An Yuan'er looked directly into the boy's eyes through the mask, and the boy met her gaze openly without flinching.
An Yuan'er finally realized what was different.
Different temperaments.
Yi Chenli in the palace always carried an aloofness that kept people at a distance, with deep black eyes. But the young man in front of him, who was also in a wheelchair, had gentle features, and was warm and unassuming. Moreover, his pupils were brown.
Why are you staring at me, young lady?
An Yuan'er thought that Yi Chenli would not talk to her like that, and besides, he was far away in Shengjing.
An Yuan'er asked tentatively, "Because you remind me of a friend of mine. He also has a leg ailment, but he is very strong."
The boy's reaction was calm: "Is she a very important friend of the girl's?"
An Yuan'er wanted to say something important, but then she thought, what if Yi Chenli was pretending to be her fool? She couldn't be fooled.
She said, "She's a friend with an awkward personality, a bit arrogant, and doesn't like to tell the truth."
The young man chuckled, "This girl is special; she's actually willing to be friends with someone like that."
The boy's answer didn't seem to have any problems, and An Yuan'er's probing attempt failed.
The man in black from before has suddenly returned.
Two men in black with cold, expressionless faces, one holding a candied hawthorn and the other a rabbit lantern, seemed completely out of place with their usual demeanor, even somewhat comical.
"Young master, the items have been purchased."
The boy took the item, and the man in black disappeared again.
"It's such a pity that the girl's candied hawthorns were crushed by the crowd. Here, I'll give you two as compensation."
The boy wheeled himself closer to An Yuan'er and gave her candied hawthorns and lanterns.
"How did you know I could eat two candied hawthorns at once? Why did you just happen to give me my favorite rabbit lantern? And why did you save me?" An Yuan'er asked a lot of questions at once.
An Yuan'er didn't believe there could be such a coincidence.
The boy, who was also in a wheelchair, inexplicably knew her preferences.
The boy simply smiled faintly: "Just doing what I could to right injustice."
An Yuan'er played with her fingers, wondering if he would believe her nonsense.
What kind of "seeing injustice on the road" is this? Most coincidences are just things that someone deliberately orchestrates.
A gust of wind blew by, ruffling An Yuan'er's hair.
The boy frowned slightly: "Are you injured?"
An Yuan'er hadn't reacted yet: "What?"
The boy took out a white porcelain bottle from his pocket, applied ointment with his slender fingers, and gently applied it to An Yuan'er's forehead.
An Yuan'er was stunned. The opening was actually very small and could not be noticed without careful observation. Neither her father nor her brother had seen it, but the boy, whom she had just met, had.
The cool ointment melted quickly when applied to the wound.
When An Yuan'er was injured in Chenyang Palace, Yi Chenli also applied ointment to her. At that time, he was like a young boy, with doting and heartache in his eyes.
No matter how her appearance or temperament changed, An Yuan'er's intuition told her that this was Yi Chenli!
The sound of firecrackers filled the air as red dots, like stars, exploded in the sky, blossoming into beautiful flowers. The lantern parade had reached its climax.
"Want to release river lanterns together?" the boy suggested.
An Yuan'er nodded.
The man in black then acted as a messenger, rushing back and forth quickly, and two river lanterns appeared in his hands.
An Yuan'er took out paper and pen and quickly wrote her wish on them.
Before the boy finished writing, An Yuan'er immediately peeked into his notebook, but it was covered with symbols that An Yuan'er couldn't understand, and it seemed to be in another country's language.
The key point is that the handwriting is completely different from Yi Chenli's handwriting.
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