Compared to Hu Jiu's hesitation, on the other side, Yan Chi and others who sensed the breath of discipline and came to look for Yan Jiuge stopped in shock at the corner of the street.
"I am so young and yet I am already dazzled. I just saw someone who looked very much like our young master walking down the street."
Yan Chi's tone was gloomy.
"Lord Yan Chi, you are not mistaken." Fifteen followed him and also saw the two figures walking in the crowd.
As a witness to the "friendship" between Yan Jiuge and Chu Qi, Shiwu naturally took over the task of explaining, "That is our young master and the medical practitioner from Yaowang Valley."
"?"
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, and after a moment of doubt, he said firmly, "I don't believe it."
Fifteen said seriously: "This is true!"
Yan Chi: "Then do you believe that our young master is a monk who would give others a headdress?"
Fifteen didn't even raise his head, and said, "I don't believe it!"
Yan Chi nodded and said, "So that person is definitely not Yan Jiuge."
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Fifteen looked up blankly and looked in the direction Yan Chi was looking.
The two figures were seen very close to each other. The young man in the black and gold robe raised his hand to adjust the hair accessories on the head of the medical practitioner in front of him, and even tidied up the hair that was messed up by the evening breeze.
The movements were delicate, the expression was calm, and there was even an indescribable warmth.
"… "
Fifteen choked for a while, he opened his mouth and subconsciously defended, "But, but we came here following the breath of the commandments, that person should be the young master, and no one else can walk beside the famous medical practitioner, and besides... the young master and the famous medical practitioner became good friends, so they behaved intimately."
"Friends?"
Hearing this name again, Yan Chi's expression was particularly strange. He looked in the direction of Yan Jiuge and asked faintly, "How many days have they known each other?"
"Less than three days." Fifteen said honestly.
"How long have I known the young master?"
"At least twenty years."
Yan Chi and Yan Jiuge are relatives, so naturally they have known each other for a long time.
"In all these years, when have you ever seen the young master smile at me?" Yan Chi asked meaningfully.
"Uh..." Fifteen hesitated and answered honestly, "Maybe it's because the young master doesn't regard you, Lord Yan Chi, as a good friend?"
"I don't like what you said."
Yan Chi shook his head lazily, then put on an unfathomable expression. While looking at the two figures in front of him, he continued, "It's clear that the young master doesn't regard the medical practitioner as a friend."
“?” Fifteen was confused.
"It takes a thousand years to wait for an iron tree to bloom. He is clearly moved. He even touched the headdress that he normally wouldn't care about, so he was very careful. I can't think of any other reason except because of that medical practitioner."
After Yan Chi finished saying this, he hooked his finger, took out his communication jade from his waist, and immediately sent a message to Yan Jiuge.
*
On the street, Yan Jiuge fixed Chu Qi's headdress. When he came back to his senses, his fingers had already sorted out all the hair and paused at the tip of Chu Qi's ear.
Yan Jiuge was slightly stunned.
That inexplicable sense of familiarity also dominated his subconscious actions just now.
"Are you ready?" Chu Qi asked him.
Yan Jiuge came back to his senses and nodded, carefully withdrawing his right hand. When his eyes touched Chu Qi's earlobe, he always felt as if something was missing there.
"… "
If it's Aqi, he should be suitable for wearing earrings.
Preferably silver... He could ask Yan Chi to make an earring suitable for a medical practitioner.
As Yan Jiuge was thinking, the dragon-patterned jade on his waist flashed a scarlet glow. Within his perception, there were two Yan family law enforcers with the aura of discipline.
Maybe it's something important.
Yan Jiuge thought about it and said to Chu Qi, "I'll leave for a while and come back to see you later." "Okay."
Chu Qi nodded.
Looking in the direction where Yan Jiuge left, Chu Qi saw two familiar figures - Yan Chi and Shiwu.
This further verified Chu Qi's previous guess that the illusion contained not only Yan Jiuge's consciousness, but also Yan's family. But no one knew when the mastermind behind all this would appear.
Only after Yan Jiuge's figure disappeared around the corner did Chu Qi slightly withdraw his gaze.
"Sir, someone asked me to give you a lantern." A crisp voice suddenly sounded in Chu Qi's ears.
Chu Qi lowered his head in surprise.
Anyone who approaches him without alerting his senses can only be an untrained mortal.
"Thank you. Before that, can I ask who asked you to deliver the lanterns?" Chu Qi squatted down so that his eyes could be at the same height as the child.
No longer having to look up, the child's voice became more lively. She pointed in another direction and answered, "The adult standing over there asked me to send him off."
Chu Qi looked in the direction she pointed and saw a young man in a red robe at the back of the street.
The young man's clothes were quite bright, embellished with the prosperous lights of the city at night, like a cluster of fire falling into the mortal world. He wore a fox mask with a white background and red patterns, covering the upper half of his face, revealing only a pair of smiling fox eyes and upturned lips, and his posture looked particularly gentle.
"In Yancheng, you can give a lantern to someone you like as a token of your affection. If the person accepts it, it means that he is willing to accept your affection." The child holding the lantern explained to Chu Qi while handing it forward. "Do you want to accept it?"
"I don't accept lanterns." Chu Qi looked deeply, "But you can tell him, maybe we can chat for a while."
Hearing Chu Qi's words, the child who was originally a little lost, her eyes lit up again, "Okay, I'll go right away!" She turned around with the lantern, and then ran towards the direction of the young man in red.
Even if she fails to successfully deliver the lanterns, as a matchmaker she can get paid two copper coins if she can strike up a conversation!
*
On the other side, Yan Jiuge quickly found Yan Chi and Shiwu who were hiding behind the crowd.
"What is it?"
With a dull face, Yan Jiuge spoke sparingly.
"You change your expression faster than turning the pages of a book." Yan Chi clicked his tongue twice, and looked around Yan Jiuge's face, finally landing on his empty hands, and began to scold, "You took your sweetheart out shopping with empty hands, without a lantern, isn't that a bit bad? It's a custom in Yancheng to give your sweetheart a lantern, I'll buy you one later? Also, what's the name of that young man, where is his family from, and does he have any preferences for the betrothal gift?"
"?"
Yan Jiuge was surprised at first, then his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and by the end his eyes were already sharp.
There is murderous intent!
Shiwu shuddered, silently took a step back, and looked at Yan Chi fearfully, fearing that if he said a few more words, the young master would draw out the Longyin Sword and strike him twice.
Yan Chi pressed the defensive spiritual weapon on his waist with his hand, and said under Yan Jiuge's momentum, "Why are you glaring at me? I'm helping you. If you act so careless, your sweetheart will soon be coveted by others. If you don't believe me, just see for yourself—"
Yan Chi stretched out a hand and pointed towards the distance.
Yan Jiuge ignored him, his eyes were dark, like a silent deep sea. Others couldn't see his emotions clearly, nor did they dare to observe carefully.
"Seriously, it seems like he has started chatting with that male fox. Why don't you go back first?" Yan Chi's teasing voice gradually became quieter, and his tone sounded a little worried.
Yan Jiuge then took action. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of Chu Qi.
At the other end of the street, a young medical practitioner in fancy clothes was talking to a young man in red. No one knew what they were talking about, but there was a faint smile on the corners of their lips, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious.
If the distance was one foot closer, he would be able to catch up with him when he was fixing Chu Qi's headdress.
If that person raised his hand and helped Chu Qi to adjust her hair accessories—
The Long Yin sword has not yet been unsheathed, but murderous intent has gathered beside Yan Jiuge, and the sword intent takes shape and goes wherever the heart desires.
"Calm down, calm down. This is a busy city in the human world, not a place for you to kill monsters." Yan Chi looked at the surging aura around Yan Jiuge in shock.
Yan Jiuge suddenly came back to his senses, and the murderous intent that was revealed in his body suddenly stopped, and the sword intent was also retracted by him. Then, Yan Jiuge walked towards Chu Qi's direction.
Seeing this, Yan Chi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He never thought that those two sentences could make the real Yan Jiuge angry. At first it was a joke, and then it was a half-truthful reminder. He thought Yan Jiuge just didn't want to admit it, but he didn't expect that he was mostly angry.
The light in front of him dimmed, and the person who had originally left suddenly turned back, which scared Yan Chi.
"What, what's wrong?" Could it be that he wanted to give him two swords before leaving
"Where are the lanterns?" Yan Jiuge asked coldly.
"Huh?" Yan Chi was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little dull. Only Fifteen quickly took over Yan Jiuge's words at this time, "Here, young master, the lantern!"
A large, red concentric lotus lantern was presented by Fifteen to Yan Jiuge Singer, which, against his stern black and gold robe, gave him an indescribable feeling.
It seemed as if the lantern in his hand was not a lantern, but another Long Yin sword.
Fifteen swallowed his saliva and said carefully, "When you deliver the lanterns, young master, remember to be gentle. This way, the chances of success will be greater. This is what the owner of the lanterns said himself, that lanterns are for a bond."
Yan Jiuge then lowered his eyes, glanced at the big red lotus lantern in his hand, turned around and walked in the direction he came from.
"Um."
Afterwards, a low echo was heard in front of the two of them, as if responding to what Fifteen had just said, making them feel a little dazed.
It took a long time.
Yan Chi murmured in disbelief, "Did he really go to deliver the lanterns?"
"I bought it for the young master." Fifteen stood beside him, looking as if he was out of his mind. "Master Yan Chi, do you think the young master can succeed?"
"..." Yan Chi was silent for a moment.
He thought about Yan Jiuge's stern face, and then about the male fox who was laughing so hard that his body was shaking. He felt a little worried. "I think we should leave Yancheng overnight, lest he loses his mind after failing and uses you and me as a sacrifice to his sword."
Fifteen choked: "..."
"Forget it, just pretend I never asked that question."
I can only hope that the lantern that brings us together will really work!
(End of this chapter)