Lin Su's heart stirred. "Take a look!"
"We are actually on the Magpie Bridge right now. Open that window over there, and you can see the scenery below..."
Ji Yuechi gave her slender waist a gentle twist, carrying Lin Su across the Red Pavilion and into an exquisitely elegant room aboard the boat.
The door opened softly, and a wisp of captivating fragrance rushed toward them. Lin Su followed the scent with his eyes, and his heart gave a great leap...
On the windowsill rested a wondrous flower.
The flower was shaped like a flame, dark green in color, its fragrance utterly pure and clean. It was precisely the Understanding Flower selected by White Jade Capital for this Magpie Bridge Gathering: the Lampflower!
There were many varieties of Understanding Flowers in the world.
But whose Understanding Flowers could compare with those of White Jade Capital in such lofty refinement?
Whether in color, fragrance, hue, or floral shape, all of it perfectly matched the characteristics of understanding speech.
Light the Lampflower through the long night; touch it with the heart, and it would bloom!
That was the essence of the Magpie Bridge Gathering.
Lin Su spotted Jian Wushuang at a glance.
By now, the talent displays had already concluded.
The various outstanding figures and young ladies had entered their time of free activity.
A broad Long Lake stretched before them, its willow branches soft and swaying. Though autumn's chill had arrived in the outside world, here, the four seasons seemed frozen in their earliest stage.
Early spring, full spring, deep spring, late spring—every variety could be found, displayed in every corner along the lakeshore.
Jian Wushuang stood at the heart of that flourishing spring.
Because many Understanding Flowers had stirred for him.
Not only those from White Jade Capital, but women