Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 650 - 649: The Meaning of the Lantern

The guards stationed at the entrance, upon seeing them approach, all bowed their heads in greeting and let them pass.

By the time they were seated on the second level of the painting boat, Qian Liuyun and Lian’er, who had gone to change their attire, had already returned to the stage.

Both were dressed in white; Lian’er was petite and delicate, with gentleman-like looks, while Qian Liuyun stood at the center of the stage, with a tall and elegant figure, peerless beauty, looking like a deity descended from the heavens, leaving the girls watching entranced.

Situ Nan raised an eyebrow and said, "This Master Qian is truly incomparable in elegance!"

Luo Lingshu pursed her lips, "You’re not bad either!"

"Hmm?" Situ Nan turned his head to glance at her and laughed, "Miss Luo, with words like those, I might misunderstand."

"Misunderstand?" Luo Lingshu raised an eyebrow, "You accepted my lantern, and you say it’s a misunderstanding?"

Situ Nan was puzzled, "What does accepting the lantern have to do with my misunderstanding of you?"

"How could it not?" Luo Lingshu said, "I gave you the lantern in front of everyone, and you accepted it."

"So?" Situ Nan raised an eyebrow.

"You..." Luo Lingshu’s eyes widened, looking at him in disbelief.

"You accepted my sister’s lantern?" Luo Tianjie frowned, "Don’t you know the meaning of gifting a lantern during the Lantern Festival?"

"What meaning?" Situ Nan looked bewildered.

"Master Situ might not know," Le Zhao laughed, "Giving a lantern to someone of the opposite gender during the Lantern Festival is a way to express one’s feelings."

"Express one’s feelings?" Situ Nan looked at Luo Lingshu in astonishment, "Are you expressing your feelings to me?"

Luo Lingshu nodded slightly, lowering her eyes, "Aren’t you just playing dumb?"

"Miss Luo likes me? Why?"

Situ Nan was very puzzled, after all, he and Luo Lingshu had only met a few times, and those times weren’t enough for Luo Lingshu to have developed feelings for him.

Luo Lingshu said, "You are my savior, I once swore, to... to offer myself in return!"

"I saved you?" Situ Nan frowned, "When?"

"You don’t remember?" Luo Lingshu frowned, "Three years ago, at the lake near the ruined temple, I accidentally fell into the water. It was you who saved me back then!"

"Three years ago?" Situ Nan thought for a moment, finally vaguely recalling that he had indeed saved a little girl from the lake before, but right after rescuing her, he left. Now, three years later, he had long forgotten what the girl looked like.

"You really don’t remember?" Luo Lingshu’s eyes brimmed with tears.

"Hey, don’t cry!" Situ Nan said awkwardly, "I remember now, I did save you."

Hearing this, Luo Lingshu broke into a smile amidst her tears.

"It’s just that, I really didn’t know the meaning of the lantern," Situ Nan said, "If I had known, I perhaps wouldn’t..."

Seeing her expression change again, Situ Nan quickly corrected himself, "Wouldn’t accept it casually but instead accept it earnestly."

He feared seeing a girl cry, especially a delicate and tearful girl like Luo Lingshu.

Luo Lingshu wiped her tears and giggled, "Then after we go down later, I’ll give you another one."

"Uh..." Situ Nan chuckled awkwardly, "No need, no need, one is enough. I quite like this one."

Luo Lingshu gazed at him tenderly for a moment before lowering her eyes with a shy smile.

Beside them, Luo Tianjie and Duan Yunfei frowned as they watched.

"Master Situ doesn’t often come back to Bright Moon City, does he?" Luo Tianjie asked.

"Not often," Situ Nan said, "After my grandmother’s birthday banquet, I have to leave again."