The two of them walked all the way out of Yueyang North City Gate and walked half a mile to a passenger ship dock on the shore of Dongting Lake.

Although it is midsummer at this time, the place feels cooler because it is located on the shore of the lake and has seven or eight towering ancient trees providing shade.

There is a tea stall next to the pier for travelers to rest while waiting for the ship. There are also three or five small merchants and hawkers next to the tea stall, shouting and selling their own food or pocket goods. For a while, ships are coming and going from the pier up and down.

Passengers boarding and disembarking, porters walking up and down carrying goods, plus people from all walks of life drinking tea and chatting at tea stalls and gathering around small merchants and vendors to pick goods, the small area was crowded and bustling.

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As the sun sets, the evening breeze blows from the lake, blowing away the heat of the day. It also makes Li Jingshu's clothes fly and her hair is messy, and the crisp bells jingle.

The fairy-like figure in her painting naturally attracted a lot of attention on the pier. Some glanced at her sideways, some looked up and down with their eyes wide open, and some pointed and commented in the dark.

There were also people yelling and making noises. If Lan Qiao hadn't been standing beside her with a sword on his back, I'm afraid there would have been crazy bees and butterflies coming to bother her.

Even so, as a delicate flower on this chaotic dock, she is still favored by the vendors.

"Girl, eat a candied haws on a stick, it's sour and sweet, it's delicious," a lady selling candied haws at the tea stall greeted her enthusiastically.

"Young Master" Li Jingshu glanced at Lan Qiao and said coquettishly.

Lan Qiao was amused by her and said, "Young lady can cook such delicacies as the Luoying Ten Flower Banquet with her skill as a cook. I didn't expect that she also likes to eat candied haws."

Although his words sounded like ridicule on the surface, he was actually surprised by Li Jingshu's childishness. He pulled Li Jingshu through the crowd and walked to the cart selling candied haws, and asked her to take one off.

I heard the aunt say again, "Today is the day that my old man and I have been married for 30 years. I am very happy to see you two golden boys and beautiful girls. Since we are destined, I will give you one more one."

Li Jingshu was flattered and said, "Really? Thank you, boss lady." She stretched out her hand to take another candied haws, but she saw the aunt wave her hand and said, "Although what I said is true, I still have one condition."

Although Lan Qiao thought his aunt was too busy, he didn't want to get angry. He patiently asked, "What are the conditions?"

"What I like to see most in my life is for lovers to finally get married." Auntie said with a naive smile, "So I just want the young master and lady to show affection, and nothing else."

Lan Qiao knew that she and Li Jingshu had been misunderstood by her aunt as newlyweds, and couldn't help but feel troubled.

Although it is a trivial matter to show affection, there are many people here and the impact may not be good if the matter spreads. What's more, his heart has already been firmly tied to Feng Yeling, and he openly shows "affection" to Li Jingshu.

Ashamed.

He glanced at Li Jingshu and saw that she was looking at him with her head slightly lowered, looking shy but expecting.

If he refused cruelly at this time, wouldn't it mean that Li Jingshu would not be able to come to Taiwan?

Lan Qiao then thought about it. Li Jingshu was about to take a boat trip alone. Although it was a relatively safe waterway, she was a weak woman and might still be bullied and scorned along the way. Why didn't he take this opportunity to show off and perform well?

So that she can deter those young people who have evil thoughts about her, so that they dare not act rashly. As for Feng Yeling, he can tell her his thoughts frankly when he goes back, so that Feng Yeling understands his good intentions.

Be careful.

With his mind made up, he raised his eyes to look at Li Jingshu again, only to hear her remind him in a very soft voice that he was hesitating, and said pleadingly, "Just give her a hug."

Lan Qiao shook his head with a smile and said loudly, "What's the difficulty?" He took out a stone that was about an inch in size from his arms, showed it to Li Jingshu and said, "I found this accidentally in the swamp of Bailihuang.

I saw it looked good and brought it back. Do you think it looks good?"

Li Jingshu saw that the stone was crystal clear and round, with orange-red and milky white colors intertwined together, like a dense mist, and nodded and said, "It looks good."

Lan Qiao smiled and said, "Then I'll give it to you, and you can give it a name."

Li Jingshu thought for a while and said, "How about calling it Luoxia Qiushui"

"Okay" Lan Qiao said, suddenly throwing the sunset into the sky, and then unsheathed his sword at lightning speed. Yuhe sword touched the stone casually, and heard a soft "ding" sound, and the stone clicked again.

When it fell back into his hand, he had punched a small hole with his sword energy, and all the onlookers were amazed.

Lan Qiao waved his left hand again, and swept the branches above his head with a few fingers of wind. Immediately, many leaves were swept down by him. He caught a few leaves casually, picked off the leaf stems and woven them into a small bracelet to collect the fallen leaves.

Xia Qiu Shui put it on the bracelet, then took Li Jingshu's jade hand, put it on her hand, and softly chanted: "The sunset sings the evening, don't you mean the autumn water meets the sky and is also sentimental. Qingqing wraps the green radish belt around his hand, and sends you thousands of miles away on my behalf."

Okay. Madam, I hope everything goes well during this trip." As he said this, he winked at Li Jingshu and signaled her to continue the trick.

Li Jingshu really understood, with a face full of shyness and surprise, she said, "Your heart is as deep as the sea, and I will never be able to repay you in three lifetimes." Although the two of them were just acting on the spot, they both shocked everyone with their blue bridge skills and Li Jingshu's true love.

Che responded behind, and everyone could only admire and marvel when they saw it. There were no more noisy and trouble-making people.

The aunt smiled from ear to ear, and personally selected the biggest and sweetest candied haws for them to eat. Lan Qiao didn't want to attract attention, so after paying the money, he took Li Jingshu to a quiet place next to the pier, and waited for them to eat the candied haws.

The sky has started to get dark.

"The ship to Yingtian is about to leave. I have to leave." Li Jingshu pointed to a two-masted passenger ship not far away and said reluctantly.

Lan Qiao didn't dare to say anything too affectionate to her, so he just smiled lightly and said, "Come on board. I wish you a safe journey."

"Before I leave, I have one last thing to say to the young master." Li Jingshu smiled slyly, waved to Lan Qiao and said, "This is a whisper, please come closer to the young master."

Lan Qiao came to her side suspiciously, and Li Jingshu leaned into his ear and said in an extremely soft but clear voice, "I regret it."

"What are you regretting?" Lan Qiao was slightly startled. Immediately, he felt a warm and wonderful touch coming from the corner of his mouth, and Li Jingshu actually ate a piece of candy stuck to the corner of his mouth.

Lan Qiao suddenly felt like he was being electrocuted, and his mind went blank.

When she came to her senses, Li Jingshu had already run away with a sweet smile and boarded the upcoming passenger ship.

The sails were raised and the passenger ship sailed slowly away from the lake shore.
Chapter completed!