I've actually gone out with a girl for the Qixi Festival... Chu Ge's thoughts drifted.
It had happened so suddenly, yet somehow it did not feel sudden at all.
If he were going to spend Qixi with anyone, of course it could only be Qiu Wuji.
It's so good... that you came out of the book.
"What's Qixi?" Qiu Wuji asked Chu Ge.
"Ummm..." Chu Ge's eyes wandered. "It's a festival for lovers... Hey, don't hit me! I really didn't know today was Qixi... Actually, even if it is, it's no big deal. We're just out having fun. Stay calm and you'll stay cool..."
"I only found out it was Qixi after we came out! I didn't come out with you because it was Qixi!" Waving the nine roses in her hand, Qiu Wuji said very seriously, "Don't get the wrong idea!"
Chu Ge's eyes crinkled in a smile. "Mm-hmm."
"I accepted the flowers because you'd already bought them, and wasting them would be wrong." Qiu Wuji grew even more serious. "We can take them home and grow them afterward. I have mystic arts that can keep them alive."
Chu Ge was still smiling. "Yes, yes, of course. Got it."
"What's with that weird tone?"
"Ah, how about eating here? Italian steak. Try some foreign cuisine?"
"Is it good?"
"Should be all right..."
"Why do we have to line up just to eat?"
"Doesn't that prove it's good?"
"A mundane person's reasoning. Pick somewhere else." Qiu Wuji tugged Chu Ge by the collar. "That whole row of people sitting outside waiting looks so stupid."
"I suspect we won't get anything to eat today without lining up."
"Then we won't eat. While everyone else is having dinner, we can do something else, and it might not be so crowded. We've been