The backdrop can also be propped up.

Reservations are required in advance for the Peony Tower, but admission is free.

After making a reservation on the app, Lu Renkui was able to enter the Peony Tower without any problems.

It's not peak tourist season yet, but there are still quite a few people.

The Peony Tower is named so because this area is rich in peonies, so scholars who came and went would leave behind poems related to peonies and put them inside the tower.

After squeezing through the crowd and reading the introduction, Lu Renkui looked up at the decorations inside the tower again. He felt that in addition to the many poems about peonies written about the tower itself, many of the decorations inside and outside the tower were also related to peonies.

Furthermore, some cultural relics were also on display inside the tower. Lu Renkui walked to the display case and looked at the garment that the shopkeeper had placed inside. It was embroidered with peony patterns and two magpies.

Almost everything here is related to peonies. Lu Renkui thought to herself as she took out her phone and snapped a picture of the clothes in the display case.

The tower has nine floors, and you can go outside to enjoy the view from each floor, so Lu Renkui climbed up floor by floor.

When Lu Renkui reached the fifth floor, he was looking at a white porcelain vase painted with plum blossoms when he heard someone talking behind him, as if they were holding a microphone.

Lu Renkui turned around and saw a female host in a red women's suit holding a microphone and raising her hand to introduce the Peony Tower.

"Alright, viewers, this is the Peony Tower, a popular tourist attraction in our Miyang City." The female host spoke to the camera with a smile. "Although it's not peak tourist season now, many people still come to our Peony Tower to discuss the beauty of peonies with the flower lovers of history..."

Lu Renkui listened for a while, then prepared to go upstairs.

As Lu Renkui reached the stairwell, he glanced around and spotted a display case tucked into a corner.

Wow, I almost missed one. Lu Renkui thought to himself as he left the stairwell to look at the comic book displayed in the corner showcase.

Lu Renkui glanced at the comic book description on the sign. It was a common yet not-so-common story trope—a scholar one day encountered a peony fairy, who introduced him to a beautiful and intelligent wife.

The woman was on very good terms with the peony fairy. Seeing a young man who seemed a good match for her, she wanted to introduce him to her. Upon learning this, the peony fairy told the scholar's wife, "The reason I'm trying to match you with this scholar is because I love you. However, since I am a fairy and must cultivate to become an immortal, I cannot be with you. Therefore, I can only introduce you to a man with a promising official career to be your husband, ensuring you a life of wealth and honor."

After saying this, the peony fairy left.

Some things were expected, and some were unexpected. Lu Renkui thought to himself as he took a picture of the comic book.

Just then, a microphone was shoved close to his face, and Lu Renkui heard a girl's voice come from behind him: "Hello, may I do an interview?"

Lu Renkui, inside Sen Ouling's body, turned his head and saw that it was the female host from before.

The moment the girl in front of her turned around and her face was clearly seen, the female host began to praise herself inwardly for her excellent taste; she could pick a pretty girl from just a random person she was interviewing.

Before the pretty girl in front of her could say anything, the female host quickly added, "Well, I won't take up too much of your time, it's just a few small questions."

Lu Renkui thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

“Oh, that’s good,” the host said, posing her first question, “Why did you want to come here?”

Lu Renkui answered truthfully: "I was riding my bike past here, so I thought I'd come and take a look."

"Oh, oh, oh," the female host nodded, then said, "So, after touring this far, what aspect of the Peony Tower has attracted your attention the most?"

"Well, all sorts of stories related to the Peony Tower," Lu Renkui said, pointing to the comic books in the display case.

"Ah↗↘→." The female host chimed in, and Lu Renkui knew that this meant she was asked to say something more.

"And then..." Lu Renkui recalled the cultural relics he had just seen and said, "There are many exhibits related to peonies here. I don't go to museums often, and this is the first time I've known that peony patterns have so many forms and can be used on so many things. It has helped me to understand our culture better."

"Thank you for your answer. Now we'll move on to the next interviewee," the female host said, leading the cameramen and others away.

Lu Renkui didn't take it to heart and continued walking upstairs.

After climbing to the top floor of the tower, Lu Renkui leaned on the railing for a while to admire the view, then took out his phone to take a picture.

Looking at the shrunk scenery on her phone, Lu Renkui thought for a moment and decided to simply post pictures and text about her visit to the Peony Tower today on various short video platforms.

After editing, Lu Renkui set the message to be visible only to her followers. She casually added the caption, "Arrived at the Peony Tower," and then put her phone away. She was going down the tower to eat, so she decided to let Lu Renkui check if there were any good restaurants nearby.

After looking around, Lu Renkui found that she wasn't really interested in any of the dishes, so she opted for instant noodles.

Tear open the lid of the instant noodles, add hot water and seasoning, close the lid, wait two or three minutes, and then lift the lid to smell an appetizing aroma.

However, Men Ying'an and the others didn't seem to be in the mood to eat the instant noodles they had just heated up.

The video Sen Ouling just posted has prompted Men Ying'an and the others to keep an eye on the comments section, ready to delete any inappropriate comments immediately.

Especially Ma Chenming, who is in public relations management and wears red-rimmed glasses, was caught off guard when the comment section was completely overrun by Xiao Keyuan's fans before she had a chance to control the comments.

After waiting for a while, no negative comments appeared, only some praise and comfort from fans.

Seeing that no one was criticizing them, the group relaxed for the time being and guessed that Sen Ouling had probably set the video to be visible only to his followers, so they started eating instant noodles.

Huang Luxin, who had dyed a few strands of her hair yellow, opened a short video app on her phone, thinking she would watch some videos while eating. After a short while, she saw a video posted by a random account.

The number of likes and comments was relatively high, but not too extreme, which was probably due to the official sudden push.

The random account appeared to have captured a clip from a live stream, captioned "Wow, what a beautiful lady! Does anyone have her WeChat ID? I want to follow her!"

"Wow, there's a beautiful woman here. Let me take a look." Huang Luxin thought to herself as she started watching the video. Then she saw a female host in a red suit speaking.

Is this her? Yes, she's the host. I should be able to find her by searching for her name. Huang Luxin thought to herself as she opened the comments section, and saw that someone had already tagged the female host's account.

The comment below shows that the author has replied.

Huang Luxin clicked on those comments to read, only to see the author's comment: "I tagged the wrong person, I'm looking for this one."

Below the words was an accompanying picture. Huang Luxin clicked on the picture and saw a familiar face.

It is a half-body portrait of Mori Ōrei.