Chapter 1047: Lantern Festival (2)
While speaking, they pushed her toward Ruan Jianguo, teasingly saying, "Brother-in-law, my sister is calling you."
"Hey, wife, what’s up?" Upon hearing this, Ruan Jianguo eagerly ran over, his eyes sparkling as he looked at her.
"..." Shu Jiao.
She pushed his big face away. "Nothing, stay away from me." But inwardly, she was thinking about having a proper talk with Shu Wen when they got back.
With that, she turned around to look for Ruan Jiaojiao’s figure. She saw her holding Ruan Hao’s hand in front of a vendor’s stall, seemingly trying to guess a lantern riddle, and immediately walked over.
"Big brother, I want that lantern." Ruan Jiaojiao pointed at a lantern painted with a cat totem and whined to Ruan Hao.
"Alright." Ruan Hao smiled gently, picked up the roll of paper under the lantern, and carefully looked at the riddle written on it: Five sentences (guess a four-character idiom).
While they were busy solving the lantern riddle, Ruan Jianguo and the others also came over, gathering around to watch. The group, being a collection of handsome men and beautiful women, quickly attracted the attention of others nearby.
Especially Ruan Hao, who stood beneath the lantern. The red glow of the lantern cast a warm light on his face. Even though he was merely wearing casual home clothes, his aura inexplicably carried the elegance and refinement of an ancient nobleman, cultured and unworldly.
As people watched him, it felt as if time suddenly reversed, transporting them back to an era long past.
Ruan Hao stared at the riddle for about three or four seconds, then nodded slightly toward the vendor. "Three words and two phrases (三言两句)."
The vendor was a young girl around seventeen or eighteen years old, likely helping her parents run the stall. From the moment Ruan Hao walked over, her heart had already begun speeding uncontrollably. By the time he read the riddle and flashed her a smile, she froze entirely, simply staring at him, her mind blank and her thoughts short-circuited.