Unexpectedly, he hadn't forgotten; it was just that the time had been postponed.
"Open it and take a look." Dongli Lu Cang smiled and gestured for Yunzhi to open it, looking at her expectantly.
Yunzhi glanced at Dongli Lucang before slowly opening the gift, and was completely stunned. Inside the box was a woman carved from red jade, dressed in a red robe, looking heroic and dashing.
Yunzhi was not surprised by the material of the statue, but by the person. If she wasn't mistaken, it was her former self.
Looking at herself, Yunzhi felt a mix of emotions. She turned to Dongli Lucang and asked, "Did you carve this yourself?"
“Yes!” Dongli Lu Cang nodded with a smile. He had originally planned to give Yunzhi the same thing, but it would have been made of wood.
On the afternoon of the horse race, he received a red jade stone, which he thought was very good. He thought it would be beautiful if he carved cloud branches on it.
Therefore, he postponed delivering the gift to Yunzhi until today.
The finished product was indeed stunning.
"When did you see me? I don't know how I've ever seen you before," Yunzhi asked curiously. If she had seen Dongli Lucang, she wouldn't be unfamiliar with him.
However, she had no memory of anyone named Dongli Lucang.
Otherwise, she would have recognized him when he fell into her yard.
“A few years ago,” Dongli Lu Cang replied with a smile, his gaze somewhat distant, as if he had returned to the time when he first met Yunzhi.
That one glance was breathtaking, and he never forgot it in the years that followed.
He had tried to find her, but to no avail. Then, the old man cast a divination for him, which not only cured him of the poison but also led him to the girl he had been longing for.
Upon hearing this answer, Yunzhi couldn't help but tease, "Dongli Lu Cang, you didn't start having a crush on me back then, did you?"
Originally, Yunzhi was just joking, but Dongli Lucang replied with a smile, "That's right. From that moment on, you lived in my heart, making me unable to see any other woman. I thought I would never marry in this life, but I never expected that God would send you to my side."
"Zhizhi, I've liked you for a long time."
The sudden confession left Yunzhi flustered and at a loss. She regretted asking that question.
After a while, she gradually calmed down, and then looked at Dongli Lucang and said, "Dongli Lucang, I may not be able to like you as much as you like me, but I am willing to try to walk with you until the end of our lives."
"Your words are enough." Dongli Lu Cang smiled. He believed that in time, Yunzhi would like him as much as he liked her, and might even fall in love with him.
Perhaps because of the confession, Yunzhi and Dongli Lucang became much closer. Yunzhi didn't rush to leave but stayed at the Prince's residence until after lunch before returning home.
Yun Zhu, wearing the hairpin given to her by Qiu Feng, went to the Buddhist hall to find Madam Xu and happily said to her, "Mother, look how pretty the hairpin in my hair is!"
"It's beautiful. Where did you get it?" Madam Xu asked with a smile, looking at the hairpin. At that moment, she never imagined that this hairpin would be a gift from Qiu Feng to her daughter.
"It was a gift from someone."
"Who would give you such an expensive hairpin?" Madam Xu frowned, somewhat worried.
It's about reciprocity; if someone gives her daughter something, she should return it. This give-and-take dynamic is essential for a lasting relationship.
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