The ancient city was dazzling at night. Thousands of lanterns lining both sides of the road bathed the entire city in brilliant, eye-catching light.
Tourists streamed endlessly up onto the city walls. The gray walls were covered in colorful lights, while shops and little stalls lined the top, making it as lively as a temple fair.
Lin Yilin walked at the front.
"Come on, hurry! We can buy sky lanterns up ahead!"
Su Muzhi and Shen Wanyu exchanged a glance behind her, then merely shook their heads with amused smiles.
Once they reached the city wall, it was a veritable sea of people. Everywhere, people were holding and adjusting sky lanterns.
One lantern cost ten yuan. Jiang Linyuan bought six, one for each person.
"Sky lanterns? How do you light these?"
Yu Songsong curiously examined the lantern in her hands.
She had rarely seen this kind of lantern before.
"It's... it's very simple."
Zhang Juntang softly told her what to do from behind.
Yu Songsong listened, nodding from time to time.
"Hehe, you're all getting along pretty well."
Su Muzhi smiled softly at the sight.
"It's all thanks to Little Su."
Jiang Linyuan said this, then caught sight of Shen Wanyu examining her sky lantern nearby and added, "And thanks to the Department Head, too."
Shen Wanyu pretended not to hear.
"Want little blessing plaques? You can write your wishes on them and hang them from the sky lanterns. Five yuan each."
The vendor selling sky lanterns pointed at the small wooden plaques hanging on a rack.
"Give us six."
Jiang Linyuan was generous with his money.
They borrowed pens and wrote their wishes on the blessing plaques, then carefully hung them from the iron frames of their sky lanterns.
"What wishes did you all make?"
Lin Yilin finished writing