Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Su Xi couldn’t help but recall the last time the cub and Changgong Wu separated outside the bank, and he walked back alone through the streets, his small figure stretching out in the setting sun…
He grew up alone in the Ning Wang Mansion, with no one to talk to and no one to accompany him. Even when he was in the bustling streets, he could only watch others having fun and felt lonely and unable to fit in.
Although I can’t really be in the cub’s world, talk to him, hold his hand, or rub his head.
But if I could accompany him to see a lively lantern show, when he walks on that street in the future and sees a family of three happily reunited, he will at least remember the night I spent with him.
At least he can have some happy memories.
Then he won’t envy others, nor will he walk alone and quickly through the streets with a blank expression and without raising his head.
Looking back, his life will not be all suffering.
Thinking of this, Su Xi almost didn’t hesitate. She quickly tugged at the cub’s left sleeve and said excitedly, “Okay! Let’s go see the lanterns first!”
——It’s the weekend anyway.
….
Lu Huan looked at his left sleeve, which was fluttering in the wind and about to be pulled off the thread, and was a little surprised at the enthusiastic response of the ghost, but because of this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He was actually afraid that she would find all this very boring and would not want to do it with him.
She had given him so much before, but he couldn’t see or touch her. Lu Huan didn’t know how to make her happy…
Seeing her joy now, Lu Huan’s heart was also full of joy. The corners of his lips curled up, his eyes brightened up, and he looked into the void with moist eyes and said, “Let’s get dressed and go.”
….
The so-called dressing up meant changing into casual clothes for traveling. After all, the people on the streets would all be wearing coarse cloth clothes. If you wear brocade clothes and jade furs, it would be too conspicuous.
Since the miracle doctor was brought back to treat the old lady, the cub’s life in Ning Wang’s mansion had become much better. He had long since changed out of his flimsy, patched clothes. However, he had carefully folded up the few old robes that had been mended by the ghost and stored them away in a box, as if they were some treasures.
He went into the house and came out with an ordinary light gray robe.
He took it out, but he didn’t take off his clothes to change. Instead, he pinched the clothes and asked, “…Are you still in the room?”
Outside the screen, Su Xi looked at the stick figure of the baby standing hesitantly in front of the wardrobe, with an embarrassed look on his face, and suddenly she felt happy in her heart – what’s the matter, did you think someone was interested in your soft little hands and feet, and your milky white glutinous rice ball-like body?
Although it was a joke, Su Xi still blew on the door to indicate that she had already left and would not look at him.
Lu Huan in the house was sure that the ghost had left – she always kept her promises, and if she said she wouldn’t look, she shouldn’t peek – the blush on his ears then faded slightly, and he quickly changed his clothes.
To get from Chaiyuan to the market, Su Xi could only rely on screen switching, and it was impossible to walk the middle section with the cub.
Therefore, as Lu Huan went out from the side door of Ning Wang’s Mansion, crossed the narrow alley, and took a shortcut to the liveliest street lantern fair, he looked to his side from time to time, feeling a little puzzled. Why did the ghost immediately become quiet as if they had left after he went out?
But when he walked to the street, a gentle breeze immediately blew around him. The wind hooked his finger, and he felt at ease – it was still by his side.
The long street was indeed bustling, with stalls on both sides selling lanterns, sugar figurines, calligraphy and paintings, and even people throwing embroidered balls to find a husband not far away.
Many people in the outer city of the capital were relatively poor, but the inner city was generally where the nobles lived, and therefore it was extremely prosperous. Tonight was the Lantern Festival, and there were many lanterns hung on both sides for sale, and there were also riddles.
Through the screen, everything was so detailed and real, as if it was another world magnified in front of Su Xi’s eyes.
Su Xi was captivated, constantly zooming in to examine the beautiful rouge boxes and other items sold at the stalls. Her eyes lit up in wonder. Aren’t these colors the same as the lipstick shades?! Oh my goodness, that coral shade on the bottom left is so pretty!
But the baby didn’t move, and she couldn’t switch screens, for fear of throwing the baby out of her sight.
So she took the cub’s hand and pulled him to the stall she wanted to go to.
Seeing so many people around him, Lu Huan couldn’t help but stretch his arms slightly to create some space for himself. He was about to ask his neighbor, “Do you want to go over there and take a look?” when he felt the ghost beside him become very excited, grabbing his wrist and rushing forward.
Soon they stopped in front of a stall selling rouge.
Lu Huan looked down at the small iron boxes of various shapes, which were filled with similar red colors, and thought to himself with amusement… Most women in the world like these, and she is no exception.
Su Xi saw the stall owner on the screen winking at the cub, “Young Master, are you choosing for your eldest sister, for an elder, or for your sweetheart? The rules are very different.”
The baby lowered his eyes and looked at the iron boxes, as if he couldn’t tell the difference and his head was confused.
Su Xi outside the screen: Bah, I didn’t expect the cub is also a straight man, I’ll choose myself.
She first used her fingers to fiddle with the coral-colored one on the lower left side, but with so many rouge boxes, and with each one so exquisite, she couldn’t decide. So she couldn’t help but fiddle with a few others, but Mom couldn’t make the cub spend too much money on her, right? She was a little reluctant to say too much, and looked at the wooden sign hanging in the upper right corner of the stall, only to see –
Two taels of silver for a rouge?!!!
Are you robbing money?!
Su Xi immediately gave up the idea of buying it. She couldn’t use it anyway. She then grabbed the cub’s sleeve and wanted to leave.
The stall owner saw a strange sight. First, he noticed that several of the rouge on his stall were inexplicably moved by the wind. Where did the wind come from tonight? He couldn’t help but glance at the horizon. But then he saw that the sleeves of the handsome young man in front of him were actually pulled up by the wind.
This this this?
Before the stall owner could even begin to suspect he had seen a ghost, he heard the young man say, “Twelve kinds in total? Take a box of each.”
The stall owner burst into tears of joy, “Sir?!”
He was afraid that the young master would regret it, so he quickly took out a box of each of the twelve types of rouge, wrapped them in a cloth bag, and handed them to the young master.
Su Xi outside the screen was stunned and couldn’t help but count the money. Wait, twenty-four taels of silver! Don’t be so extravagant! It’s so hard to get out of poverty!
When she saw the cub taking out a pile of silver and handing it to the stall owner, her heart ached and she almost bled, but the silver had already been handed over and it was too late.
Su Xi tugged harder at the cub’s sleeve, but the cub continued walking forward, carrying the cloth bag. The lively lantern light on both sides of the street fell on his face, casting a layer of bright yellow hue. He saw that the wind beside him was still pulling his sleeve tightly, so he whispered, “Don’t worry, I agree.”
“If you like something, you shouldn’t miss it.”
“Even though I can’t use it, it still looks nice there. Besides, when you were alive—”
Lu Huan seemed to want to say something, but after a pause, he swallowed his words back.
Su Xi did feel a little sorry for the cub’s money, but when she saw a faint smile on the cub’s eyes and eyebrows, as if he was happier than her, she just let him go.
Although the cub was born in the difficult situation of Ning Wang’s Mansion, he did not grow up badly and always knew the principle of repaying kindness. She gave him this and that before, and although he didn’t say it, he must have wanted to repay me in his heart. If she didn’t let him do something, he might even feel conflicted.
Children were all like this, so cute with their little thoughts.
When Su Xi thought about it, she no longer felt sorry for her son’s money, but she planned to be more cautious next time and not show her crazy love for anything anymore.
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