanfu.
The traditional culture of this world is much more popular than that of the earth.
Even though the clothes are not conspicuous, because of Yuna's cuteness and Su Luo's charm, Xia You and the three of them still attract the attention of many passers-by.
Yuna and Su Luo were not ordinary people, they didn't care about the gaze cast on them, and the two looked around.
Yuna was looking at the snacks on the side of the road, while Su Luo was looking at the crowd on both sides.
This girl really likes human beings!
Xia You came to one of the stalls and bought three paper lanterns, which were made of bamboo and paper, and a small candle was placed in them.
There are also plastic battery lights on the stalls, but the paper lanterns and hanfu are more compatible.
Xia You gave the lamp in his hand to Yuna and Su Luo.
Su Luo was happy, and Yuna was not interested. Waiting for the paper flowers in her hand to Su Luo, the girl ran to the side stall to buy snacks.
"It's just hanging out now, and in another hour, there's fireworks to watch." Xia You and Su Luo introduced, although it was also the first time for him to participate in such a festival.
"Fireworks? The one who injured the Year Beast? Su Luo was a little afraid.
"That's just a legend, and it's firecrackers, not fireworks." Xia You comforted the girl, "Fireworks are usually not allowed in the city, but this is a rare scene in a year." ”
"I'll try!"
What do you need to work on to watch fireworks!
With the girl, Natsuyo followed behind Yuna, and the three of them ate roadside snacks while waiting for the arrival of fireworks time.
When he walked to a bridge, Su Luo pointed to the river and asked curiously, "What is over there?" ”
Following the girl's fingers, Xia You saw a group of people gathered around the river, and put a lotus-shaped boat in the river, and there were small candles on the lotus, and the candles emitted a faint orange light, and the orange light gathered on the river, which looked very gorgeous.
Xia You didn't know what this lotus lantern was called, he looked at Su Luo: "Let's go over and take a look!" ”
Pulling Yuna, who refused to turn back, Xia You took Su Luo to the river.
At the stall by the river, there were vendors selling lotus boats, who bought some boats, and Xia You and the three of them put them together.
Watching the lotus boat he released sway to the center of the river little by little, converging into a clear sea, Su Luo showed a look of longing:
"Humans are amazing!"
"Aren't there any festivals for youkai?" Xia You asked.
"Yokai's festival is all about drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking." Thinking back to the monster party she attended, the girl disliked it.
"It's a youkai after all." Xia You is not strange at all, if the gathering of monsters also takes various forms like humans, it is not normal.
"Don't go any further, the fireworks will start soon, and if you look at it here, it's clearer."
At Xia You's suggestion, the three of them did not leave, they gave up the position by the open river, stood in a corner next to it, and waited.
Next to them, there are also people waiting for the fireworks, many of them wearing plastic masks on their faces.
Su Luo's gaze swept over the masked people from time to time.
Xia You then searched around and locked on a vendor selling masks.
After talking to the girl and the girl, Xia You came to the mask stall and bought three masks, a pig mask, a clown mask, and a fox mask.
The pig mask is in the style of a child, Xia You handed it to Yuna, and among the remaining clown masks and fox masks, the fox mask is the most gorgeous, and it also corresponds to the girl's body, Xia You handed it to Su Luo.
Taking the mask, Su Luo hesitated.
"Don't like this?" Xia You handed the clown mask to the girl again.
Taking the clown mask, the girl smiled.
"The fox face is more beautiful, right? Why do you like clowns instead? Xia You asked.
"Because clowns are human!" The girl raised her hands, holding a clown mask and a fox mask in both hands, "Although it looks like a fox face, I prefer humans!" ”
"That's right."
"Well, thank you Xiaoyou!" Accepting the clown mask, Su Luo was about to hand the fox mask to Xia You, but at this time, a sound interrupted the girl's movements.
The sound sounded across the river, and at the same time, more than a dozen white rays of light rose into the sky, and scattered fireworks lit up the entire sky.
Fireworks, it's on.
Looking at Xia You, who was already watching the fireworks, Su Luo tied the fox face around his waist and put on a clown mask.
"How's that, is it pretty?" The girl asked Xia You.
Xia You turned his head and looked at the girl.
The white Hanfu on the girl's body and the bright fireworks behind her look particularly beautiful.
"That clown mask, it's still funny." Xia You couldn't help but laugh, "It's better to change to a fox face, right?" ”
"No, I just like this!" Holding the mask on his face, Su Luo let out a crisp laugh.
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Good things always dissipate quickly, and after the fireworks are over, the people on the street also leave in twos and threes, and after accompanying Yuna to eat the whole street, Xia You and the three of them walked on the way back.
Su Luo handed the fox face around his waist to Xia You.
"If you like the mask, keep it." Xia You didn't pick it up, he didn't like masks, and if it weren't for the girl's curiosity, he wouldn't have bought them.
Without pretension, Su Luo continued to tie the fox face around his waist, wearing a clown mask and being funny.
"Wow——!" She suddenly brought her face in front of Yuna and tried to scare the girl.
"You're a clown, not a ghost!" Xia You knocked on the girl's head, the girl has always been steady, but after participating in the Lantern Festival, she became a little lively.
Either way, it's always good to be lively.
The three of them walked on the road, the street lights were dim at night, and the paper lanterns in the hands of the three of them had long burned out of candles.
Now the three lamps are in Su Luo's hands, and the girl wants to keep them as a souvenir.
After a while, the three returned to the apartment building and took the elevator to the twelfth floor.
The apartment was very quiet, and the occupants had barely returned.
When the three of them came to the door of the apartment, they saw a figure standing outside the corridor, and Su Luo immediately recognized the figure.
"Aman? Why are you here? ”
The man's body trembled, and he slowly turned his head, as if he didn't want to see Su Luo, but he couldn't run away now.
Through the light of the corridor, Xia You found that the man's face was a little pale.
"What's going on?" Su Luo also noticed that something was wrong, and she asked nervously.
The man opened his mouth bitterly: "Chief, he has died." ”
The paper lantern in Su Luo's hand fell to the ground all of a sudden.