Chapter Seventy-Five

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  As soon as she heard Junmu's words, Qingjin stared blankly at Junmu, who was smiling warmly in the lamplight, with a burst of fireworks exploding behind him.

  In that instant, Junmu Xi smiled at Qing Jin, his eyebrows and eyes flowing with gentle affection. This made Qing Jin think of a sentence she had seen somewhere a long time ago: "You stand among the lanterns, tall and elegant in your white robe, while I am in the shadow of the lanterns, my heart captivated by you at first sight."

  Of course, it's not that she fell in love with Junmu Xue, but the scene was too beautiful, and Junmu Xue suddenly spoke out a sentence that was so apt. Although Qingjin was no longer a young girl who didn't understand worldly affairs and pursued romantic feelings, nor did she still hope for lifelong emotions, when Junmu Xue said such words in this scene, Qingjin's heart was still moved, and even a little flustered.

  When Qing Jin came back to her senses, she saw Jun Mu Xi staring at her intently, waiting for her response. Being gazed at so deeply by a handsome man made even Qing Jin, who had lived three lifetimes, feel a flush rise to her cheeks as she uncomfortably avoided Jun Mu Xi's gaze.

  Her gaze fell upon a stall selling masks not far ahead, Qing Jin's eyes lit up, "Brother, the masks sold at that stall are so beautiful, I'll go take a look!" After speaking, she didn't even wait for Jun Mu Xuan's response and quickly ran into the crowd to the mask-selling stall. Jun Mu Xuan watched as Qing Jin fled in a hurry, smiling but saying nothing.

  Qingjin carefully selected a mask from the vendor, never having the courage to turn around and look at Junmu Xun behind her. She lingered for half a moment, waiting until her racing heart returned to normal before choosing a butterfly-shaped mask. After paying, she put on the butterfly mask.

  At this time, she finally calmed down. To be honest, Junmu's words just now had indeed stirred up her emotions, but after choosing a mask she liked, she also made a decision about what Junmu said earlier. Past events should also be let go of. Since Junmu told her such things, and there are opportunities to make herself happy in the future, why not let herself be happier?

  Jun Mu Xun is such a person, if Jun Mu Xun dares to take the bet, why doesn't she dare to be the banker? Ah, it's like this, he dares to marry her, and she dares to marry him. Just like Mother Jun said, my Jun family's daughter must dare to love and hate. Thinking of this, Qing Jin put on a mask and turned around to look at Jun Mu Xun, but found that Jun Mu Xun was not following behind her, but was standing in front of a small stall selling hairpins not far away. Just thinking about it, she knew who Jun Mu Xun was buying for.

  Across the crowd, Qing Jin looked at Jun Mu Xi, who was standing quietly in front of a small hairpin vendor's stall, saying something to the vendor. The vendor would occasionally take out a hairpin, and after seeing Jun Mu Xi shake his head, he would replace it with another one. The passing girls around them couldn't help but glance at Jun Mu Xi with shy and admiring eyes.

  Seeing this scene, Qing Jin inexplicably felt a good mood. When she smiled and placed her gaze on Jun Mu Xuan's body, Jun Mu Xuan seemed to have sensed something and turned his head back, smiling faintly at the masked Qing Jin. After seeing that Qing Jin was safe and sound, he turned his head again to continue negotiating with the vendor selling hairpins, selecting a hairpin.

  Seeing his smile, Qing Jin suddenly had a little girl's thoughts, bent down, and went in the direction of Jun Mu Xue from the crowded crowd. Through the crowd, she saw Jun Mu Xue turn her head again, didn't see her, hastily chose a hairpin, her eyes anxiously searching, turned around and walked towards her.

  Qing Jin bent down and covered her mouth, sneaking a smile as she continued to lower her body, trying to sneak up on Jun Mu Xiang to give him a surprise. Half-crouching, she agilely navigated through the crowd, thinking about what Jun Mu Xiang had just said, feeling delighted in her heart. Distracted, she accidentally bumped into someone, and because she was bent down, she saw that the person she bumped into was also wearing white clothes. Qing Jin thought it was her cousin Jun Mu Xiang coming to find her, so with a bright smile, she lifted her face, ready to give him a surprise...

  What entered her line of sight was another face, not Tabo Junmu, but Long Han Yuan's unfamiliar yet familiar sharp facial features and expressionless face. The moment she recognized Long Han Yuan, Qing Jin's smile unknowingly faded away, her body stiffened slightly, her expression momentarily stunned, and also somewhat surprised.

  In her memory, Long HanYuan had always liked to wear dark-colored clothes and had never worn white clothes before. But at this moment, the Long HanYuan in front of Qing Jin was wearing a white outfit. The white-clad Long HanYuan made Qing Jin want to rub her eyes - she hadn't misrecognized him, had she?!

  Blinking hard, the person in front of him was still there, and it was indeed Long Han Yan. The white clothes made his temperament seem as cold as ice and snow, making him look like a moving "iceberg".

  At this moment, Long HanYuan's lips were pursed, his eyebrows furrowed, and there was no hint of a smile on his face. The people around him, who were usually cold and aloof, unconsciously kept their distance from him. Qing Jin came back to her senses and wanted to bow to Long HanYuan, but then she remembered that she was wearing a mask, so he shouldn't be able to recognize her. She might as well pretend they didn't know each other. To be honest, she didn't want to face Long HanYuan at this moment, so she prepared to apologize quietly and leave immediately.

  But when she raised her head, wanting to pretend not to recognize Long Han Yuan and apologize before leaving, she saw that Long Han Yuan was staring at her with a profound gaze. In that one glance, Qing Jin knew that Long Han Yuan had recognized her. She lifted her hand to remove the butterfly mask from her face, and with a reluctant slight bow, she called out: "Third Imperial Prince——"

  Seeing Qing Jin take off her mask, Long Han Yan gave her a faint glance and turned to walk away from the crowd. Qing Jin saw Long Han Yan leave and felt a thrill in her heart, thinking that he had ignored her. She was about to turn around to look for her brother Jun Mu Xuan's figure when she heard Long Han Yan's cold voice coming from the front: "Follow me."

  When Qing Jin heard Long Han Yuan speak, she felt a moment of despair and her heart was filled with resentment. She knew that she and Long Han Yuan were not compatible, and this time she had accidentally bumped into him again. She didn't know what Long Han Yuan wanted to do, but despite feeling resistant and unwilling, she had no choice but to follow him obediently in the direction he was heading.

  Long Han-Yuan saw Qing Jin following behind him, turned around and continued walking forward. Qing Jin saw Long Han-Yuan turn around, immediately looked up and glanced around, wanting to see where her brother Jun Mu-Xi was, but did not find his figure in the crowd.

  "What are you looking for——" Qing Jin was searching around for Zhang Wang's brother Jun Mu Xuan's figure when he saw Long Han Yuan turn his head, his cold eyes staring straight at Qing Jin, with a hint of displeasure in his icy demeanor.

  "Nothing..." Seeing Long Han Yuan's icy gaze, Qing Jin could only lower her head and continue walking obediently in his direction.

  As Long Hanshan walked to a remote area with sparse population, he felt that his gaze remained on her, but he didn't say a word. Qing Jin finally couldn't help but raise her head and ask: "Is the Third Prince also here to admire the flower lanterns?"

  After asking, she raised her head and looked at Long Han Yuan, but saw that he was staring at her without saying a word. Qing Jin couldn't help but scold herself in her heart for being so tactless. If he didn't want to talk to her, why did he call her over? Under Long Han Yuan's gaze, she felt some pressure and couldn't help but pray in her heart: "Big brother, where are you? Shouldn't you have noticed that your little sister is gone? Hurry up and come!"

  "Hmm..." Just as Qing Jin thought Long Han Yuan wouldn't bother with her, he spoke up with this one word.

  As soon as Long Han Yuan spoke, Qing Jin couldn't help but raise her head in surprise and look at Long Han Yuan.

  "Ah, I'm so sorry! I didn't know the Third Prince was in front of me and accidentally bumped into him. Is the Third Prince okay?!" Qing Jin apologized with a seemingly sincere tone, but in her heart, she was thinking, "Why hasn't my brother come yet?!"

  "Cousin, how did you suddenly disappear? I was worried to death! Are you okay?" Perhaps heaven finally heard Qingjin's voice, and Junmu Xue's voice responded in time. She looked up and down at Qingjin, and after seeing that she wasn't hurt, her gaze fell on Long Han Yuan beside her, and she exclaimed: "Third Prince? Cousin, how are you with the Third Prince? There are so many people on the street, I told you not to run around, but you're being naughty. Did you bump into someone?"

  "Big brother, I was wrong, just now I accidentally bumped into the Third Imperial Prince..."

  "I told you to stay by your brother's side, don't run around randomly. You never listen, look what happened now." Junmu Xi said helplessly and indulgently to Qing Jin.

  After finishing teaching his cousin, he seemed to have thought of Long Han Yuan beside him and spoke to Long Han Yuan: "The Third Prince is kind and generous, I apologize on behalf of my cousin for the Third Prince. This girl is always reckless, thanks to the Third Prince, otherwise it's unknown what kind of trouble this girl would get into."

  Long Han gazed coldly at the interaction between Jun Mu Xuan and Qing Jin before him, without a word.

  "Qing'er, you just accidentally bumped into the Third Prince. Have you apologized to him?" Junmu Xi asked Qing'er solemnly, ignoring Long Han's cold gaze.

  Qing Jin was just about to speak when she had already apologized.

  "It's all right." Long Han Yan's voice sounded faintly.

  "Then thank you, Third Prince, for your magnanimity and not blaming my cousin's unintentional actions." Jun Mu Xi immediately added after hearing Long Han Yuan's words.

  Long Han looked at you deeply and saw Jun Mu and Gu Qingjin.

  "His Highness the Third Prince must still have things to attend to, so we commoners and my cousin won't disturb Your Highness anymore. Thank you for taking care of us." Seeing Long Han Yuan still not speaking, Jun Mu Xi spoke up on her own initiative and then bid farewell to him.

  Long Han heard Jun Mu's words, glanced at them, and turned around expressionlessly to leave.

  "Junior sister, this is a hairpin that your senior brother has just picked out for you. Do you like it?"

  I like it very much.

  "Let Sister-in-law bow her head and let Brother-in-law put this hairpin on Jin'er!"