Chapter 213 I'm here to propose marriage
A few days later it was the Double Ninth Festival, and Shen Zhao and Yu Wanqiu's wedding date was set three days after the Double Ninth Festival.
Hezhou is a lively place, but during major festivals, except Qingming Festival, the streets are very busy, and even inappropriate lanterns are displayed.
Yu Wanqiu was a daughter raised in seclusion in the boudoir and seldom participated in such festivals, so Chen Zhao took her out to join in the fun.
The streets were so crowded that cars and horses could not pass, so people had to walk.
Chen Yu was walking alone on the street.
She had originally gone out with Chen Zhao and Yu Wanqiu, but after walking a short distance she felt that she was such a fool. Why did she join in the fun when two of them were out together? So they went their separate ways.
"Cousin, cousin, Ayu."
Shen Yu vaguely heard someone calling her, and when she turned around, she saw Lu Jiaheng walking towards her through the crowd.
"Cousin." Chen Yu said, "Cousin is also coming out to celebrate the festival?"
Lu Jiaheng smiled and said, "Yeah, why isn't my cousin with them?"
In fact, he knew it in his heart. He was pushed all the way out of the house by Zhang, and he followed behind her all the time. However, he did not dare to approach her rashly. He waited until they separated and then pretended to meet her by chance.
"I'm just taking a stroll by myself." Chen Yu said.
Since Chen Yu returned to Hezhou, she has never changed into women's clothes. Hong Qiao prepared women's clothes for her on the first day she came back, but she somehow did not wear them.
Lu Jiaheng nodded. "There are a lot of people on the street. It's not safe for my cousin to be alone. Why don't I accompany you?"
Shen Yu glanced at Lu Jiaheng, which made him feel embarrassed.
Whether it was his impure purpose in approaching her or this far-fetched excuse, it made him lose face.
The two of them walked through the busy streets, and Lu Jiaheng would occasionally say a few words to her or introduce the surrounding objects to her.
Chen Yu was so smart that she vaguely knew why, but since Lu Jiaheng didn't mention it by name, she couldn't say it directly.
"There are lanterns over there. They are common during the Lantern Festival, but not so common during this season," said Lu Jiaheng.
"If you want to see it, go ahead." Chen Yu walked to the other side, "Let me see the sugar man over there."
Lu Jiaheng hesitated for a moment, but still followed.
The sugar man maker has great skills and his creations are very lifelike.
Chen Yu glanced sideways at Lu Jiaheng beside her, and suddenly came up with a brilliant way to refuse.
"Master, can you make a portrait?"
"Yes." The master asked, "Who do you want to be, young master? Is it the one next to you?"
"No." Chen Yu said, "Be another person."
The master said: "Then you have to draw it for me."
Chen Yu picked up the pen, thinking of Xie Tingzhou's face that could rival the beauty of mountains and rivers, and put pen to paper.
Her drawing skills are not very good, and the characters she draws are only 30% or 40% similar.
The master tilted his head and looked at him, "What a handsome young man."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Not even a fraction of what he is."
"Oh?" The master said with a smile, "Who are you, young master?"
"My sweetheart." Chen Yu said without any concealment.
Lu Jiaheng and his master's expressions froze at the same time, but they were thinking different things.
The master looked the person in front of him up and down, and it took him a while to remember to respond.
I thought that the world is really going downhill nowadays, even gay men dare to be so blatant.
Lu Jiaheng was ashamed and angry for his recklessness today. The girl already had a lover, but he was still shamelessly trying to please her. However, it was not appropriate for him to just leave at this moment.
The crowd suddenly rushed in one direction.
"Just in front of me. I have never seen such a handsome man."
"How handsome is he? The most handsome man I have ever seen is Mr. Lu."
"He's even more handsome than Mr. Lu. Hurry up and leave. We won't be able to see him anymore."
When Lu Jiaheng heard someone mention him, he didn't take it seriously. He didn't care much about his appearance.
Shen Yu took the sugar man and asked, "What are they running for?"
"It is said that there is a handsome young man here. Would you like to go and see him, cousin?"
Chen Yu looked at the sugar man in her hand and said, "I won't join in the fun, because I've seen the most beautiful one in the world."
Lu Jiaheng smiled and said, "Then I'll take my cousin back."
The road back to Lu Mansion happened to be the direction the group of girls were going, and the two followed the crowd.
Lu Jiaheng tried to break the awkwardness, "What kind of person is my cousin's sweetheart?"
Chen Yu said: "Gentle and powerful, born, born..."
Chen Yu was stunned. She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, but the person in front of her had not disappeared yet, standing in the crowd looking at her.
"Why are you here?" Besides confusion, there was also shock.
Xie Tingzhou's face and demeanor were too eye-catching. Facing all the gazes from all around, he glanced past Chen Yu and looked at the man beside her.
"It seems that I came at a bad time and disturbed your walk under the moon."
The jealousy was almost spraying onto Chen Yu's face.
Lu Jiaheng was not stupid. He originally thought that the phrase "not even a fraction as good as him" was a lover's eyes seeing beauty in his woman, but now he had to admit that the man in front of him was indeed stunningly handsome.
"Since my cousin has met a good friend, I won't bother her. I happen to have an account book at home that I need to look at," said Lu Jiaheng.
The two of them nodded to each other as a greeting without even saying a word.
The leaves of the weeping willows by the river have turned yellow, and many fallen leaves are floating on the river.
This place is sparsely populated, and Shen Yu was almost dragged here by him.
"Cousin?" Xie Tingzhou leaned against the tree trunk. "Why are you with your cousin if you don't want to be with your biological brother?"
Chen Yu leaned her back against the tree trunk, trapped here by him, "We just happened to meet on the road."
"That's a coincidence."
Chen Yu pursed her lips and smiled faintly, "Are you jealous?"
Xie Tingzhou glanced at her and asked, "Hasn't it been obvious enough?"
"Obviously, I smell sour."
"What should we do then?" Xie Tingzhou looked down at her.
Shen Yu slowly reached out and grabbed his sleeve.
This grab made Xie Tingzhou's heart soften. He lowered his head to look at her face greedily and whispered, "I miss you so much that I galloped all the way, leaving the others behind and only brought Xifeng and Changliu with me, hoping to see you as soon as possible."
Chen Yu felt like she was being wrapped in a ball of warm and soft cotton and was about to burst out with joy. "Then why did you come to the street?"
Xie Tingzhou said, "What do you think? The doorman at your house said you were out, so I went to the street to look for you."
Chen Yu unconsciously twirled his sleeves, pinching and loosening them, until his sleeves were wrinkled.
Xie Tingzhou watched but didn't mention anything. No one could see her little girl's behavior like this, and no one could see it. It was unique to him, Xie Tingzhou.
"You're here early." Chen Yu said.
When they parted, he said he would come to pick her up. Chen Yu thought she would have to wait until late autumn or early winter, but she didn't expect it to be so soon.
Xie Tingzhou smiled and said, "I'm here to propose marriage. Will you marry me?"
"Where's the betrothal gift?" Chen Yu asked deliberately.
Xie Tingzhou held her hand and pressed it against his chest. "I, Beilin, are all yours. Is this betrothal gift and sincerity enough?"
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