The river originates from the mountains and flows through Yuelao Temple down to Jincheng. River lanterns can be placed upstream and downstream. In the late Chu and Qing Dynasties, the river lanterns were planned to be placed near Yuelao Temple, but Mo Jingyu refused.
As if he was afraid that Zhou Mo would catch up and entangle him, he dragged Chu Qingwan down the mountain and away, to the most crowded place in the city, and then said with satisfaction: "This is the best place to put river lanterns."
Chu Qingwan didn't argue with him. He borrowed pen and ink from the nearby stall and wrote down his wishes very quickly.
Mo Jingyu came over under the pretense of holding a pen and ink, wanting to read what she had written, but she stopped him in time, and he explained in a hurry: "I didn't want to read it."
Chu Qingwan rubbed his chin: "Write your own."
Mo Jingyu picked up his pen, thought for a moment, and wrote only three words.
Chu Qingwan was curious: "Ajing, what did you write?"
Mo Jingyu made a suggestion: "Exchange?"
Chu Qingwan thought for a while and shook her head: "Forget it, it won't work after seeing it."
Mo Jingyu had only heard that it didn't work, and was about to argue when he saw her lighting the river lantern, holding it up, and walking towards the shore with many women praying for a good marriage.
Mo Jingyu followed up slowly, seeing that she didn't wait for his intention, so he said casually: "Pairs of river lanterns need to be placed together to be effective, right?"
Chu Qingwan actually didn't believe this, and with his temperament, she felt that he didn't believe it either, but after hearing this, she still stopped and looked back at him: "Then hurry up."
Mo Jingyu speeded up and walked side by side with her. When they reached the river, she squatted down and he bent down. The two river lanterns went into the water together and went away along the slowly flowing river.
The wind picked up on the river, causing the candle flames to sway, but the river lanterns got closer and closer, and the mandarin ducks painted on them were intertwined and gradually disappeared into the endless night.
There was no carriage on the way back. Chu Qingwan pushed Mo Jingyu and walked slowly through the bustling market, occasionally talking about the current scene.
The moonlight stretched their figures very long, and they were stacked together indistinctly. The night breeze blew gently, and the red lines on their wrists were shy and timid.
Seeing that they were about to arrive at the inn, Mo Jingyu, who had endured the whole journey, finally said: "Wanwan, are you an old acquaintance of Zhou Mo?"
Chu Qingwan replied: "That's right."
Yes means it, no means no, what does it mean?
Mo Jingyu showed a puzzled expression: "How to say?"
Chu Qingwan summed it up in one sentence: "We are fellow villagers."
The last time we met at the lake, she jokingly asked Zhou Mo if he had any brothers and sisters named Monday, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six. Zhou Mo's expression was wrong at that time, but she didn't think much about it.
During this encounter, Zhou Mo stepped forward and memorized the periodic table of elements for her. She was so shocked that her eyes almost came out of her sockets. The two chatted and confirmed that they were both time travellers.
The difference is that Zhou Mo has been here for more than 20 years, growing up from a baby to now, while she has only been here for more than five years.
Mo Jingyu didn't know this, and his heart sank when he heard this.
Except for Chu Qingwan who accidentally received a doctor to treat his leg, he would always be suspicious of any other coincidence.
Therefore, when he met Zhou Mo twice in Kyoto, he had doubts and ordered people to investigate. Zhou Mo was a native of the Great Wall and had only been active in Kyoto and nearby towns in recent years.
And Chu Qingwan was born in the Chu Mansion. Although he was sent away when he was young, he was still in the countryside around Kyoto. Such two places are so far apart that it is impossible to become a fellow villager.
But since Chu Qingwan said so, she must have her reasons.
Either she lied to him for a man she had just met, or Zhou Mo lied about being from her hometown to get close to her.
But what did Zhou Mo do when he approached her?
Unknowingly, Mo Jingyu accepted the latter hypothesis. He thought hard and couldn't find the reason. He planned to call someone to ask, but he didn't expect that Zhou Mo took the initiative to come to the door the next day.