Lian Youyou looked at Duanmu Qingchen's confused face, smiled, and pointed at the dog with pretended curiosity: "Oh, there is another dog. It's interesting. Let's see how it changes Li Juanlan's fate."
As she said this, Lian Youyou pushed the dog and said, "Dog, it's time for you to perform..."
Yujing Lake was really crowded with people at this moment. At a glance, the usually wide road beside the lake was already crowded with people, and their colorful clothes turned into a colorful river.
Li Juanlan also dressed up carefully tonight and went out early.
Her family runs a pub, and the people coming and going in the pub are of all kinds. Her parents have heard some rumors about last year's Lantern Festival and want her not to go this year.
But the daughters of their old friends were all there, and they didn’t want to spoil their daughters’ fun. And maybe it was just an isolated incident last year and it wouldn’t happen again this year. After all, the Lantern Festival is a day that girls look forward to every year.
They also repeatedly told her to go with everyone, and if she went to meet a young master, she should bring her friends along and just watch from afar.
Before Li Juanlan left, her mother gave her a talisman to protect her safety and marriage.
As in previous years, the lanterns with beautifully written words attracted a large number of people. Li Juanlan and her sisters also gathered in front of a lantern. The lantern was so beautiful that it was a picture of Chang'e flying to the moon, and it stood out among the other lanterns.
Hanging under the lanterns is expensive red paper with gold foil. The riddles on the paper are written in a vigorous and elegant manner. It can be seen that the author is a young man of status and talent from an aristocratic family.
"I guessed it!" A girl snatched the lantern and red paper first. The other girls immediately looked disappointed.
Li Juanlan was also somewhat disappointed, but she still did not give up. She stared at the girl going to Yue Lao Pavilion and followed closely.
"Lan'er, forget it, let's go to other lanterns," her sisters advised.
"Juan'er, it's boring to follow. It makes me feel upset just watching you."
Li Juanlan's family sells wine. She grew up smelling and tasting wine, so she has a strong temper. She said, "Maybe I can find a bargain."
"What if we can't find it?" The sisters looked at Li Juanlan.
Li Juanlan gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "Then rob!" She was not someone you can easily mess with in that alley. The girls living in this alley were not as fragile as the daughters of officials. They grew up fighting with boys.
The sisters were stunned for a moment, then they all laughed. Girls who grew up in the wine alley were all tough characters. They exchanged glances for a while, then followed Li Juanlan and stared at the girl. With so many of them, it was easy to snatch a girl.
The girl exchanged the magic bag in Yue Lao Pavilion and ran out happily. Her expression showed that she was anxious to see her lover.
Li Juanlan gave her sisters a look, and they all went to meet the girl together, like a group of hooligans preparing to rob.
But at this moment, a big yellow dog suddenly jumped out from somewhere.
"Woof woof woof--" The dog suddenly rushed towards the girl who got the lucky bag, and the girl screamed immediately.
“Ah—ah—”
Who wouldn’t be afraid of a big yellow dog with bared teeth
For some reason, the dog kept chasing the girl as if it had seen an enemy.
The girl was frightened and started crying, screaming and running.
Of course no one dares to meddle in the affairs of such a big yellow dog.
The girl was chased by the dog and ran out of everyone's sight.
Everyone just took a look at the excitement and dispersed.
But Li Juanlan was overjoyed. When the girl was frightened by the dog, she threw the brocade bag in her hand, which landed right at her feet. Her sisters were also very helpful, and they surrounded her in an instant, covering everything here with their skirts.
Li Juanlan picked up the brocade bag and was delighted.
"What a great bargain!" The sisters also exclaimed.
"This means that the girl and this young man are not destined to be together~~This young man is destined to be our Juan'er's, right~~"
Several sisters turned around and smiled at Li Juanlan, and Li Juanlan smiled sweetly and proudly.
"Open it and take a look." The girls were even more impatient than Li Juanlan.
Amid the envious and excited gazes of the girls, Li Juanlan opened the brocade bag and took out the note inside.
The girl immediately stretched her neck and moved closer, only to see three words written on the note: "Bai Sui Bridge".
"Bai Sui Bridge? Isn't it in Yiren Lane? Oh~~~ It should be very quiet there now~~~"
"Since we're having a tryst, of course we have to choose a place with fewer people. Let's go and take a look together." The girls exchanged glances.
"Let's go and see what this young man looks like." The girl smiled mischievously.
Seeing that everyone was going to follow, Li Juanlan said anxiously, "What if you follow me and scare the young master?"
The girls immediately started laughing ambiguously.
"Oh~~~Someone is afraid that we will snatch her ideal husband~~~~"
"Juan'er, we are going with you to protect you. Didn't your parents tell you to take us with you when you go to see the Master?"
"Oh, don't worry, we will stay far away and won't affect your tryst with the young master~~~"
"Just take a look~~~"
"How about this, we can go first and pretend to pass by Baisui Bridge. If it turns out to be an ugly man, you don't have to keep the appointment."
Li Juanlan pouted: "How can a lady who can write such beautiful characters be ugly? Humph, I don't allow you to say she is ugly."
"Wow, you're already speaking up for me before you even marry me~~~"
"You guys are so annoying!"
"Hahaha-"
The girls and Li Juanlan chased each other towards Yiren Lane amid the bustling crowd.
Duanmu Qingchen stood beside the chessboard, watching the trend of Li Juanlan's fate, with a hint of emotion in his golden pupils: "This is her destiny." As he was speaking, one of his black pieces was slowly disappearing, "It seems that your dog has wiped out a lot of my chess pieces."
Lian Youyou nodded with amusement in her eyes: "If my dog doesn't move, you also have countless chess pieces for Li Juanlan to pick up this lucky bag. Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that my chances of winning tonight are not great. I thought that my white piece could change Li Juanlan's fate, but I didn't expect that it would accelerate the progress of her fate. It turns out that destiny cannot be violated."
The golden light in Duanmu Qingchen's eyes also revealed a hint of deep thought. Although the current situation seemed to be that no matter how Lian Youyou fought, she could not change Li Juanlan's fate, and he was sure to win, it was this fate that even God could not shake that made him feel a chill in his heart.
So, is his fate also controlled by someone
What about Lian Youyou
What about him and Lian Youyou? Is there such an intricate thread of fate between them? Where will he and she end up? (To be continued)