Su Xiaomu clutched her purse and bargained with the boy, while Gu Jingcheng stood beside her without saying a word.

But she doesn't care anymore, she doesn't point at him and bargain with her, as long as he doesn't go against her.

Gu Jingcheng probably knew this very well. He stood silently next to Su Xiaomu. Although his body was thin and he didn't look powerful, he was half a head taller than the boy, and he could give him a voice even in the silent place.

It’s a lot of pressure.

"Okay, you two are willing to give me eight copper coins. You can't negotiate the price anymore, otherwise I won't have any place to make money.

By the way, you two are a couple, so it’s just the right time for you to come to our Li Town. Tonight, there will be a lantern party in an hour."

The boy counted the coins one by one and looked at them happily from the corner of his eye: "You two seem to have just been married. A young couple like you is the most suitable to participate in our lantern party.

Under the bright lights, it would be very interesting for the young master to buy a beautiful lantern for his wife and walk together."

"If you say so..."

Su Xiaomu suddenly became interested, "Let's go take a look later, just stay around and have nothing to do."

"If you want to go, go ahead. I want to go back and study."

Gu Jingcheng shook his head, indicating that he was not interested in these lively scenes.

After he finished speaking, he walked forward alone, leaving Su Xiaomu and the boy behind to discuss the lantern party.

The two of them were talking animatedly, and Su Xiaomu kept asking questions with great interest. When he heard her hearty laughter behind him, he stopped for no reason, then turned around and came to her side again.

He pursed his lips, turned away, and said loudly.

"Aren't you going to see the lanterns? Come on, hurry up. If you are so distracted, all the lanterns will have been lit up already."

"Okay, okay, I'm leaving now."

Su Xiaomu was a little strange. Wasn't he not willing to go just now?

However, I didn’t care about it that much.

"Just now the boy said that the best lantern they sell is the Moon Rabbit Lantern. It is small and cute in the hand. I will definitely buy one for myself later.

Of course, since you have exams in the future, I will give you one generously, how about a carp?"

She happily chatted and laughed next to him: "They say that the carp leaping over the dragon's gate will get my lantern. You will definitely be in high school in two days. By then, Mr. Gu will be in his prime. Don't forget me and the other villains."

"boring."

He didn't believe these nonsense. Instead of pinning his hopes on these illusory things, it was better to study hard on his own.

But even so, when he heard her wholeheartedly wishing him a happy future, he couldn't help but curl up his lips.

There were many people attending the lantern festival. They arrived late, and the roads and bridges were already crowded with people.

Su Xiaomu pulled Gu Jingcheng and finally found a vendor with fewer people. She squeezed in and bought a lantern. In addition to the jade rabbit lantern and koi lantern, she also fell in love with a moon lantern.

Putting the Jade Rabbit and the Moon together in her hands, a satisfied smile appeared on her face: "Well, this is called happiness."

"Mr.. Gongzi..."

The two of them were walking side by side, when a lookless girl came out of nowhere and shyly stopped them halfway with a lantern in her hand. She also held a purse in her hand and handed it to Gu Jingcheng.

The little girl was probably thin-skinned, and her face turned red with embarrassment after just saying a word. She stumbled and handed the purse to Gu Jingcheng, expressing her love for the girl.

"I wonder if the young master is willing to take over my purse?"

Her fair face was full of pink, and she didn't dare to raise her eyes to look at Jingcheng when she said this.

Gu Jingcheng felt baffled at first when he was intercepted halfway, but then his brows became stern when he knew her intention, and he rejected the girl's kindness without hesitation.

"Thanks to the girl's wrong love, I already have a wife at home, so I don't dare to delay the girl."

As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out and pulled Su Xiaomu, who was watching the show happily, over and took her hand.

"I have a very deep relationship with my wife, and I have no intention of flirting with women outside."

When the girl heard his straightforward rejection, her face turned blue and white. Then she looked at Su Xiaomu who was full of surprise, stamped her feet angrily, turned around and ran away.

"Why are you using me as a raft? If you don't like it, you can tell the girl directly. It would be too cold-blooded to hurt her heart so bluntly."

Su Xiaomu was also a little angry. It wasn't like she couldn't be his shield, but this guy should at least say something.

Look at that little girl's sad look. Who couldn't look at her without saying pity?

"Hmph." Gu Jingcheng snorted coldly after hearing her question, "You are just asking the state officials to set fires and not allow the people to light lamps. You usually use my name as a shield, but why can't I use it now?

Are you unhappy for once?"

"I know I did something wrong, okay, okay... I don't mean to blame you. Let's continue visiting the lantern festival. Don't let such a small incident affect your mood."

Su Xiaomu laughed awkwardly a few times. He really didn't expect that Gu Jingcheng was neither deaf nor mute and knew everything.

If she had known that he was so smart, she should have been more secretive when she spoke.

As for not using him as a raft?

This is of course impossible. After all, his name is so useful that it should be used in vain.

In order to prevent Gu Jingcheng from continuing to argue with her on this matter, she took the initiative to hold his hand and join in the fun everywhere.

And he was able to use this matter to win back a victory, and he was naturally happy and proud.

He didn't care about the skin-to-skin kiss between the two of them at the moment.

The lanterns were put into the river, and the two of them made wishes to each other.

Su Xiaomu closed her eyes and looked serious.

She prayed to God to bless her to make a fortune in business, to do things smoothly after leaving the Gu family, and to successfully fulfill her wishes one by one.

The river was filled with lanterns and candlelight flickering. Her pious wish made Gu Jingcheng's eyes widen.

He originally had no interest in women in this world, and beauty was just skin to him.

But now, when he looked at Su Xiaomu, he seemed to understand for the first time what the book said about having a charming face.

"What wish did you make?"

Su Xiaomu was in a very good mood when she made her wish.

She was curious about what Gu Jingcheng wanted.

I was also afraid that his wish would not work if he said it, so I stood on tiptoe slightly, tilted my head, and looked at him with bright eyes: "Tell me in a roundabout way! The gods won't know..."

"If you want to make a wish sincerely, how can you have such a thought? Are you not afraid that he will not fulfill your wish and that all your hopes will be disappointed?"

Gu Jingcheng didn't dare to look at her anymore, lest she realize something was wrong with him, he abruptly looked away.

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to say it, don't say it. Anyway, what you said makes sense."
Chapter completed!