Why did you come here?
Qu Jingyun looked at the newcomer with a look of surprise and couldn't wait to ask.
"I heard the lantern festival is going to be very lively tonight. Don't you love crowds? I was thinking of going out for a stroll together. What do you think?"
Shen Yunting's eyes were filled with tender affection, as if he could only see her.
"Don't you need to stay with your mother?" Qu Jingyun suppressed her excitement and asked.
Shen Yunting shook his head: "Mother prefers quiet, and besides, she is getting old and doesn't like to move around. She will probably rest early tonight."
He walked a few steps to Qu Jingyun and slightly lowered his brows.
Want to come together?
"Of course," Qu Jingyun agreed without hesitation.
But as soon as she said it, her expression became somewhat conflicted.
"At my age, I'm afraid people will laugh at me for being undignified if I go out to visit lantern festivals."
As people get older, they tend to pay more attention to trivial matters.
Qu Jingyun is a perfect example!
People my age tonight are probably all at home entertaining guests or taking care of household chores.
The lantern festivals on the streets have always been geared towards young people.
If you run into an acquaintance on the street, who knows how they'll laugh at you?
Upon hearing this, Shen Yunting couldn't help but chuckle.
"It's not a big deal. When did you start caring about what other people think?"
Qu Jingyun glanced at him sideways, her cheeks flushing.
Before she could say anything, Shen Yunting took a mask from somewhere and put it directly on Qu Jingyun's face.
Then he laughed freely: "Is this alright now?"
Qu Jingyun looked at it curiously, casually touched it, and then nodded.
The two left the Qu residence and walked onto the main street.
The last time I walked carefree on the street with Shen Yunting was several years ago.
It has a different kind of charm now.
“You should like this lantern.” Shen Yunting suddenly took a rabbit-shaped lantern and handed it to Qu Jingyun.
Qu Jingyun accepted it with a smile.
The two walked down the street like an ordinary couple.
Along the way, Shen Yunting would occasionally buy things from the roadside and hand them to Qu Jingyun.
Qu Jingyun accepted them one by one, feeling a sense of satisfaction.
Just then, a cracking sound suddenly came from behind.
The two quickly turned their heads and saw fireworks going off in the sky not far away.
Excited shouts filled the air.
A faint smile involuntarily appeared on Qu Jingyun's lips.
Perhaps this is what they, as a couple separated for many years, longed for.
The country is prosperous and the people live in peace and contentment.
This year's lantern festival was obviously much more lively than in previous years, supposedly because the emperor was celebrating his great victory at the border.
However, these words sounded particularly ironic to Shen Yunting.
This great contributor ultimately met such an end.
Seeing the disappointment in Shen Yunting's eyes, Qu Jingyun immediately understood what he was thinking.
She quickly reached out and gently took his hand to comfort him.
Shen Yunting smiled in response, putting those negative emotions behind him.
Meanwhile, Shen Yue affectionately held Yin Xue's arm, her face beaming with excitement.
He looked at this for a while, then looked at that for a while.
During the five years that Qu Jingyun was away, she was trapped in the General's Mansion, and these things were quite unfamiliar to her.
I couldn't help but get excited, wishing I had more eyes to see everything.
Yin Xue saw this and naturally let her have her way.
"Sister-in-law, Father should be taking Mother out to play now, Mother should be very happy."
Shen Yue couldn't help but say, "I told my mother today that I didn't want to come out with her, and she seemed quite disappointed."
Yin Xue nodded and said, "Seeing how good Father and Mother's relationship is, we younger generations can rest assured."
"At first, I was a little worried that the two families would end up having a falling out."
“Yes,” Shen Yue agreed.
She was startled when she bumped into a man in Qu Jingyun's room a few days ago, and her heart was filled with turmoil.
Now that she sees it was all a misunderstanding, she is relieved.
Although she wanted to see her mother happy and content in her later years, she also didn't want her father to die alone.
Thinking of this, Shen Yue let out a long sigh of relief.
He then said, "It's fine as it is now."
But the next moment, she turned her gaze to Yin Xue, hesitated for a moment, and leaned closer to ask, "Then, sister-in-law, what about you and my brother? Will you forgive him?"
Upon hearing this, Yin Xue gave a bitter smile.
“I definitely don’t want to divorce him, not for his sake, but more for the sake of this family.”
“If we get divorced, I definitely won’t be able to find a husband’s family as harmonious as mine. My own family will definitely not let me stay either. My mother-in-law has always been someone I admire, and it would be wonderful to be able to stay by her side.”
Finally, Yin Xue's gaze fell on Shen Yue, and a faint smile slowly appeared on her lips.
He reached out and gently stroked the tip of her nose with a look of doting affection.
"I am very happy to have a sister-in-law like you, so naturally I don't want to leave."
"But as for your older brother, I have been completely broken by him. I have no hope for him anymore. We have known each other since childhood and grew up together as childhood sweethearts."
“I still remember how good he was to me when I was a child, so when he proposed to me with the promise of a lifetime of love, I didn’t even think twice before agreeing. But who could have imagined that our relationship would end up like this?”
Yin Xue's expression grew increasingly pitiful as she took a deep breath.
She continued, "I can even accept that he has fallen for someone else, but I can't accept that he completely disregards my feelings, even belittles me with his words, and doesn't believe me at all."
“I can’t help but think about those things whenever I see him. I have to admit that we can never go back to how things were before.”
“I know in my heart that after what happened with Lin Qingping, he is probably wary of relationships and may even be planning to spend the rest of his life with me. But even so, I can’t open my heart to him again.”
"It's good that things are peaceful as they are now, and this is indeed the kind of life I want."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yue shook her head inwardly.
She said apologetically, "Sister-in-law, there's something I'm about to say that might upset you, but I'm actually quite envious of your life now."
Yin Xue chuckled and said frankly, "Why would I be unhappy about this? You're not the only one in the capital who envies me."
She is loved by her mother-in-law, has a harmonious relationship with her husband's family, and her husband has no concubines who compete for her affections. He treats her with the utmost respect.
Among the noble ladies who got married, they were all extremely lucky.
Every time she chatted with her best friend, she could hear the envy in her words.
Seeing that Yin Xue didn't care, Shen Yue couldn't help but sigh, "I wish I could live like this with my sister-in-law in the future."
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