Last night, she met her father Wu Zhi and rushed back from the Wu family army's camp, rode the horses past the lake, and then arrived at the Moon-Wanging Pavilion, ten miles away from the outskirts of the city.

A light of fire slowly rising from the night sky caused her to stop her horse's hooves. It was a lantern, just like stars lit up the quiet night sky, and reflected a bright moon.

Curious, she dismounted and followed the light to the outside of the pavilion. She saw a man in silver clothes squatting by the lake, lonely with a river lantern. He turned around when he heard the footsteps, and was recognized by Xingsu at a glance: "Why are you?"

A trace of surprise flashed between the man's eyebrows and eyes, and he quickly lowered his eyes and smiled slightly: "I didn't expect to meet you here, and your appearance surprised me."

Xingsu looked at the river lanterns that had already floated far away on the lake. There were still many unlit ones beside him, and he couldn't help but ask: "Today is not a festival, nor a full moon, why are you playing river lanterns here alone?"

"Today is nothing in the eyes of others, but it is a special day for me." He turned his face sadly, looking at the river lanterns that were drifting with the flow and turned into a few halos, "It's a person's birthday."

Seeing that his eyes seemed to be invisible, Xingsu hinted her intuition: "Is it a woman?"

"Yes." He answered very lightly, as if he hadn't heard it clearly.

"Is she important in your heart?"

“No one can replace it.”

Xingsu was silent for a while, and a trace of inexplicable melancholy suddenly surged in his heart: "It turns out that the young master is also a lover. I think your lover will be very happy to know that you take her in your heart so much, right?"

He raised his eyes in a daze, looked at her, and there was a hilarious curve at the corner of his mouth: "What are you thinking? What I'm talking about is my biological mother."

"Ah?" Xingsu's mind was confused, his face turned hot and red, and he was extremely embarrassed, "That's how... it seems that I misunderstood..."

He lowered his head with a faint smile, as if he was exploring something: "It doesn't matter, this misunderstanding is not annoying, it's even a little cute."

Xingsu was immersed in his shame and did not hear his own words. After calming down for a long time, he regained his courage and looked at him: "Lingtang... is she okay?"

"She is still alive, but because of some unscrupulous reasons, she and I were separated from each other and could not be with her and had a decent birthday." As he said that, he took another river lantern, lit it, put it in the water, "so I can only put the river lantern here, hoping that the river lantern can bring my thoughts about her."

Xingsu's mother passed away when she was very young. Seeing this scene, she was really moved: "Mother and son are in love, she must also care about you and will definitely receive your wishes."

He stood up and walked towards her slowly. "It's so late, why are you a girl still staying in the wild?" His deep eyes had a confusing illusion under the moonlight. "I saw you alone in the black market that day. You really don't know what the danger is?"

As if she was afraid of falling into a certain abyss, she smiled and avoided his gaze: "I came back from the city to do business. I happened to pass by and saw the Kongming lantern you were putting here." She subconsciously raised her chin and pointed to the night sky.

He looked with her, the moon was bright and clear, and he lost his mind in the vast moonlight.

"I met two people in a hurry before, but I couldn't say a few more words to the young master. Judging from his accent, he seemed to be from the northerner?" Xingsu took the opportunity to look at him with a slight look and tried it out with a heart.

His eyes fell back on her face: "Are you asking me?"

After being seen through, Xingsu smiled embarrassedly and forced himself to be free and easy: "You are my savior. If I know nothing about my benefactor, it would be a bit unreasonable."

He looked at her with a meaningful smile, and without a word, he seemed to have seen her thoughts at first glance. He was not in a hurry to reveal his wisdom. He liked to master the right measure and retain the atmosphere that made each other comfortable to talk. "I am from Yandi, and I come here to do business. My surname is Jin and my name is Xuanyue." His voice was like the gentleness of the spring breeze and rain, "Where are you?"

She finally drove away the uneasiness in her eyes and was able to look at him quietly: "Wu Xingsu."
Chapter completed!