Chapter 196, By the Moat

From that day on, things became a little weird between them.In the past three days, except for today, they have never seen each other. She locked herself in the house and he was locked out of the room by her.

"Hua'er..." Jing San suddenly called her, her name.

"Huh?" Bai Ying looked up, waiting for him to say.

"These days... you?" Jing San didn't ask, because he couldn't ask, and he was baffled by her sudden behavior.

It's just that he knows the answers to some questions, but he is ignoring them intentionally or unintentionally, but he still asks some questions knowingly.

Just a few words are enough.Bai Ying understood, but it didn't mean she would explain. Instead of explaining, she asked an irrelevant question, "Are you going back to Beijing soon?"

She looked at him, there was nothing in those clear eyes, or he couldn't see through.

His heart seemed to hurt again, Jing San tried his best to smile, he nodded with a smile, "Yes, you are with me."

It was not a question, but a self-deceiving statement. Just when Jing San was fully prepared to wait for her to say no or other answers, he heard her say: "Okay."

She said, "OK."

She... agreed.

Dong Gongjing looked at her subconsciously. She looked serious, not joking. At that moment, he couldn't express what he felt in his heart, and he couldn't help asking again: "You agreed?"

Unexpectedly, she didn't answer, but asked instead: "Do you want to abandon me?"

Dong Gongjing was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "How could it be?" After finishing speaking, he sighed lightly, and said in a strange tone: "I'm afraid you don't want to be with me..."

Bai Ying laughed suddenly, she leaned over and put her face on his knee, and said: "It turns out that His Royal Highness Lingwang is also afraid."

Just listen to that pleasant voice like a guzheng coming from above your head, "Yeah, I will be scared too."

Hua'er, do you know... I'm most afraid of you.

Just like now, he didn't dare to move, he was afraid, if he moved, she would never want to cuddle up to him like this again.

These three days, she and him were crossed by a door, he couldn't see her, she ignored him, how much he wanted to open that door, and how much he wanted to ask her why she was so indifferent to him.

However, he dared not and could not.He said that he was just her senior brother, so he was not qualified to do that.

Similarly, he was also afraid that if he did that, she would disappear like last time, or she would do something that he would never regret.

"Jing San?"

Just when Jing San was in a daze, I heard her call him that. How long has it been since she called him that?

Something in his heart was about to come out, he tried to suppress it, and responded calmly, "Huh?"

"In the past few days, I haven't thought about many things clearly, but now I think I should be clear. So..." Bai Ying closed her eyes and stopped talking.

Jing San didn't ask, but just hummed lightly. He put the hair on her face behind her ears, and then patted her on the back.

Everything is in silence... The invisible distance between the two people, the invisible alienation, seems to be gone.

Bai Ying moved her body, found a comfortable position, and continued to cuddle up to him like she was cuddling her brother.

Ling Mufeng looked at the two of them under the darkness of night, feeling a deep sense of bitterness in his heart.In the end, he didn't go up to bother them, but sat silently in the corner, listening to the laughter inside, the sound of water outside, and... the silent heartache.

On the surface of the water, there are a few river lanterns floating. Who made that wish?

Whose hope is it carrying?
Where will the water take the river lantern?
All of this is just an unknown.

The only thing known is that the boat has reached the upper reaches of the moat.

It was completely dark, and at this moment, the lamps hanging high at both ends of the river illuminated the night very brightly...very brightly.

Bai Ying was already asleep, and Jing San remained in that position all the time, just staring at her eyes, more and more doting and gentle.

At this moment, in his heart, he was really satisfied and happy.

The further you go, the more river lanterns float on the river, adding a little romance and warmth to this deserted night.

Gradually, the number of ships increased, and gradually, the night became lively.On the city walls, inside and outside the city gates, the number of defenders doubled compared to the past.

The number of pedestrians coming and going also began to increase, some came out to set off river lanterns, and some came back from other riversides. After they gathered, they all went to the altar one after another.

The moat, whether it is the moat of Lingguo or the moat of Donglingling City, people will never forget to hold sacrificial activities on the day of Duanyang Festival. This custom has been passed down for a long time.

When Bai Ying opened her eyes, the boat was already approaching midstream, and most of the people in the boat knew that she was sleeping, so no one came out to disturb her.

These three days, for her, is it not a kind of torment?
How about resting there?
Therefore, this time, she slept extremely comfortably, and because of him, her heart was instinctively at ease.

Even if the heart is knotted, it is defeated by instinct.

The reason why she woke up was because of the noisy crowd.Because the more you go down, the more people there are, and the number of people on the shore and on the water has increased significantly.

Just in time, that gentle, light, watery voice came from above his head, "Are you awake?"

Bai Ying stood up, looked at him with a slight smile, and then looked at his knees, "Is your leg numb?"

"What do you think?" Jing San looked at her with a smile on his face.

Bai Ying didn't talk, but pinched Jing San's legs. At first, he was a little uncomfortable, and his muscles were tense. After he got used to it, he completely relaxed.

Feeling that it was almost done, Jing San held Bai Ying's hand, "Okay, it's done."

"En." Bai Ying nodded her head lightly, her eyes cast on her hands, Jing San hurriedly let go and said politely, "Thank you."

Bai Ying shook her head to express her gratitude. She stood up and rubbed her neck, then walked over and lay down on the side of the boat, looked at the river lantern on the river and said, "Jing San, do you know? It also has a story."

Jing San followed her gaze and asked her curiously, "Oh? A story?"

"Well, this story is very far away, but looking at it, it doesn't feel far away." I only heard Bai Ying narrating in a soft voice: "Probably a long, long time ago, there were gods in the world, but the world didn't know about them. One night, the god entrusted a dream to an old woman. The dream said that she would make a sincere wish into the river lantern and let the river lantern take it to the god in the distance. I had the same dream every night, so she believed it. It just so happened that the grandson of the old woman contracted a strange disease, no matter how many medicines she took, it was useless. The family was poor, and in the end she didn't even have the money to give her grandson medicine. The old lady pinned her last hope on the river lantern for the gods. Perhaps the river lantern really brought her mother's wish to the gods, and her grandson recovered soon. After the world heard the news, they released The river lantern that carries the wish, if you are lucky, it will come true. Day after day, year after year, so the story of the river lantern has been handed down."

(End of this chapter)

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like