Su Muzhi finished speaking, still smiling brightly. She even looked a little smug.
Jiang Linyuan didn't know what to say, so he took the mineral water from her hand and had a small sip.
"Candied hawthorns."
Shen Wanyu came back from the snack stall holding two skewers of candied hawthorns and handed one to each of them.
"Heh, you got one for me too?"
Su Muzhi took it, grinning broadly enough to show her white teeth.
"Buy one, get one free. You're welcome."
Shen Wanyu sat down beside them.
Shen Guoguo, who had sugar crumbs stuck to the corner of her mouth, looked up at her when she heard that. She didn't say anything, though, and kept eating her candied hawthorns.
"Is that so? Buy one, get one free?"
Su Muzhi swung the skewer in her hand. The bright red hawthorns were coated in a glistening layer of sugar, shining just like the smile in her eyes.
Jiang Linyuan stopped looking at her and took a crunchy bite of his own candied hawthorn. It wasn't all that sweet.
Shen Wanyu's gaze wandered between the two of them for a while before she asked:
"What were you talking about?"
"Heh, it's a secret."
Su Muzhi took a bite of her candied hawthorn and answered indistinctly.
"We were whispering more bad things about the Department Head."
Jiang Linyuan said.
Shen Wanyu looked at Jiang Linyuan and said calmly:
"Watch yourself."
What does that mean?
Jiang Linyuan wondered.
After resting for a while, they continued walking with the crowd.
Su Muzhi leaned close to Jiang Linyuan's ear and, with a quiet laugh, glanced at Shen Wanyu ahead of them.
"Go hold her hand."
She was so close that her red sleeves and phoenix coronet robes seemed to envelop Jiang Linyuan, nudging him toward