"Aunt Yin's niece? Why did she come to Kuncheng? Is she here to visit relatives?" Gu Xin asked curiously.
She doesn't make friends with just anyone. Ever since she met Li Shan, she's known that not all girls are good like Xiao Yu, Yan Yu, and Zhi Yi. There are bad girls in this world too.
"No, it's because her parents died in an accident. Her uncle and aunt wanted to marry her off to her aunt's mentally challenged nephew. When her aunt found out, she sent someone to bring her over. Her aunt thought that since I'm her only daughter, it wouldn't matter if she had another one. It would also keep me company," Cheng Huaiyu explained.
"Oh, is that so? That's really pitiful," Gu Xin said sincerely.
“Yes, something like that happened in our village before. But none of them were as lucky as Aunt Yin’s niece, who was tortured to death after marrying a mentally challenged man,” Gu Sixin said with lingering fear.
"Really! How pitiful!" Cheng Huaiyu exclaimed with a look of pity.
Seeing the three girls feeling sad about someone else's situation, Peng Mu smiled and said, "You three shouldn't pity others. In this world, everyone has their own destiny. Some people don't believe in fate, they resist stubbornly, and they rewrite their destiny. But some people can't escape the arrangements of fate. So, don't overthink it, just live your own lives well."
The three little girls looked at Peng Mu.
Peng Mu subtly changed the subject, leading the group directly to the lantern festival.
Soon, the three of them stopped thinking about the poor girls and started strolling through the lantern festival.
Gu Xin guessed all the riddles correctly. She had visited the lantern festival twice and heard others guess so many. Moreover, before the first two lantern festivals, she had pestered her father to tell her a lot of riddles.
So when Gu Xin saw the people from the neighboring country thinking for a long time without figuring it out, she wanted to tell them the answer.
But that's against the rules!
As they traveled along, the people of Lange were generally able to guess the simple riddles, and some people from the other four countries could also guess them, but not many.
Gu Xin was speechless. She looked around and saw people releasing river lanterns and sky lanterns by the lake near the restaurant.
Gu Xin then invited Gu Si and Cheng Huaiyu to go release lanterns together.
You can even make a wish when you release lanterns!
Peng Mu accompanied the three girls over. After looking at Cheng Huaiyu, he also bought a river lantern, wrote a poem, and went to the riverbank to wait for the girls.
Gu Xin and Gu Si wrote for fun, and all they wrote was about the peace and prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the health of the whole family.
Cheng Huaiyu misses her brother and hopes he is doing well.
Gu Xin put down the river lantern and suddenly thought of Lu Zheng: "If Yuan Yuan were here, I would be so glad! I wonder if I can give the birthday gift today!"
Cheng Huaiyu tilted her head: "Xinxin, Third Brother said that Young Master Zhou will be back soon. Is today his birthday? What about his birthday gift?"
Gu Xin nodded: "Yes! I share the same birthday as Yuanyuan, so today is my birthday too. Xiaoyu, I'm thirteen!"
Cheng Huaiyu said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, Xinxin, I didn't even know it was your birthday today. I didn't prepare a gift for you. Can I make it up to you in a couple of days?"
Gu Xin smiled and waved her hand: "I never celebrated my birthday before, only in the last two years, so you don't need to give me a gift."
Cheng Huaiyu shook her head: "No, I have to give it to you. You've been so good to me and helped me so much. How about I give it to you on the fifteenth of next month?"
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