She has a gentle and quiet look, and sometimes the afterglow of the setting sun reflects on the other side of her intact face. She is also gentle and quiet, so beautiful that people can't take their eyes away.

Originally, there was no interaction between them. She lived in the inner courtyard and he lived in the outer courtyard. The only people who dealt with him were her brothers. At that time, he was busy learning some boxing skills from the master of the nursing home, which was considered a skill.

Later, during the Chinese Valentine's Day Lantern Festival, her brother allowed her to go out, and even asked a craftsman to make an iron mask, which looked like a golden peony, rich and elegant, and asked her to wear it on her face to cover the burned half of her face.

It was a joke, but then a business deal came up and her brother couldn't go, so she asked him to escort her out together, of course to protect her safety.

That was the first time he saw her.

Wearing a goose-yellow shirt, a meticulous girlish bun, a strand of black hair stuck to the temples, tracing the outline of a peony mask, her eyes are as smart as the sky lanterns floating in the night sky, and the stars are shining brightly.

She didn't speak, but she saluted him in an approachable manner, which shocked him. When he came to his senses, he quickly said "Hello, girl."

Regarding her appearance at that time, the outside world mostly spread rumors. Some said she was ugly, some said she had a fierce look, and some said she was a master of her father and husband. There were generally no good words to say, but now it is not like that.

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He followed her step by step, watching her personal maid holding the lantern happily, but she didn't smile, as if any happy move did not belong to her, but he could see the brightness in her eyes.

, she obviously likes those beautiful lanterns so much, but she still only looks at them from a distance, just like the happiness that should belong to every woman, she also looks at it from a distance without touching it.

Later, she spent money to buy some lanterns and went back. She didn't go to the Qixi Temple to pray. Instead, her personal maid went there, but she stood quietly outside the temple, as silent as a painting.

He couldn't help but ask: "Girl, why don't you ask?"

She was stunned for a moment, her whole body was stiff, and her smile was a little weak: "No more begging. I accept my fate."

Although his tone was so calm, it made his heart feel a bit desolate. He wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he didn't know what to say.

I walked around for an hour and then went back. I really didn't want to stay out longer.

Most of those men and women pointed at her face and whispered, and they didn't know what they said, but they were definitely not good things.

But she was already a well-known talented woman in the south at that time. Any couplet put in front of her could match any couplet, and there were also crossword puzzles, and the maid helped her to guess them.

Not for any reason, the maid asked her to go, so she went, guessed the word puzzle correctly, and got some beautiful lanterns, but she didn't want them, and gave them all to the maid. On the contrary, he paid for the ones he bought earlier.

He took it back and then sent it outside her house to hang it up.

At that time, I would always see her sitting on the porch in a daze, staring at the lanterns in a daze.

As the light floated, her eyes became brighter and brighter.

But in a blink of an eye, the bright light disappeared, like a moth flying into the flame, falling to ashes on the ground.

"You... like her?"

After hearing this part of the story, Jiang Yi couldn't help but ask.

However, Situ Jinfeng paused, picked up the tea in his hand and took a slow sip, his eyes darkened.

After a long time, he slowly shook his head: "I pity her."
Chapter completed!