Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

"This is too expensive, I can't accept it."

A-luan had only been a disciple for a short time and felt that she could not bear such a heavy debt of gratitude.

But Xin Wanyun still pushed it back. "Are you going to take it into my coffin after I die? It's just a dead object. People are flexible and need to be flexible, just like marching in battle..."

As he spoke, Xin Wanyun also taught Alua a lot of experience.

After she finished speaking, she remembered that Xie Ting seemed to be waiting nearby. "Deputy General Xie... Hey, where is he?"

The place where Xie Ting had been standing just now was empty, without a single person in sight.

A-luan didn't take it to heart. She carefully collected everyone's gifts and put them back in her room.

By the evening, Xie Ting still hadn't shown up.

Fortunately, they are resting today, so it doesn’t matter if they didn’t show up.

But after dinner, Xie Ting was still nowhere to be seen.

Meng Qi was worried that something had happened to him, so he went to look for him in person, but still couldn't find him.

Until the evening, a series of hurried knocks were heard outside Aluan's door.

As soon as Aluan opened the door, before she could even see the person in front of her, she was grabbed and walked out.

"follow me."

A familiar voice sounded. Who else could it be but Xie Ting who had disappeared for almost a whole day?

A Luan followed him forward in a daze. Although she didn't know what Xie Ting was going to do, she knew that Xie Ting would definitely not harm her so she did not resist.

After a while, they arrived at the moat.

The two stood under a weeping willow, facing the wind. Xie Ting put his hands to his mouth in a trumpet shape and said, "Brothers, are you ready?"

"Ready!"

"point!"

Xie Ting shouted a word loudly.

When the last syllable fell, a star-like light suddenly appeared on the surface of the river.

It was pitch black all around, with only the scenery on the river emitting a glowing light, as if one were in a vast galaxy.

Under those lights are soft ripples of water, beautiful as a dream.

"This is……"

"I made all the lanterns myself. They're beautiful, aren't they?"

Xie Ting crossed his arms and tossed his hair in a self-consciously cool manner. "I'm reluctantly giving you a chance to admire me. You can now offer your praise."

A-Luan's eyes clearly reflected the arrogant Xie Ting. She thought she was going to retort, but unexpectedly, A-Luan said sincerely, "Thank you for making so many lanterns in just one afternoon. You are really amazing and beautiful."

It is rare to see such a gentle and humble A-luan. Most of the time, A-luan is immersed in his own world.

Her eyes were clear and there was even a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

Xie Ting's face suddenly turned red for no apparent reason. He turned his eyes away and didn't dare to meet A Luan's eyes.

"It's enough for you to know that I'm powerful. Well, this is a gift for your coming-of-age ceremony. Take it."

Xie Ting awkwardly handed over a dagger.

The short knife flashed with a cold light in the night, and it was obvious that it was not an ordinary item.

A Luan was about to reach out to take it, but was pulled back by a strong force and was unable to take it.

She looked at Xie Ting in confusion, and heard Xie Ting say with an extremely painful expression: "Well, it's made of thousand-year-old black iron. Can you give it back to me when I come of age?"

Ah Luan's smile deepened. She pulled the dagger towards him with all her strength and said politely, "Sorry, I can't."

Xie Ting bit his lip and said, "Then I won't give it to you. I can take it back..."

"A gift once given is like spilled water, and you can't just dump it out."

"Okay, you're cruel." Xie Ting said angrily.

A Luan's smile deepened. She put away the dagger and took out a bottle of the best wound medicine from her bosom. Then she took his hand and carefully applied the medicine to him.

"I'm fine!"

Xie Ting tried to retract his hand and hide it behind his back, but A-Luan said directly, "You got hurt while making lanterns, right? I will remember this kindness in my heart. I will treat those who treat me sincerely with sincerity as well. So, at least don't let me feel guilty about this, okay?"

The girl's voice was soft and came into his ears with the wind.

As if by magic, Xie Ting just stood there.

A-luan's technique of applying medicine was not particularly delicate and gentle, but she was thorough and left nothing out.

After applying the medicine, A-Luan said, "When you come of age, I'll give you another gift."

For example, the hammer she just eliminated is very good.

Seeing A Luan's expression, Xie Ting seemed to guess something, "First of all, I don't want the hammer."

A Luan pursed her lips and said, "The recipient of the gift has no right to choose."

In an instant, Xie Ting felt a little regretful.

Why did he give away the dagger in a fit of anger? Why did he make so many lanterns in a fit of anger?

Ah Luan said, "Thank you so much, Xie Ting. You are the first person other than my family to give me a coming-of-age gift. I have never received such a beautiful gift before. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness."

Xie Ting silently withdrew his previous regret, as if it was not bad to have a hot head.

Other soldiers started to make noises from a distance, "Deputy General Xie, are you still a man? Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss!"

Xie Ting's face flushed red as if blood was dripping out, and he scolded, "What are you all doing? A-Luan is a woman after all, don't affect her reputation."

It would have been fine if they had put on a show in Lecheng to deceive the relatives of both sides, but when they were in the military camp, Xie Ting decisively told everyone about the situation between the two of them, for fear that it would affect A-luan's reputation in the future.

Aluan is such a good girl, she will definitely find a husband who treats her very well to spend her life with. He cannot discredit her.

Xie Ting's mood suddenly became depressed, and at this time the lanterns on the river slowly began to go out.

He then said, "Okay, now that you've finished looking at the gifts, go back and get some rest. We have to set off again tomorrow."

"how about you?"

Facing the teasing of the soldiers, Aluan never took it to heart.

Anyway, no matter how much she jokes, she won't lose a single piece of meat.

Besides, they were brothers who had fought side by side and had no ill intentions, so A-luan let them go.

"I still have to go fish out the lanterns."

Beauty is just a matter of a moment, but it takes a lot of effort behind it.

Besides being time-consuming and labor-intensive to make, he couldn't just leave the lantern in the river after it was finished, and had to go out and fish it out with great difficulty.

But thinking of what Aluan had just said, he felt it was worth it.

Ah Luan didn't mean to leave. She rolled up her sleeves and jumped onto the wooden boat nearby. "Okay, I'll fish with you."

Seeing this, the other soldiers ran away quickly.

So only Xie Ting and A Luan were left present.

The wooden boat was very small, and two people could barely reach the ground after standing on it.

At first they couldn't cooperate well. As soon as one of them moved, the other would start shaking for a long time, so that both of them were frozen there and dared not move.

However, as they gradually adapted, they became more and more adept at it, so much so that they had picked up all the lantern debris in a short while.