The soft moonlight shining on the familiar handwriting made Yuan Xi feel surprised and happy, with ripples in her heart.

At this time, Xiao Zhixuan came over and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that big brother would play this trick."

Yuan Xi turned around and glared at her deliberately, saying, "Stop pretending. You brought me here today on the orders of your eldest brother, right?"

Xiao Zhixuan stuck out her tongue, smiled noncommittally, and asked, "But what does this compass mean?"

Yuan Xi rolled his eyes and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this compass should be used in conjunction with the small fish made of magnets. By using different scales and orientations, the needle can point to a fixed direction."

But what was the direction? She lowered her head and pondered for a while, then said to herself, "This year is the year of Chen and Wei, so I'll try this as a direction first." She then borrowed the tail of a small magnet fish from the stall owner as a compass, followed the direction indicated by the compass, and came to a small stall opposite. The stall owner smiled at Yuan Xi and took out a lantern and handed it to her, saying, "Happy birthday, Madam."

Yuan Xi took the lantern with doubts, and found it a bit heavy to lift, and there was no candle lit inside. She thought for a moment, took off the lampshade, and found a small and cute silver lock inside, and a piece of paper next to it, which read: "The best birthday gift for a one-year-old child is a silver lock made by Jinbao Pavilion."

Yuan Xi felt a little strange, why did Xiao Du give her a one-year-old child's silver lock. So she followed the silver lock and read it again. According to the hexagram, Gengwu is the metal direction. She located Gengwu again and came to a small stall. The stall owner also smiled and handed her a flower lantern, saying, "Congratulations on your birthday, Madam."

Yuan Xi opened the lampshade again and found a lifelike clay figurine lying inside. On the paper note next to it was written: A two-year-old child is at the age of being curious and love to play, so I specially found the clay figurines made by Clay Figurine Zhang because they suit my taste best.

Yuan Xi already had a feeling in her heart, so she followed the clues and searched one by one. She found the bell drum she bought for her three-year-old... the sachet she bought for her five-year-old... the rouge she bought for her twelve-year-old, and the flower ornaments she bought for her thirteen-year-old... At this time, Yuan Xi was surrounded by onlookers. Every time she found a new gift, there would be cheers behind her, and they would congratulate her on her birthday together with the stall owner.

Yuan Xi had never received so many gifts in such a crowd. She felt a little embarrassed, yet she was also very excited. Her cheeks flushed with excitement, and she couldn't help wanting to find out what the next gift was.

Finally, she found the gift for her sixteenth birthday. Inside was a pair of white jade earrings with pearls. On the paper was written: White jade is flawless, pearls are hard to find, congratulations on your coming of age. Yuan Xi held the earrings tightly in her palm, and the warm touch was like a spring breeze blowing through her heart. She knew that he put a lot of thought into every gift, and her heart was touched and sweet, but she became more and more curious about what gift he would give her this year.

She followed the direction indicated by the compass and walked straight to the edge of Yuquan Lake. The shimmering lake was filled with prayer lanterns, like falling stars and swaying colorful streamers. At this time, a gold-painted and jade-embroidered painted boat slowly sailed towards the shore. Standing at the bow was a man in a fluttering red dress, with his hair tied up with a jade crown. He walked slowly against the colorful lanterns on the shore, like a handsome man from heaven.

Yuan Xi's eyes warmed up, and just as she was about to walk towards him, Xiao Du smiled and shook his head, and put his fingertips on his lips to signal her not to speak yet. Yuan Xi blinked, and felt that the hustle and bustle around her seemed to have disappeared, and there were only two people looking at each other across the sparkling waves. At this moment, Yuan Xi heard a bang, and then the sky full of fireworks bloomed behind Xiao Du, like flaming trees and silver flowers, and the stars scattered, instantly illuminating the sky, and Xiao Du's face was reflected in this ever-changing magnificence, and the light flashing in his eyes was enough to rival the fireworks behind him.

Yuan Xi was a little mesmerized by the sight. At this time, the pleasure boat finally arrived at the shore. Xiao Du smiled and stretched out his hand to her, saying, "Although these fireworks are not as beautiful as those in the palace, I have done my best. Are you satisfied, my lady?"

Yuan Xi's eyes sparkled with tears. She placed her hand in his palm and said with a smile, "This is the most beautiful fireworks I have ever seen in my life."

Xiao Du's expression slightly changed, and he gently led her onto the boat. He found that Yuan Xi was carrying a lot of gifts, and said with a smile: "Are you satisfied with my arrangement?"

Yuan Xi looked up and asked, "Why did you give me so many gifts for no reason?"

Xiao Du said: "You always said that you spent your birthdays very lonely when you were a child, and you never received any gifts. Today I will help you celebrate every birthday again and give you all 17 gifts at once. These gifts are all carefully selected by me, do you like them?"

Yuan Xi couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes at this moment. She lowered her head and whispered, "I like it. I like everything very much!" She felt that she looked a little bit rude, so she stretched out her hand and asked coquettishly, "What about this year's gift?"

Xiao Du smiled mysteriously, suddenly blindfolded her, and took her to the inner room of the cabin. Yuan Xi wanted to ask what was going on, but Xiao Du had already let go of her hand and whispered in her ear, "This is it."

Yuan Xi opened her eyes and couldn't believe what she saw. The whole cabin in front of her was transformed into a study room, with bookcases on all four walls. The bookcases were not only filled with books, but also marked according to categories. She felt as if she had seen a treasure. She excitedly went forward to look through the books and found that there were some rare books that she had only heard of but never seen. She turned around in surprise and asked, "Where did you find these books?"

Xiao Du smiled very proudly and said, "Of course it took a lot of effort. There are some books here, but even the Wenyuan Pavilion in the Imperial Palace doesn't have them."

He walked slowly to Yuan Xi's side, rested his head on her shoulder, and said, "It's a pity that time is too short, and I only have time to find these books for you. If you think there are no annotations in the pages, I will slowly annotate them for you page by page in the future." His voice was low and soft, and along with the melodious sound of bamboo outside the window, it penetrated into Yuan Xi's heart bit by bit, making her feel that the night view of the whole street was not as gorgeous as the one she had at the moment, so she turned around and hugged his waist tightly, but found that she could not say anything. She just buried her head in his chest and murmured, "A'Du, thank you."

Xiao Du chuckled, took her hand again, and led her to look inside the house. He pointed to an armchair by the window and said, "You can sit here and read books. When you look up, you can see the lake and the bustling streets." He pointed to a small round table next to it and said, "I will make tea for you and read books with you." He then pointed to another table and said, "You can also teach our children to write here and tell them stories from books."

Yuan Xi looked at the direction of his finger with fascination, imagining the scene he described. When she heard the word "child", she suddenly remembered something. Her face turned red, but she still stood on tiptoe and whispered something in Xiao Du's ear. Xiao Du lowered his head in surprise and said, "So you have to use this posture."

Yuan Xi's face turned even redder, and she immediately tried to cover his mouth, saying, "How dare you say such a thing out loud!"

Xiao Du smiled wickedly, held her hand and brought her into his arms, bit her earlobe and whispered: "I'll ask you to try more in the future, but you're always reluctant. Now, how about we try all the positions in the picture book, there will always be one that works."

Yuan Xi was so embarrassed that she tried to cover her face with her hands, but she was no match for Xiao Du's persistence. He held her waist and sealed her lips, making them inseparable. The lake water rippled, the bamboos swayed, and the two of them couldn't help but sink deeper and deeper into the kiss, until the room was filled with panting sounds, Xiao Du picked her up and said hoarsely: "There is no time to waste, let's try it today, okay."

Yuan Xi was about to speak out to protest, but he blocked her words. Knowing that she could never persuade him, she finally accepted her fate and let him carry her to the inner room. Outside the window, the two full moons in the sky and the lake reflected each other, just like two lovers, connected in heart, rising and falling together, and inseparable from now on.