"Miss Xu, please get busy. My wife and I will leave first."

As soon as Li Xiuzhu left, Xu Xiujing stood there in a daze, not knowing what to think.

At this time, the boss hurriedly said to his men, "Wang Xiaowu, go and call some children to help release the lotus boats and Kongming lanterns. One lantern for one copper coin."

"Ergou, go get a few people to help move the goods. If one is missing, I'll hold you accountable."

Xu Miaojin was stunned. What was going on? "Boss, what are you doing?"

Xu Miaojing was a female student, and Shangjing City was actually not that big, so everyone knew most of the celebrities there.

"The Duke of Anyang has reserved all of my lotus boats, as well as a thousand Kongming lanterns."

"But I don't have 1,000 Kongming lanterns here, so I have to borrow some from a friend."

"Okay, Miss Miaojin, my time is limited, so I won't go into details with you."

The boss turned around and yelled, "Hurry up, Er Gouzi."

After the boss finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the store, looking towards where Li Xiuzhu left.

Li Xiuzhu was not in a hurry to leave, as if he was letting the boss make preparations, so he first went to the mutton soup noodle stall not far away and ordered two bowls of mutton soup noodles.

"It's cold, let's have some mutton soup first and then we can go light the lanterns."

Su Ru nodded obediently when she heard that, her eyes full of love.

Suddenly, she said softly, "Xiuzhu, thank you."

"That way I won't have any regrets."

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this and said, "You don't have it anymore, but I want more than just this."

Neither of them was very hungry, so they ate a bowl of mutton noodle soup mainly for the soup.

After Su Ru warmed up, the two went to the Bian River.

The boss, who had already completed the arrangement, also breathed a sigh of relief.

When the two of them walked down the river ladder, the boss upstream saw Li Xiuzhu and the others lighting the lotus lanterns and immediately shouted in a low voice: "Light up your lanterns."

Li Xiuzhu and his group were facing downstream, so naturally they couldn't see what was behind them.

After Li Xiuzhu gave the signal, the boss immediately had someone release the lotus lantern into the river.

Li Xiuzhu also took Su Ru and put the boat in the river.

"Make a wish."

Upon hearing this, Su Ru immediately clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and made a wish towards the lotus lantern that was disappearing into the distance.

"May Xiuzhu and Chengcheng live happily ever after, and love and know each other. May... Xiuzhu have me in his heart in the future."

My goodness, have you forgotten my other wives and concubines? But that's normal, people make wishes for themselves and the most important people.

The moment Su Ru opened her eyes, she was suddenly stunned.

Before my eyes, there was a bright candle flame floating down the river, and lotus lanterns swaying on the river, which was a beautiful sight.

Su Ru asked in disbelief: "Xiu Zhu, isn't the lotus lantern going to be released tomorrow? Did I remember the time wrong? Is today the fifteenth?"

Li Xiuzhu smiled upon hearing this and said, "I don't know about that. Maybe they are set off by couples who are like us and can't celebrate the holiday tomorrow."

"Come on, let's go up, we still have to release the Kongming lanterns."

The night watch had just ended at 11 p.m., so these two hours wouldn't be too far away.

And the boss was watching him, so he naturally knew what to do.

At the same time, Xu Miaojin was secretly watching the two of them not far away.

People on the bridge are looking at the scenery, but they don’t know that they are also the scenery for others.

Li Xiuzhu was also unaware that many eyes were focused on him today, and none of them were threatening.

So it is difficult for him to notice whether it is one more or one less.

What's more, the boss and the group of people were all looking at him.

The two came to the river bank, but they did not release the Kongming lanterns directly.

The ancients believed that Kongming lanterns had the power to reach the ears of God, so they would often write some words on them to express their wishes.

Or come and fill a cup.

Li Xiuzhu also wrote it, not for others to see, but just for Su Ru to see.

You were born before I was born, and I was born when you were old. I am far away from you, and you are far away from me.

You were born before I was born, and I was born when you were old. I wish we were not born at the same time so that I could be with you every day.

When I read Li Xiuzhu's poems, I was most moved, and an emotion of regret and resentment began to grow in my mind.

After thinking for a while, Su Ru picked up the pen and wrote two lines of poetry on the other side.

I was born before you were born, you were born when I was old. I hate that you were born late, you hate that I was born early.

I was born before you, you were born when I was old. I turned into a butterfly to seek flowers, and rested on fragrant grass every night.

Li Xiuzhu was numb. This... is the emotion right? Could it be that I am part of history? Why did this poem come out like this? No, no, the history after the Wei and Jin dynasties is different.

Moreover, many of his people should not have appeared in this dynasty.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

I was thinking too much.

At this time, Xu Miaojin saw what the two had written, and her heart was already uneasy.

Well, how should I put it? It's the feeling that a person who loves poetry would have when he sees a great writer writing poetry in front of him without knowing it.

After finishing the Kongming lantern, Li Xiuzhu started to light it.

Only after the heat from the burning light filled the interior of the Kongming lantern did Li Xiuzhu and Su Ru release the Kongming lantern.

The moment Kongming lantern was launched into the sky, Kongming lanterns on the opposite side of the river bank were launched into the sky one after another.

Seeing so many Kongming lanterns dotting the dark night with bright lights, how could Su Ru not know that it was Li Xiuzhu's work?

Once may be a coincidence, but how can there be more than two coincidences?

"Xiuzhu, did you arrange this?"

Li Xiuzhu did not refute, but hugged Su Ru from behind.

"Do you like it?"

"I can't give you anything, I can only light up a thousand lights for you and make the city full of flowers."

There are thousands of Kongming lanterns and lotus lanterns flowing on the Bian River across Shangjing. This is not an exaggeration.

"Thank you, husband."

Su Ru turned around and was about to kiss Li Xiuzhu when she was stopped by Li Xiuzhu.

"Um?"

"What do you mean? Why doesn't Xiuzhu let me kiss him?"

"Are you trying to draw a line between us?"

Just thinking about it made Su Ru feel so heartbroken.

Facing Su Ru's confusion, Li Xiuzhu explained: "You are not yourself now. Now I just want to kiss you."

"Come with me."

Li Xiuzhu pulled Su Ru to an empty alley, touched Su Ru's face, and pulled off a thin piece of dough.

This was a disguise that Li Xiuzhu had specially prepared for the scene in front of him. The next second, the two of them kissed each other.

At this moment, Xu Miaojin, who had followed secretly, was numb.

What did she see? She saw Li Xiuzhu pulling a piece of skin off the face of the woman next to him.

At that moment just now, she thought it was a horror ghost incident.

It wasn't until she saw that there was another face left after the skin on the woman's face peeled off that she reacted.

This is the art of disguise, right? A human skin mask?

The word "human skin" made Xu Miaojin's heart tighten, but she also felt that it was unlikely.

At least she won't let anyone mess with her face.

(End of this chapter)