Chapter 153 Who is your wife!
"There are too many people, be careful not to get lost!"
This sound softened Zhong Min's heart even more. His concern and thoughtfulness truly tugged at her heartstrings, bringing her immense joy.
Seeing this, she gave up her previous idea and obediently let Xiao Mingzheng hold her hand as they walked forward. His hand was large and warm, holding hers tightly, and that feeling made her feel particularly at ease. Well, tonight there was no prince, no other, only a man who treated her very well.
Looking at their clasped hands, she couldn't help but smile, and this casual smile caught Xiao Mingzheng's eye. She smiled, and he smiled too, their eyes filled with doting, unknowingly overflowing with affection. At this moment, this feeling made Xiao Mingzheng feel happier than ever before.
Feeling that the strength in Xiao Mingzheng's hand had increased slightly, Zhong Min subconsciously raised her eyes to look at him, but suddenly met his doting and gentle eyes. Her face immediately turned red again. That look made her heart beat faster suddenly, but she had to admit that this feeling was extremely good.
Fortunately, there were so many interesting things on the street, and Zhong Min had always been a playful person, so it didn't take long for his attention to shift to watching the fun.
Some were wielding swords, others were breaking rocks, others were jumping through fire rings, and others were training monkeys... These skills rarely seen in modern society were presented to her one by one. She excitedly rushed around everywhere. If Xiao Mingzheng hadn't been holding her hand, she would have run off to watch the fun somewhere else and would have lost track of him.
Zhong Min was very busy watching the excitement, eating snacks, and picking small goods. Xier and Zi Yan were also very excited at this time. They were no longer as restricted as before. In addition, Zhong Min let them do whatever they wanted. They could just ask for whatever they wanted to eat or buy. Therefore, they had a lot of fun.
Zi Yan was a voracious eater, and soon she had a smorgasbord of treats, large and small, running over to Zhong Min, asking if she wanted any. Zhong Min quickly glanced at the skewers, dismissing them as too spicy. Instead, she chose a string of something resembling candied haws to try, leaving the rest to Zi Yan.
After biting one, I found that it was not hawthorn, but a small fruit similar to green dates. It tasted crispy and sweet, very refreshing.
Seeing Zhong Min eat several in a row, Xiao Mingzheng couldn't help but ask, "Is it delicious?"
Zhong Min nodded naturally: "It tastes pretty good. Do you want some? I'll ask Zi Yan to buy you another bunch."
"No need." As he said that, Xiao Mingzheng directly pulled Zhong Min's hand, brought the bunch of small fruits in her hand to his mouth, and took a bite of one.
Zhong Min was stunned for a moment, then seeing that he was eating very seriously, she smiled and asked, "Is it delicious?"
Xiao Mingzheng nodded and said seriously, "If you like it, I naturally think it tastes good too."
He said it without any falsehood, and there was a hint of satisfaction on his face. Zhong Min suddenly found Xiao Mingzheng so adorable at this moment, and couldn't help but teasing him, "Since it's delicious, then eat it all."
As she spoke, she handed the rest of her hand to Xiao Mingzheng, as if to see if he would eat it or not. But Xiao Mingzheng said nothing, just smiled, then took it, took another bite and started eating.
Seeing this, Zhong Min couldn't help but laugh. He didn't know if it was the aftereffect of the osmanthus wine that took effect, or what, but he suddenly became like a child worried that Xiao Mingzheng had eaten all the fruit.
"Don't eat them all, leave two for me." She quickly pulled his hand, pouting slightly and looking a little anxious, and even her tone unconsciously carried a hint of childishness that she didn't realize.
Xiao Mingzheng smiled knowingly and handed the fruit to Zhong Min's mouth to feed her. Zhong Min was not polite at this time. She opened her mouth and bit off one without saying a word and started eating happily.
Zhong Min quickly devoured the entire bunch of fruit. Meanwhile, the lantern festival ahead had already begun, and many people were vying to guess the riddles and win a lantern. Zhong Min, anxious to no end, quickly pulled Xiao Mingzheng forward.
When she got there, she couldn't help but marvel at the various shapes of lanterns, which looked like a sea of lights and were so beautiful that one couldn't take their eyes off them.
"This one, that one, and this one, this one..." She pointed at the various beautiful lamps around her, wishing she could buy them all at once: "Xi'er, Ziyan, I want that one too, and that one too..."
"Miss Min'er, these lanterns are not for sale!" Zi Yan quickly explained, "Have you never been to a lantern festival? You have to guess the riddles above. Only those who guess correctly can buy them."
"What? Buying something requires so much effort?" Zhong Min blinked twice and said to Xiao Mingzheng, "These people are really interesting. I thought if I guessed correctly, I'd get it for free, but I didn't expect that guessing correctly only gives me the right to buy. This business is really weird."
"If you want, let's go solve the lantern riddles first." Xiao Mingzheng said with a smile: "This is the custom here, and it has nothing to do with business."
When Zhong Min heard about solving lantern riddles, she immediately shook her head rapidly: "No, no, I don't know how to guess those, it's too brain-intensive."
"Then, I'll help you untie the ones you like." Seeing that Zhong Min liked the lanterns very much, Xiao Mingzheng took the initiative to help her out. As long as she liked, he could untie all the lanterns. There was definitely no lantern that she couldn't buy.
Zhong Min stared at the lights for a while before shaking his head again. "Forget it. I think they look prettier hanging like this. Let's take a look at them before too many people buy them. Otherwise, we'll have to wait until this time next year to see them again."
Who knows, by this time next year, she will no longer be where she is, and may never have the chance to see such beautiful lanterns again. Or maybe even if she still has the chance to see them, the people and things around her will have changed.
She walked slowly, as if taking a step in a sea of lights. The noise in her ears and the crowd in front of her seemed to disappear, leaving only the sea of lights as bright as stars.
Seeing this, Xiao Mingzheng remained silent, simply telling Xier and Ziyan not to disturb Zhong Min. He then quietly called over the attendant who was following him nearby. He said something to the attendant, who nodded repeatedly before turning and leaving, quickly disappearing into the crowd.
After a while, Zhong Min took a deep breath, then glanced at Xiao Mingzheng, who had been standing by and waiting, and said happily, "Look, the moon is out! The moonlight tonight is so beautiful!"
She sighed, unaware that her smile was already a thousand times brighter than the moonlight, at least that's what Xiao Mingzheng thought. He rarely saw her smile so pure, without a trace of restraint, as if her eyes were filled with nothing but him.
He had never seen a smile like this since those two days in the mountains, and seeing it now filled him with an inexplicable excitement. He knew he wanted to see her smile like this forever. But he also knew he still had much to do to realize this wish.
He gradually began to understand her thoughts and her concerns. What she had said before seemed to make more and more sense. Perhaps she was right. True love cannot tolerate any other irrelevant people. Perhaps at that time, he could not agree to her request, not because he thought her request was ridiculous, but simply because he did not understand the depth of his love.
"Let's go and take a look at the front. There are many lights of different styles over there." He smiled with relief, walked forward, took her hand and led her to continue walking slowly forward.
Zhong Min didn't say anything, and let him lead the way with extraordinary gentleness. Knowing that he was by her side, she felt secure and warm.
The two walked hand in hand, their occasional glances blending with the moonlight and lights beside them, making them even more beautiful. People around them turned around to look at them. Perhaps the most striking thing about them wasn't Xiao Mingzheng and Zhong Min's outstanding appearance, but the tenderness they exuded.
"Sir, buy a hair flower for your wife. I guarantee that she will be more beautiful than flowers when she wears it." A young man selling hair flowers followed Xiao Mingzheng enthusiastically to promote his products. He seemed very confident about this business deal.
This young man was really clueless, mistaking Zhong Min for a married woman. Zhong Min didn't take it seriously when she heard it, but just smiled and said, "Since people are more beautiful than flowers, what do you need a flower like that for?"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Mingzheng stopped, took out a small amount of silver from his pocket and gave it to the young man, then said: "This is a reward for you, you can go now, my wife doesn't like to wear flowers."
When the young man saw that there was such a good thing happening in the world, he thanked the man repeatedly and walked away with the silver smiling.
"Who is your wife? What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhong Min refused to give in. She pouted and continued, "Also, if you're not going to buy it, why are you giving him so much money for no reason?"
"Let's go, I'll take you to a special place!" Xiao Mingzheng smiled but did not answer. His face was full of joy as he pulled Zhong Min forward.
Seeing that this guy actually used this trick to avoid taking advantage of her just now, Zhong Min was about to teach him a lesson to prevent him from being so outspoken in the future. However, Xiao Mingzheng didn't seem to give her such an opportunity at all. He pulled her away very quickly, as if there was really some special place they were going, and kept urging her to hurry up.
"Where are we going?" She just hurried to catch up, saying as she walked, "Xi'er and the others haven't caught up yet!"
Xiao Mingzheng glanced sideways and smiled: "Don't worry about them, they will be fine, just follow me, I guarantee you will like it later."
After that, he didn't explain any more and took Zhong Min straight through the Lantern Festival and walked towards the river bank east of the city.
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