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"Really?" Xiao Ran looked down at the ground, and the swing slowly came to a stop. "I thought you were going to prepare a gift for me..."

Duan Li dared not look at her, turning his head to the side, "I—"

Suddenly he felt a force on his sleeve. He looked down and saw Xiao Ran looking at him with a pleading expression.

His eyes reflected the rustling pear trees, the twinkling stars, and the round moon. At that moment, he felt his heart brighten as well.

"Then—what is this?" Xiao Ran reached down her sleeve and touched the box in his hand.

He had no choice but to let go and slowly open the box.

It is a wooden hairpin carved with pear blossoms. The hairpin body is smooth and round, as if it has been waxed. The hairpin head is carved with two pear blossoms, one large and dazzling, and the other small and delicate.

It's clear that the carver has excellent knife skills and steady control.

"This hairpin—" Duan Li was about to speak and introduce it when Xiao Ran snatched the pear blossom hairpin from the box.

“This…” Xiao Ran picked it up and held it up in the moonlight. The moonlight shone through the tip of the hairpin and suddenly brightened, showing that the tip of the hairpin was extremely sharp.

Xiao Ran looked at Duan Li again, but this time her eyes showed no disappointment, only joy.

"This hairpin is exquisite, I love it! Thank you!"

Duan Li was taken aback for a moment, then slowly said, "Happy birthday."

Xiao Ran was stunned. Today was not her birthday, but her coming-of-age ceremony.

However, in the capital, women's coming-of-age ceremonies are usually held on their birthdays. Xiao Ran's coming-of-age ceremony was later than usual because of her trip to Liuyun Village. So, she should have received the gifts she was entitled to on her birthday long ago.

She suddenly remembered something, looked down and smiled, feeling a warm glow in her heart, "Do you know when my birthday is?"

Duan Li lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

Xiao Ran asked with a smile, "You don't know, yet you're saying it?"

Duan Li suddenly looked at her seriously and said, word by word.

"But no one has wished you a happy birthday this year."

Suddenly a gust of wind arose, and her hair, no longer secured by the hairpin, was slowly blown away from her forehead.

Her hair fluttered slightly, and her heart fluttered gently.

It seems that no one wished her a happy birthday this year.

I remember her birthday was June 16th. That day... happened to be the day of her three-day agreement with the Fourth Master, and it was also the day she encountered the separation.

At that time, Duanli was on the verge of death. Perhaps it was fate that she saved his life, and afterwards he helped her a lot.

She looked at the man in front of her again. He was dressed in a black robe and his black hair was tied up high. His eyes were not as cold as when they first met. At this moment, his eyes were like the stars and the sea, and within them was a tiny image of her.

She picked up the pear blossom hairpin and handed it to him.

"Today is my coming-of-age ceremony, would you please help me style my hair?"

Duanli nodded in response, picked up the hairpin, walked behind her, and tied up her black hair. Although his technique was clumsy, it was infinitely gentle, and slowly, in his loose and careless manner, he began to see the way.

"Who knows that the mud remembers the clouds, and gazes until the pear blossoms fade in spring."

Duan Li had finally managed to tie up his loose, dark hair when Xiao Ran suddenly said those words. He asked in confusion, "What...?"

Xiao Ran shook her head. "It's nothing, it's just... I think the person who named you must be a very gentle person."

Duan Li suddenly remembered his master, because it seemed that his master had called him by this name since he was a child. Moreover, he felt that a name was just a label, and its meaning did not seem to matter, so he did not dwell on it too much.

and……

His real name is not Duanli.