Chapter 66 Lighting Lanterns and Making Wishes
"Three with one."
"King bomb."
"I can't bear it."
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In the afternoon, Ji Zhou and his friends sat on the lawn playing cards.
Yu Chucheng was looking at his phone nearby, secretly looking for someone to find a way to get the surveillance footage of the cruise ship that night.
After all, he saw Zhang Guangzhi and Zhang Wan arguing that night. Zhang Guangzhi didn't recognize him at the time, so he might try to check the surveillance footage afterwards.
Yu Chucheng was usually too lazy to expand his social circle, but he remembered that one of his brother’s college classmates worked in the Chamber of Commerce, and he had added Yu Chucheng on WeChat when he came to their house for dinner.
Yu Chucheng frowned as he flipped through the list.
It’s broken. I didn’t make any notes at the time and now I can’t find anyone.
Yu Chucheng picked up the bottle of water beside him, opened it and took a sip. The people who were playing cards suddenly stopped talking and looked at him in unison.
Yu Chucheng licked his dry lips and asked, "Why are you all looking at me?"
Ji Zhou looked at Yu Chucheng, then looked at the mineral water in Yu Chucheng's hand, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Xu Mengshu and Ji Zhou's goddess pursed her lips and said nothing, just staring at the water in Yu Chucheng's hand.
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Yu Chucheng looked down at the bottle of mineral water in his hand with doubt, "Is there any problem?"
Duan Huaijin, who had just finished throwing away the garbage, came over from not far away and said, "You drank the wrong bottle. That bottle is mine."
Yu Chucheng was stunned for two seconds, then quickly glanced to the left.
Shit, he had even peeled off the plastic layer on the outside of the mineral water bottle to make it easier to distinguish them, but he was so absorbed in looking at his phone just now that he just picked up the water on the right.
"It's okay, you drink it." Duan Huaijin bent down and picked up the bottle that originally belonged to Yu Chucheng, "It's the same if I drink this."
Yu Chucheng: “…”
Xu Mengshu had a melon-eating smile on his face, and accidentally pressed Ji Zhou's card.
"What are you doing! I still have two cards left and we will win!" Ji Zhou yelled.
Yu Chucheng said nothing and pretended not to care. He sat cross-legged and looked for someone, but his ear seemed to be uncomfortable. He rubbed it hard twice with his hand, and the water next to it did not move.
Yu Chucheng finally found the person he was looking for among the vast crowd of people in the WeChat list, and the other party was also very enthusiastic.
But two hours later, the other party told Yu Chucheng that the surveillance footage of the cruise night had been destroyed. He didn't know who it was, but he was sure it wasn't Zhang Guangzhi, because Zhang Guangzhi's arms couldn't reach that far and he could only check the surveillance footage at most.
Things suddenly became brain-burning, and Yu Chucheng felt that his brain memory was a little insufficient.
The most romantic time of this lakeside park is at night. Now is the season with the most beautiful scenery. The leaves of the surrounding fir trees have turned yellow, and some have fallen to the ground like a carpet.
"Every October night, many people release Kongming lanterns by the lake. Let's go there later. It is said that if you write a wish on the lantern, it will come true. Several of my classmates said it is very effective."
Seeing that Ji Zhou and his goddess would soon become brothers if he continued like this, Xu Mengshu couldn't help but add fuel to the fire.
Yu Chucheng was very disdainful at first, and said, "This is something couples play with, I won't go."
However, more than ten minutes later, when people by the lake released lit Kongming lanterns into the night sky one after another, the lake surface was reflected with twinkling lights, which was particularly beautiful. The surrounding fir trees were dyed orange and yellow under the reflection of the lights.
Yu Chucheng stood by the lake and looked up at the Kongming lanterns. His heart was moved and he couldn't help but wonder if it was really effective.
Duan Huaijin quietly watched Yu Chucheng's back and walked over from behind, "Do you want to release it?"
Yu Chucheng said stubbornly, "Forget it."
Just now, Ji Zhou and the others invited him to go, but he refused. Now he is willing to go so quickly, which is really embarrassing.
Duan Huaijin's mouth curved slightly, "I want to let go."
"Then let's go."
Yu Chucheng walked towards Ji Zhou and the others without saying a word.
"Hey, don't you say you don't believe these? Why are you here again?" Ji Zhou had already put a lamp up, and when he saw Yu Chucheng coming over, he laughed.
Yu Chucheng's face was stern. "He wanted to let it go."
"Duan Huaijin?" Ji Zhou glanced at Duan Huaijin in surprise.
No matter how you look at it, it seems that Duan Huaijin is the one who is not interested in this kind of entertainment.
"Stop talking nonsense. Where is the marker?" Yu Chucheng asked.
Ji Zhou pointed them in the direction, "It's over there where lamps are sold. If you buy one of their lamps, you can use it for free."
After Ji Zhou and the goddess finished lighting the lanterns, he was curious about what wish Yu Chucheng would write on the paper, so he shamelessly came over to take a look.
Yu Chucheng blocked it with his hands so that he couldn't see it.
Ji Zhou curled his lips, "Why are you so stingy? Why are you being so mysterious?"
Xu Mengshu came over in time and grabbed Ji Zhou, "Haven't you heard that wishes won't work if they're seen by others?"
Yu Chucheng was disturbed by Ji Zhou and he stumbled a lot and it took him a long time to finish writing.
Ji Zhou stopped reading and just said jokingly, "It took so long to write, it seems like you wrote a lot of words."
Yu Chucheng lowered his head and glanced at the contents of the note: "..."
In fact, there were not many words, but he just wanted to write it more seriously.
Originally he didn't believe in these things, but since he had made the wish, he might as well write it a little more beautifully, so that people can at least understand it. Otherwise, if there really are gods in heaven who can't even understand what he wrote, how can his wish come true?
Duan Huaijin finished writing very quickly. Yu Chucheng caught a glimpse of Duan Huaijin folding the piece of paper twice and then putting it into the Kongming lantern and securing it.
Ji Zhou: "You two can release it together and see who can float faster."
Yu Chucheng didn't even bother to roll his eyes at him, "You're so boring, you think this is horse racing?"
He deliberately fiddled with it slower than Duan Huaijin, and only after Duan Huaijin's lamp had gone up into the sky did he calmly put up his own lamp.
After the fire on the base was lit, Yu Chucheng felt inexplicably nervous holding the lamp in his hand. He always felt that the lamp in his hand was heavy.
Can this thing really fly?
Yu Chucheng loosened his grip half-believingly, and the fat Kongming lantern sank.
“…………”
What's going on? Did God refuse to accept his lamp because his handwriting is ugly?
Yu Chucheng stood there awkwardly, wondering if there was no wind just now that was why he couldn't fly.
Duan Huaijin, who was standing behind him, suddenly reached out and gently held his hand holding the lamp.
The dry and warm palm pressed against the slightly cool back of the hand, wrapping Yu Chucheng's hand effortlessly.
Yu Chucheng's breathing trembled, and his arm was raised a little higher by Duan Huaijin.
"We have to send it up."
Duan Huaijin's voice fell from above his head, and Yu Chucheng felt as if something was pressing against his back. He raised his head slightly, and gently loosened his hands as Duan Huaijin guided him.
His disappointing lamp really rose slowly.
It floats higher and higher, and it looks pretty good.
Xu Mengshu whispered in Ji Zhou's ear, "Look at the atmosphere there, can you learn from them?"
Ji Zhou stared in amazement as Yu Chucheng released the Kongming lantern with the help of Duan Huaijin. If he stood behind Yu Chucheng like this, he would probably be hit by an elbow before his hand even touched Yu Chucheng's lung.
"Mom, look! There are so many lights in the sky!"
A naughty kid was so excited that he rushed through the crowd as if the whole road belonged to him. When he met someone in front of him, he pushed them away.
His mother chased after him, but she was unable to do anything.
"careful."
Duan Huaijin put his arm around Yu Chucheng's waist and gently pulled him back, away from the rushing naughty child.
Yu Chucheng subconsciously tilted his head, "Thank you..."
The tip of his nose just brushed against Duan Huaijin's thin lips.
They didn't know when they became so close, so close that they could see themselves in each other's eyes. Even their eyelashes could be clearly counted.
Duan Huaijin hugged Yu Chucheng around the waist from behind, and from the side, Yu Chucheng's entire body was almost encircled.
"Cough——!" Ji Zhou choked on his own saliva.
Why do I feel like this is a very suitable time to play the BGM of an idol drama?
On the way back, Ji Zhou and Yu Chucheng walked in front.
Ji Zhou stared at Yu Chucheng's face, "Why do I feel your heart beating?"
Yu Chucheng didn't even want to pay attention to him. "If you don't jump, you'll die. What's the point of that?"
"That's not what I meant." Ji Zhou was not good at Chinese and scratched his head, not knowing how to express himself.
Anyone with a normal mental state knows that the heart beats. This is common sense and there is no need to feel it.
But now he was walking with Yu Chucheng, and he seemed to hear a faint thudding sound in his ears.
There were no aunties or uncles dancing square dance around, and he seemed to really feel his brother's heart beating, and it was beating quite fast.
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