FID – Chapter 280

“Where is the person? I can’t see anyone.” The man imprisoned her, and in this panic-inducing atmosphere, his tone remained clear and cold, unhurried.

It was as if he was upsetting her on purpose.

Liu Yusheng wanted to cry. “Someone is really coming over there. Let’s go, Feng Qingbai!”

There was someone at the end of the lane. He was already looking at them, but he didn’t care. How could he be so cheeky?

Besides, although the night was thick, not everyone couldn’t see anything. Could Feng Qingbai see through the darkness?

Just because she was bold enough to take the road to ruin on the street earlier, it didn’t mean she could be shameless and let people watch.

She anxiously straightened up and pinched him on the side.

The man did not seem to feel the pain, and lowered his head towards her.

“Do you know what I wanted to do to you when you said that I won you?” His voice was dark and almost silent. “Shengsheng, I told you not to provoke me.”

“I’m wrong, I’m wrong, can’t I?! Feng Qingbai——”

“Shengsheng, let’s get married.”

In that instant, Liu Yusheng caught her breath and lost her senses.

Without warning, he told her to get married, in this alley.

Her heartbeat could no longer find the rhythm.

It was identical to when he kissed her for the first time in the courtyard in Xuzhou.

The first time he said he loved her.

“I-My father has not agreed to it…” She was too flustered and somehow could make a sound, so she blurted something like that.

Just she spoke, Liu Yusheng herself was so chagrined that she buried her head in the man’s arms. She only wanted to be an ostrich for the rest of her life!

Feng Qingbai, too: “…” This was her only reaction?

The man fell abnormally silent. In this kind of atmosphere, Liu Yusheng sensed it distinctly.

She looked up at the man, but couldn’t make out his expression through the dim light, but she also felt that he was speechless at the moment.

The King of Nanling, who held half the sky of the court, was rendered speechless because of her response?

Outsiders likely have never seen such an expression from him, right?

“Pfft!”

“Shengsheng, don’t laugh.” The man’s voice sounded downright helpless.

“Hahaha!”

Feng Qingbai rubbed the corner of his forehead and lifted the young girl’s chin. “Since you are so happy, then can I continue? Want to try?”

The laughter came to an abrupt halt.

“Good girl.” He kissed the top of the girl’s head, coaxed her back like a kitten, and slowly released her.

Liu Yusheng was so abashed that she didn’t dare to make a sound.

She mustn’t laugh even if she got suffocated!

What a dent to his self-esteem it must be!

The majestic King of Nanling turned into a spear-headed boy in seconds.

Men probably never ever wanted to mention this sort of black history throughout their lives.

Poof!

How could Feng Qingbai not notice the shaking of the young girl’s shoulders? He rubbed his temples once more.

In the end, he turned a blind eye and led the girl out of the dark alley.

They would never visit this alley again.

When they reached the entrance of the alley, the lights became brighter.

Beneath the lights, her cheeks were still  flushed; her eyes were teary; and the tips of her brows were overlaid with allure.

Very charming.

Only he could see her appearance like this.

Unfortunately, her face mask was lost in the lane, and there was no way to hide her. 

The street not far away was still a steady stream, lively and noisy.

Feng Qingbai, however, did not take the young girl that way again, but chose a direction where the crowds were dwindling and turned to the moat.

“Where are we going now?” the girl asked.

“Let’s go and make a wish.”

“Make a wish?”

“You’ll find out later.” Taking her hand, the corners of the man’s mouth lifted slightly.

After reaching the moat full of tourists, Liu Yusheng realized that the so-called wishing turned out to be releasing lanterns.

There were stalls selling lanterns by the river, and a wide range of lantern styles were hanging on the stalls.

They also provided paper and pencil to write wishes.

Liu Yusheng’s interest was stirred. She chose among a bunch of styles for a long time, and finally picked the quite satisfactory lotus-like lantern.

Feng Qingbai carried a drawing of a naive kitten.

The two wrote down their wishes, folded them and put them in the lanterns.

When going to the river, Liu Yusheng inclined her head and looked in his lantern. She asked, “What did you wish for?”

The man smiled, “Can I say?”

“Wishes are more fruitful only when you say them,” she claimed, poker-faced.

“I won’t tell you.”

“…”

Don’t tell me if you don’t want to, Liu Yusheng bared her teeth. She also has her wish. Who cared?

Mostly young men and women were releasing lanterns by the river.

And most of them were couples. When they looked at each other, their affection was overflowing.

When two people were in love, there was always an inexplicable air lingering between them. Anyone could tell their relationship at a mere glance.

Looking at those couples, Liu Yusheng raised her eyes again and quietly looked at the neat and elegant man walking beside her.

She was blindly following Feng Qingbai, but it was the same in the eyes of others.

At a glance, everyone could tell that they loved each other.

The moat has a gentle current, and the river was very wide. When placing the lanterns on it, there was no danger of the water overturning them at any time.

At this hour, the lanterns on the river were as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Moreover, with the lights reflected on the river surface, it appeared like a river of lights, winding down. The sight was spectacular.

Liu Yusheng put the lantern in her hand carefully into the river and watched it flow downstream, carrying her wish.

She heard that as long as the lantern didn’t capsize, the wish would come true.

Liu Yusheng closed her eyes and silently folded her hands. She kept praying deep down, don’t capsize, don’t capsize.

Bless all those she loved with a lifetime of happiness and peace, and all her wishes to come true.

When she opened her eyes, she saw the man standing in front of her, his slender eyes smiling at her.

“Is your lantern ready?” Liu Yusheng acted as if nothing had happened.

“I’m done.” He walked over. Liu Yusheng subconsciously wanted to take a step back, but then held back.

He thought she was frightened by him just now.

A wisp of an imperceptible smile surfaced under the man’s eyes. He lowered his head against her forehead and said, “Only you, love you until our hair turns gray. Do you think this wish of mine can come true?”

Liu Yusheng held back and restrained herself some more, but still could not stop the corner of her lips from rising. “Who knows?”

She thought he wouldn’t tell her.

Why did he say it now?

You and you alone, grow old with you.

Together with her wish, she wished his dreams would come true.

The night was getting late, and the noisy capital city’s mid-autumn night slowly died down.

While tracing their steps back, the tourists had begun to gradually disperse.

Even some small vendors also got ready to close their stalls.

“Feng Qingbai, let’s go back.” Just as she spoke, a commotion erupted ahead, and someone came running quickly toward them.

“Stop! Don’t run!” Someone was chasing after him, panting, “Catch the thief! Catch the thief!”

The tourists were about to go home at this time, so when people encountered such a thing, most of them chose to protect themselves. No one extended a hand, and one after another immediately gave way.

The place became a bit chaotic.

Seeing the man rushing towards her, Liu Yusheng was about to stretch out her foot to trip him, when the man next to her dragged her away.

At the same time, Feng Qingbai flicked his wide sleeve. When the rampaging man was about to collide with him, an invisible barrier seemed to repel him, and he bounced back to the ground.

A purse dropped from the man’s hand.