Rong Su reached out and picked up the mask, then looked at the vendor calmly: "How much is it?"

"Hey, young lady, it only costs one or two taels of silver. This is the only mask in this town," the vendor boasted with a smile.

She looked down at the mask, then readily took out a tael of silver and handed it to the vendor, who happily took it.

Seeing how cheerful she was, the vendor began to boast about other masks to her: "Girl, look at the two handsome gentlemen beside you. I have a lot of masks that suit them. Why don't you take a look?"

As he spoke, the vendor picked up two similar masks from the side. The only difference was the patterns engraved on the eyes of the masks. One mask had a cloud pattern, and the other had a stream pattern.

It was very suitable for the two of them. After taking a look, Rong Su looked at Shen Peiqing and Gu Yun, only to see that they didn't seem to be interested in the mask.

One seemed to be distracted, not knowing what he was thinking, while the other was looking at him with a smile on his face, very warm and patient.

Since she had bought it herself, she couldn't not buy something for them, otherwise she would seem stingy, so she simply looked at the vendor.

"I want these two masks too. How much is it?"

When the vendor heard this, the smile on his face almost reached the corners of his eyes, and he quickly said, "Okay, young lady, two masks for three taels of silver."

As soon as these words fell, Rong Su frowned. Her own mask only cost one or two taels, so why did their masks cost one and a half taels each?

It was obviously unfair, so she bought it reluctantly, saying in a cold tone, "Why is it so expensive? Mine is only one or two taels."

The peddler originally wanted to rip off Rong Su, thinking that she was a wealthy person with no shortage of money. However, after hearing the price, she became unhappy and feared that she would not make any money, so she hurriedly explained.

"Young lady, you don't know that these two masks were meticulously crafted by skilled craftsmen. Furthermore, they were originally supposed to be sold for two taels of silver each, but since you're so beautiful, I gave them to you at a discount."

If it were an ordinary woman, she would definitely feel happy when someone complimented her good looks and would buy the item without hesitation. The vendor used this trick many times and it always worked.

Just when he thought Rong Su would do the same, she immediately took off the two masks. The vendor was slightly stunned and heard her speak with a wooden face.

"Then I can't accept it. If that happens, their mask will be better than mine. My things must be the best. Forget it, they don't need a mask anyway."

When the peddler heard that Rong Su didn't want it anymore, he was obviously a little anxious. He had finally got a generous customer, so how could he just give it up like that?

"Girl, actually, your mask was also made by a first-class craftsman. I am."

Gu Yun saw that the peddler seemed really panicked and anxious, then looked at Rong Su and saw that she was very unhappy. He smiled helplessly and automatically took out three taels of silver and handed it to the peddler.

"Brother, give me these two masks."

When the peddler saw that Gu Yun was so generous, he immediately smiled and handed over the two masks, but the next second, Shen Peiqing reached out, snatched one of the masks, and threw two taels of silver to the peddler.

"I want this mask."

The peddler was so happy that he almost died of joy when the white silver fell into his hands. He nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, if you want it, go ahead and buy it!"

Gu Yun was stunned, looked at Shen Peiqing, and was silent for a moment. Then he handed the three taels of silver to the vendor and reached out to take another mask.

The peddler never expected that Gu Yun would give him three taels of silver. He was so excited that he almost laughed out loud.

He thanked Gu Yun repeatedly: "Thank you, my dear, thank you, my dear!"

Rong Su glanced sideways at Shen Peiqing and Gu Yun, then looked at the vendor who was grinning so hard that his teeth were showing, and felt a little speechless about them.

When did they get so much money? They have money but nothing to spend, right?

But it has nothing to do with her. It's not her money anyway, so how they spend it is none of her business.

Holding her mask, Rong Su turned around and said softly, "Let's go."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Shen Peiqing and Gu Yun each took the masks they had bought and followed her on each side.

The hawker even came out and bowed to them several times, looking at them as if they were the God of Wealth, and praying in his heart that he hoped a few more such Gods of Wealth would come tonight.

Rong Su took a few steps and put on the mask.

Seeing her do this, Gu Yun became curious and asked softly, "A Su, you seem to like this mask very much. Does it have any special meaning?"

When Shen Peiqing heard Gu Yun's question, he unconsciously glanced at her.

What does it mean? Rong Su was silent for a moment, staring straight ahead, but her sight couldn't focus.

A vague picture flashed through my mind inadvertently.

In the picture, a gentle-looking woman is carefully and meticulously drawing a small mask for a little girl.

The little girl sat aside happily, holding her chin with her hand, staring at the woman painting intently.

The pattern on the small mask is very similar to the one she is wearing now. Both are colorful cloud totems. The only difference is that there are no stars to embellish them.

As her thoughts gradually returned, Rong Su replied calmly, "It doesn't mean anything. I simply think it looks nice."

This sounded like she was trying to cover up something, but Gu Yun didn't ask any further because she didn't seem to intend to tell him.

They walked for a while without realizing it. At this time, Gu Yun's eyes stopped at a small stall and he called Rong Su in a low voice.

"Asu, can you wait for me for a moment?"

She was a little surprised, but she still stopped.

I saw Gu Yun hurriedly running to a small stall, which seemed to be a jewelry stall. I saw him talking with the vendor for a long time. When he turned around and came back, he had a very delicate plum blossom hairpin in his hand.

He came in front of her, his eyes soft and bright, as if she could see a clear and beautiful spring stream in them, clear and warm.

"Asu, I think this hairpin suits you very well. I hope you like it."

Her eyes were fixed on the plum blossom hairpin. It was bright red but not tacky, and instead had a sense of pride. She couldn't tell what she felt about it, but she seemed to like it.

Without thinking too much, Rong Su reached out and took it, sincerely thanking him: "Thank you."

Then she thought for a moment and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have paid for the mask."

Gu Yun realized what Rong Su meant, and quickly smiled and shook his head, saying softly, "No need. I wanted to give this hairpin to you. Because I think it suits you very well."

Since he said so, Rong Su naturally would not refuse his kindness and nodded.

Shen Peiqing, who was following beside him, watched all this, and a hint of gloom flashed across his black eyes.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted in surprise: "Sky lanterns are being released!"

The dark night sky was instantly filled with exquisite sky lanterns of various styles.

The sky lanterns are filled with various beautiful visions and wishes for different people, and they are carrying these wishes straight into the sky.

Many people began to gather, and it seemed that the place where the sky lanterns were released was in the open space right in front of them.

Before Rong Su could react, she was bumped into by someone. When she came to her senses and turned around, she found that Gu Yun and Shen Peiqing were gone.

Seeing that more and more people gathered around, Rong Su curled his lips impatiently, and then started looking for someone.

Just when I was wondering whether I should give up looking for her and just go back to the inn. After all, they were not stupid. If they couldn't find her, they should know to go back to the inn by themselves.

Just as she was about to turn around and walk back to the inn, someone grabbed her wrist the next second, and she was so scared that she tried to shake it off.

When she looked up, she saw the mask with cloud patterns on it. Rong Su finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to him with a hint of blame, "Gu Yun, next time, please speak first. It's a bit scary when you suddenly grab me like this."

The other party seemed a little stunned, then he nodded but said nothing.

Rong Su didn't care about it. She looked around again, then looked at him and asked, "Did you see that guy Shen Peiqing?"

He seemed to be thinking and shook his head.

Seeing that he said he didn't know, Rong Su said helplessly: "Forget it, leave him alone, that guy will go back to the inn by himself anyway. Let's go back first."

The other party still didn't say anything, just nodded in response.

Although she felt strange, she didn't pay much attention to it. Gu Yun didn't seem to talk much usually. Maybe he was scared because there were too many people around just now?

The two walked side by side towards the inn, and the whole way was very quiet.

As we walked, we were already some distance away from the crowd, and the surroundings gradually returned to tranquility.

Suddenly, he stopped. Rong Su looked at him and was a little confused. She also stopped and looked at him.

"what happened?"

He lowered his voice, a hint of gentleness in his voice, "Can you return my plum blossom hairpin?"

Hearing this, Rong Su was a little surprised, but she didn't think much about it. Maybe the other party had changed their mind and the price was too high.

Thinking of this, she took out the plum blossom hairpin and handed it to him.

After he took it, he put it away silently, then took out a pair of earrings from somewhere. The earrings were plain white and carved with delicate and small gardenias. They looked simple and elegant yet pure.

"After thinking about it, I think this pair of earrings is more suitable for you."

Rong Su looked at the pair of earrings for a short while, then reached out and took them.

This pair of earrings gave her a sense of déjà vu. By the way, her mother had worn similar earrings before. That was why she always liked to wear plain jewelry. When she wore them like this, she would feel that her mother was still by her side.

Holding the pair of earrings, Rong Su felt an indescribable sense of nostalgia. Then she looked up at him and said softly, "Thank you, Gu Yun. I really like these earrings."

A faint smile flashed across the black eyes under the mask, and then disappeared, and he nodded lightly.

Then the two of them returned to the inn together.

Rong Su was really tired. Tonight was a bit sad for her, perhaps because she was thinking about the past, so she went back to her room as soon as she got back to the inn.

Gu Yuer came out and called her, but she didn't have the heart to respond. Gu Yuer saw that she seemed to be worried, so she looked at the man standing at the door. At first, seeing the cloud pattern on the mask and the clothes he was wearing, she thought he was her brother, but just as she was about to speak, she looked into his eyes again and immediately changed her mind.

"Brother Shen?"

Shen Peiqing took off the mask, his expression indifferent and cold: "Yeah."

I didn't expect Brother Shen and Sister Rong to come back together. So where was her brother? Wasn't he supposed to declare his feelings tonight? Did Brother Shen get there first?

Doubts flashed through Gu Yu'er's mind, but she couldn't ask Shen Peiqing, so she could only ask: "Why hasn't my brother come back yet?"

Shen Peiqing's expression was indifferent, showing no emotion. As he walked towards his room, he said calmly, "I don't know."

What a clue! Gu Yuer glared at Shen Peiqing angrily, then ran to the door of the inn a little anxiously to see when her brother would come back.

After a while, Gu Yuer finally saw her brother running back hurriedly from a distance.

"Brother! You're back!"

Gu Yun was holding the mask with the stream pattern in his hand, with a look of anxiety on his face, but he was a little out of breath because he had been running for too long.

"Hehe. Yu'er, is Asu back?"

Gu Yuer nodded and took out a handkerchief and handed it to Gu Yun: "Brother, how did you get separated from Sister Rong and the others?"

Gu Yun thanked him, took the handkerchief, wiped the sweat off his face, and felt relieved only when he knew Rong Su had returned to the inn.

"There were a lot of people at the Qijia Festival Lantern Festival. So we suddenly got separated."

"Is that so? Then brother, have you expressed your feelings to Sister Rong?" Gu Yuer glanced at Rong Su's room, walked closer and whispered to Gu Yun.

When this was mentioned, a faint blush appeared on Gu Yun's face. He coughed softly, looking very embarrassed, and then pretended to be slightly reproachful.

"Yu'er, it's so late, you should get some rest quickly. Sleeping late is not good for your health."

After saying that, Gu Yun immediately walked back to his room and closed the door.

It happened so quickly that Gu Yu'er didn't even have a chance to ask. Feeling a little unhappy, she stamped her feet and then angrily whispered towards Gu Yun's room, "Silly brother, tell me, at least I can still help you."

After Gu Yuer returned to her room in a bad mood, Shen Peiqing's door opened slightly a crack. He stood behind the door, his eyes as deep as the night.

Gu Yun wants to express his feelings to Rong Su?

There was a hint of darkness in his eyes as he looked down at the plum blossom hairpin in his hand. He clenched his fist slightly and gripped the hairpin tightly.

Shi Tou has become Shen Peiqing's shadow. In order to protect Shen Peiqing, Shi Tou follows Shen Peiqing wherever he goes, so Shi Tou saw everything that happened just now.

Sensing his master's mood, Shitou appeared and said softly, "Master, you care a lot about Miss Rong. You even replaced the hairpin that Master Gu gave to Miss Rong."

Care? He cares about that crazy girl? How is that possible?

He simply found the overly bright red plum blossom hairpin annoying.

"I don't care."

Shi Tou saw that Shen Peiqing seemed to be being stubborn, but he felt that his master just hadn't realized his thoughts yet. However, it was fine this way.

"Master, you are now burdened with a deep blood feud. If you develop feelings, you will be shackled. I think Master Gu and Miss Rong are both doctors, and they are a good match. It would be better to help them. It is also good for us to have the help of two doctors."

Shi Tou's words undoubtedly exposed something he was unwilling to admit, but the hatred he mentioned forced him to admit one thing, that is, he had more important things to do, and this thing was more important than feelings.

"You're right, maybe they're a good match."

"Master, perhaps we can bring them together." Shi Tou suggested in a low voice.

Match them together? When Shen Peiqing heard this, he didn't know why he felt a little bit of uncontrollable discomfort in his heart, but because of the hatred he carried, he had to suppress this superficial discomfort.

"Okay, got it." He said calmly, handing the plum blossom hairpin to Shitou, "Find a chance to return it to Gu Yun."

Shi Tou knew that Shen Peiqing had figured it out, so he nodded, took it, and then disappeared into the darkness.

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