Releasing Kongming Lanterns (3)

"Are the lanterns colorful? Are they all made of bamboo sticks?" Ye Lang asked.

"There are quite a few of these, some of them are made of wood," Xiao Zhuer replied.

"Nothing too heavy, the lighter the better!" Ye Lang said.

And so, Xiao Zhuer took out nearly a thousand lanterns, all colorful and quite beautiful.

Next, Ye Lang began to guide everyone in making Kongming Lantern. Of course, he wouldn't make all these lanterns himself; he would distribute them to everyone present.

Because Ye Lang had let them go before, everyone became a little excited, so they basically all agreed. Even those who had previously questioned Ye Lang joined in, because they felt that doing it themselves would be a better way to prove it.

"Come on, is everyone ready?" Xiao Zhuer called out. Although Ye Lang planned this, it seemed that Xiao Zhuer was the one doing all the talking. Besides Ye Lang being too lazy to talk, he also wanted Xiao Zhuer to be able to better manage her network of contacts.

Meanwhile, there are some things that the little boss, Xiao Zhuer, needs to prepare, such as everyone's tools, fire-starting equipment, candles, and so on...

"Alright!" the people below shouted in unison.

"Light the lantern!!" Xiao Zhuer lit the Kongming Lantern she had just made and slowly released it into the air.

"Oh oh..."

The Bamboo Heart Pavilion was filled with joyful shouts...

Soon, a magnificent scene appeared in the imperial city: thousands of Kongming Lantern rose together, causing everyone in the city to stop what they were doing and look at the twinkling lights.

"What's this?"

Every corner of the imperial city is now puzzled by this question. They don't know what this sudden thing is, but they all think it's very beautiful.

Under the full moon, these Kongming Lantern slowly rise, as if they were twinkling starlight returning to the sky—what a beautiful and dreamlike scene!

From today onwards, Bamboo Heart Pavilion will become the focus of everyone's attention, which will also make Bamboo Heart Pavilion even more prominent in the imperial city!

However, this wasn't the thing that made Boss Zhu the happiest. What made Boss Zhu happy was that she could sell new things: teddy bears and Kongming Lantern.

The future of the teddy bear was still uncertain, but the Kongming Lantern were incredibly popular. For some time afterward, the craze for Kongming Lantern did not subside. Not only in the Soaring Sky Imperial City, but also in the Xiangkong Empire and even the entire continent, a trend of using Kongming Lantern at night began to emerge.

This seemed to be something Ye Lang hadn't expected; he had only wanted to have some fun.

The person who was most pleased with this was Xiao Zhuer. Her business of selling Weight Loss Pill was already booming, which allowed her to sweep up the wealth of most nobles and rich people.

Now, her Kongming Lantern business can be bought by everyone from royalty to ordinary people, which is even better!

However, after this incident, Xiao Zhuer seemed to have gone to work and stopped bothering Ye Lang. Ye Lang was very fortunate, otherwise he would have had to move out of the Bamboo Heart Pavilion.

The day before the hunt, Ye Lang accompanied Li Yue to practice archery at the shooting range. As long as Li Yue was there, he had to stay with her!

"One arrow decides the fate of the world!"

"Bang!"

Ye Lang fired his strongest arrow, which carried intense Inner Energy and destroyed the target in front of him, causing it to explode into pieces...

The loud bang silenced the once noisy shooting range. Everyone was wondering what kind of power that arrow had, and if they had hit it, would they still be alive?

"..."

Li Yue looked at Ye Lang with a serious expression. At this moment, she was increasingly confused about what kind of person Ye Lang was, why he appeared in some of the places she had been, why they had met, but never spoken a word to each other.

If it's not about pursuing oneself, then aren't these all just coincidences?

This seems too coincidental, but if it's not a coincidence, then why hasn't he made any move yet?

Li Yue decided to take the initiative; she wanted to find out exactly what Ye Lang wanted to do!

So Li Yue came to Ye Lang's side. Amidst the puzzled and surprised looks of the crowd, she took the initiative to approach Ye Lang asked him a question.

"Ford Fox, will you be participating in tomorrow's hunt?"

"Yes! I'll participate!" Ye Lang nodded in reply, but his answer seemed rather casual, because his mind was still focused on archery.

"Then we can form a small team, okay?" Li Yue asked. Hmph, if you form a small team, you can take advantage of the situation.

If you really want to pursue her, why don't you say yes right away?!

"No, I want to be alone, I don't want to team up with anyone!" Ye Lang directly rejected the invitation. According to Athena's plan, Ye Lang had to be alone so that it would be easier for him to do things and pursue Li Yue.

Of course, if Li Yue had already taken the initiative to invite her, Athena felt that she needed to consider it and could not immediately agree, but she also could not immediately refuse.

Ye Lang wasn't thinking about anything at the moment, so he directly refused, treating Li Yue as someone else.

"Oh, then I've disturbed you! Farewell!" Li Yue said, bowing slightly before turning and leaving.

Hmph, what's so special about that? I already invited you, and you still refused!

Although Li Yue hoped that Ye Lang would refuse, so that it would prove that Ye Lang was not deliberately pursuing her, she was still upset and unhappy to be rejected!

"Hey, did I see that right? That sly young man actually rejected Miss Li Yue's invitation!"

"You didn't see wrong, I saw it too. This is so unexpected, this kid is really too strong!!"

"Yes, he even refused Miss Li Yue's invitation..."

"You silly girl, why did you refuse?" Cold-Blooded Fifth asked.

"What?!" Ye Lang was clearly not in a good state of mind.

"You just rejected Li Yue's invitation, but she has now invited you to go hunting with her. It seems your pursuit plan has succeeded! Are you trying to keep her in suspense?" Cold-Blooded Fifth continued to ask.

"Huh?! Did Li Yue just invite me? How come I didn't know? When did this happen?" Ye Lang asked.

"You just realized? You didn't even notice it was her!" Cold-Blooded Fifth understood. Ye Lang wasn't rejecting Li Yue, but rather he simply didn't know Li Yue.

"What should I do? If Athena finds out I rejected Li Yue, she'll be furious with me! No, I have to go after Li Yue..." Ye Lang said nervously.

He wasn't nervous because Li Yue had rejected him, but simply because he was afraid Athena would speak up. This was a plan arranged by Athena, and he had messed it up.