Heaven Dou City's Night Market is bustling with sounds of sales and laughter.
"Ah! That's right!"
Xue Ke suddenly remembered something and said a little embarrassedly:
"Well... I have a few friends waiting for me over there Lantern Festival. I have to go and tell them first, otherwise they will be worried."
Vague Man nodded, not caring. "Go ahead."
The two separated temporarily.
Vague Man slowly blended into the crowd, looking at the sideshows and lights around him.
After a while.
As he was walking in front, his ears moved slightly, as if he was aware of what was behind him.
He stopped helplessly and turned around.
I saw the girl wearing Fox Mask, panting and trotting over, her skirt flying with her movements.
Xue Ke came to him, pouted and complained:
"What's wrong with you! You're walking so fast and you don't even know to wait for me!"
Vague Man looked at her speechlessly. "Sir Princess, didn't you go to find your friends? Why did you come back to me?"
Xue Ke clasped his hands behind his back, raised his chin confidently, and his big eyes under the mask curved into a crescent:
"Of course I'm entertaining you!"
"I am my eldest brother's most sensible and caring sister. How can I let my eldest brother's friend go shopping alone?"
Vague Man shrugged. "Okay."
The next scene turned into a play collection of the two.
Rather than saying that Xue Ke is entertaining guests, it is better to say that Vague Man is taking care of the children.
in the screen.
Vague Man stood in front of a stall selling Sugar Painting, paid two Copper Soul Coin, the turntable turned, and finally stopped on a little rabbit.
Xue Ke held up the golden candy bunny in his hand, stretched out his pink tongue and took a lick, which made his eyes squint because of the sweetness.
"So sweet!"
A street game of hoops.
Xue Ke threw it more than a dozen times, but found nothing. He stamped his feet angrily.
Vague Man sighed and took over the remaining three circles.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The three circles safely caught the largest porcelain doll in the last row.
Xue Ke hugged the half-human-tall porcelain doll, and the silver bell-like laughter spread throughout the street.
Outside the screen, a luxury carriage is speeding.
Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, looked at the warm and happy scenes on Heavenly Curtain, his face a little cold.
Hello Qin Chen!
I told you to wait for me where you were that day, but why did you disappear in the blink of an eye?
Are you going to pick up my sister?
And the most annoying thing is that of these two people, one is the person she likes and the other is her nominal sister.
In the past three years, no one has mentioned this to me!
Just keep me in the dark?
At this moment, Qian Renxue's eyes fell on White Fox Mask on the face of Xue Ke opposite.
She felt familiar just now.
Now an idea flashed in my mind, and I reacted instantly!
These are clearly the props used by the dancers in Dark Night Arena!
Wear it to add interest and mystery!
That bastard!
You actually give this kind of thing to a country's Princess to wear?!
Xue Ke, who was sitting opposite, was holding the mask and looking at Heavenly Curtain with blurred eyes, seemingly lost in beautiful memories.
She blinked her big eyes and asked innocently:
"That... brother..."
"Can you tell me, who is Brother Chen?"
This question made Qian Renxue, who was furious, stunned. "You don't know?"
They're all playing together, and you don't even know who he is?
Xue Ke nodded honestly, with an innocent look on his face:
"I don't know..."
"He only asked me to call him Brother Chen, saying he was your good friend, and he refused to tell me anything else."
"When I asked him where he lived, he didn't tell me. When I asked him how many people there were in his family, he didn't tell me."
Qian Renxue took a deep breath and nodded in understanding.
Indeed, this is in line with his style.
Just flirt, don't marry, don't leave a name.
"Since he didn't choose to tell you, I can't say much."
Qian Renxue rubbed his eyebrows tiredly. "It's better to wait until you see him next time and ask him yourself."
The main reason is that this identity is too complicated, and I'm afraid it will scare you if I tell you.
Xue Ke lowered his head in disappointment and fiddled with the mask in his hand. "Okay..."
At this time, the screen on Heavenly Curtain circulated again.
After the game, Vague Man gentlemanly escorted Xue Ke back to the remote corner of the Imperial Palace.
When leaving.
Xue Ke pulled his sleeves with some reluctance, raised his head and asked:
"Brother Chen, when will you come again Imperial Palace next time?"
Vague Man yawned, waved his hands, and said in a casual tone:
"Let it go."
"Whoever likes to come here to play."
After saying that, he seemed to have remembered something and specifically warned:
"By the way, the matter of taking you out tonight will be kept a secret from your elder brother."
"If I let him know about it, he might have to whisper it in my ear again, which would be very annoying."
"Uh..." Xue Ke was speechless for a moment and could only nod obediently.
Outside the screen, Qian Renxue: "..."
The picture begins to flow faster, spring, summer, autumn and winter, the four seasons change.
In the blink of an eye, one year has passed.
Another year Celebration Festival, Heaven Dou City once again ushered in a grand festival.
Xue Ke in the picture has obviously grown taller, and has gradually become slimmer and slimmer.
Wearing a simple and elegant white brocade dress, she sat on the stone table next to the rockery early.
There was no maid or escort.
She just sat there alone, holding her chin, looking in the direction of the entrance from time to time, her eyes full of expectation.
Time passes little by little.
From dusk to nightfall, from hustle and bustle to silence.
That figure never appeared.
Xue Ke couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and turned around anxiously, his little face full of disappointment.
"Are you going to stop coming...?"
"Do you want to ask eldest brother? But I promised him not to tell eldest brother..."
Just when she was worrying about gains and losses.
A lazy voice suddenly came from the rockery behind her.
Why don't you stay up late at night and grind your shoe soles around in circles?"
Xue Ke trembled and looked back suddenly.
I saw that familiar figure in black, leaning on the rockery at some point.
He was holding the Wine Gourd that he seemed to never finish drinking, and was looking at her with a half-smile.
That moment.
Xue Ke's slumped face instantly burst into a bright smile, and even his eyes lit up:
"Hey!"
Her eyebrows were curved and her tone was brisk:
"Um... isn't brother busy today?"
"I thought that if you came, it would be boring to have to wait here again, so I came here to entertain you!"
Vague Man jumped down from the rockery and landed lightly in front of her.
He looked up and down at this tough-tongued little girl and complained lightly:
"If you make up a few more sentences, I might believe you."
As a result, the style of painting once again changed to the familiar mode of raising children.
Vague Man led Princess, who was wearing Fox Mask, skillfully slipped out of the Imperial Palace, had fun on the street, and then brought her back in the middle of the night when she was tired.
One year, two years, three years.