Chapter 17: Lantern Festival

"You...?" Jun Li stood at the door in a daze, seldom seeing Mo Jianchen's appearance, no...It should be said that he has never seen Mo Jianchen's appearance. Vice appearance.
Seeing Jun Li's surprised expression with another unbearable smile, Gu Yining jumped up awkwardly, and subconsciously covered his face: "You haven't seen anything!!!"
"Yes, yes, I haven't seen anything." Jun Li couldn't help but laugh, and Gu Yining in front of him felt unexpectedly cute at this moment.
"What are you doing here?" Mo Jianchen stood up from his seat and walked over to Junli with a big painted face.
Mo Jianchen's handsome face was painted with black ink, and his eyes were clear and deep, much like a fine cat!
Jun Liren couldn't help looking at Mo Jianchen, "I wanted to play chess with you, did I bother you?"
"No, no!" Gu Yining almost blurted out these words. She didn't want to be in the same room with Mo Jianchen anymore. The appearance of Jun Li seemed to be a light, giving her a reason to leave openly, "You Play chess! I went back to Zhiyuan Pavilion to rest!"
"Eighth Princess...!" Jun Li stopped Gu Yining when she opened the door to leave.
"What's wrong?" Gu Yining turned his head curiously.
Jun Li smiled softly, and pointed his white fingers to his face, as if signalling to her, the ink on her face had not been wiped off.
"It's okay! I'll wipe it off when I return to Zhiyuan Pavilion! You play chess slowly!" Gu Yining didn't seem to want to stay in Mingxianzhai much for a moment. Before leaving, she looked back at Jun Li, "Right, don't do it in the future. Call me the eighth princess. If you are a stranger, just call me Ning'er."
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Soon, it was the night of the lantern festival. The entire country of Mexico seemed to become lively again after a few days of silence.
Gu Yining also specially dressed herself up and set on the road to the lantern festival.
People come and go on the road, the streets and alleys seem to be full of the smell of the festival, all kinds of lanterns are hung in front of the door, and the eaves are dotted with the darkness.
This was the first time that Gu Yining had left the Palace of Eight Princes without Mo Jianchen's accompaniment. She took a deep breath and felt the intense excitement.
Behind him were two maids, Huan'er and Liuli. The two of them followed Gu Yining closely, for fear that one of them would slip away by accident.
But these two little girls followed behind, Gu Yining always felt uncomfortable, took out a little silver from his pocket, turned and stuffed them into their hands: "It's a rare lantern festival. These silvers are for you. Just go shopping wherever you want. Where to go shopping, wait for me here when you finish shopping."
The two girls held the silver liang and looked at Gu Yining blankly, "How can this work? The Eighth Prince has ordered you to follow you firmly." Liuli was about to return the silver liang in her hand to Gu Yining.
"Let you hold it! With so many people here, can I still plug in my wings and fly away?" Gu Yining did not take the silver pair that Liuli handed over, and after speaking, turned and walked forward, and fell down by the way. A cruel sentence of "follow me again, I won't want you anymore".
The two maids stood there blankly, not daring to follow along. Gu Yining seemed to have some truth in what she said. There were so many people here, she couldn't fly away with wings in her arms.
Scattered lights decorated the city into a sea of ​​lights. Gu Yining walked in a sea of ​​people and seemed to be surrounded by a warm yellow.
On the side of the street, vendors began to set up their stalls, and Gu Yining was overwhelmed by the bustling journey.
At this moment, the Eight Princes' Mansion was quiet, as if it was out of step with the world outside the mansion.
In the Jing Ya Pavilion, Mo Jianchen was standing in front of the bleak crystal ball, his deep eyes staring at the crystal ball in front of him intently, looking thoughtful.
In the past, this crystal ball would always emit a clear light, but until Gu Yining passed the door, the crystal ball suddenly faded, like a plain glass ball.
auzw.com Who is she? It can make this crystal ball eclipse and lose its sense.
Just as he was thinking, the crystal ball in front of him flashed a faint light.
Even though the light was so tiny, it was still caught by Mo Jianchen.
It feels again!
A gleam of light flashed through his deep eyes, and a look of hope appeared on Leng Jun's face at this moment.
Mo Jianchen didn't hesitate to turn around and walked out of Jing Accord. The crystal ball had a reaction. This time, he must find the person who can make the crystal ball shine.
Outside the house, Gu Yining was strolling around the lantern festival. Suddenly, a distant and ethereal voice rang in her ear: "Gu Yining..."
What a familiar voice made Gu Yining couldn't help but stop, and stopped in the crowd of people coming and going. She looked around, but didn't know who was calling her.
"I am waiting for you by the river." The ethereal voice sounded again.
That voice...like the mysterious person in the dream...
The intense thirst for knowledge and curiosity made Gu Yining turn around and walk towards the river.
Slowly away from the hustle and bustle, on the opposite side of the river, occasionally two or three Kongming lanterns flew slowly into the sky. The sudden silence made Gu Yining a little uncomfortable.
There was no one by the river.
Been tricked?
Gu Yining looked around, but did not see a half-person figure.
"You are finally here." The voice was no longer ethereal, but it really surprised Gu Yining-the voice and hers seemed to sound more calm and mysterious.
The voice came from behind her. Gu Yining turned around. Standing in front of her was a woman who was about the same size as her. She was wearing a black cloak and a wide hat covering half of her face, making Gu Yining blind. Clear her looks.
"Who are you?" Gu Yining looked at the woman in front of him warily.
"I am'Yi'." The woman explained indifferently.
also? Before Gu Yining could fully react, she put the half-section on Gu Yining's face.
Gu Yining was startled, and instinctively stepped back.
"Don't move," Yi's voice sounded unusually calm, "You have become their target. You have to be careful everywhere."
While speaking, she gently covered the mask on Gu Yining's small face. The mask shone with a faint gold in the white moonlight, and she seemed to become more mysterious under the moonlight.
"Don't be caught by them, take care." He slowly put down his hands and turned around to leave.
"Wait!" Gu Yining stopped Yi. It was really too mysterious. What she said made her even more confused. Who was "they" in her mouth? Why did you suddenly become a target?
"Who are you?" Gu Yining looked at Yi, with alert and doubtful eyes through the golden mask, looking straight at Yi.
"I am you." After that, the corner of her mouth curled upwards, revealing a mysterious smile. Before Gu Yining could react, she disappeared into the crowd.