LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 82 - Eighty-Three: Releasing River Lanterns 1
Chapter 82: Chapter Eighty-Three: Releasing River Lanterns 1
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Upstream from the river channel, a small stall was selling lanterns in front of the Stone Arch Bridge. People were constantly coming and going to release the lanterns beneath the bridge.
One lotus lantern after another floated downstream, carrying people’s earnest expectations and blessings, illuminating both sides of the river channel.
“Mom, I want to release a river lantern too.”
Su Qingluo tugged at Li Xiu’e’s sleeve, her watery eyes full of anticipation.
“Let’s go, we’ll release a river lantern too.”
Li Xiu’e couldn’t bear to disappoint her little daughter and immediately agreed. She took her soft little hand and walked towards the Stone Arch Bridge.
Su Hu was trailing behind with the two boys, laughing jovially.
Many tourists were buying river lanterns, and Su Qingluo, taking advantage of her small stature, squeezed through the crowd and bought five lotus lanterns that she liked.
She held the five lanterns as she squeezed back out, smiling and handing one to everyone.
“Brother Meng, what wish do you want to make?”
Walking side by side, Su Zixuan and Wang Meng each held a lantern, stood by the river, and waited for the right moment to release their lanterns.
Wang Meng’s mood was somewhat low: “I hope my mother and sister in
Heaven can find peace and know that I am doing well now, so they don’t have to worry about me.”
“They will receive your blessings.”
Su Zixuan patted his shoulder, tenderly expressing his consolation with a boy’s way.
“What do you want to wish for, Brother Zixuan?”
Wang Meng responded with a grateful smile, instantly feeling much lighter.
“Me? I haven’t thought about it yet.”
Su Zixuan touched his nose and smiled awkwardly: “If it were when I was a child, I would wish to have enough food to eat every day and not be hungry.”
“But now,”
He glanced at his little sister, who was clinging to Li Xiu’e, his eyes shimmering with tenderness.
“The wish from my childhood has come true. I don’t want to ask for too much, just for my family to be safe.” “Let’s wish for peace then.”
Wang Meng shared the same sentiment. Having lost his loved ones, he understood the preciousness of the word “peace.”
“Okay.”
Su Zixuan shared a smile with Wang Meng, and the two boys came to the edge of the river bank, made their wishes, and released their lotus lanterns into the river channel.
After making their wishes and releasing the lanterns, Su Hu and his wife, as well as their little daughter, were all smiles, feeling fulfilled.
As night deepened, Li Xiu’e didn’t want the children to stay up late and decided
to head home.
As usual, Su Hu listened to his wife and promptly led the way back.
As the family retraced their steps, they walked past a small stall selling tobacco pipes. Just then, a bedraggled child suddenly ran out of the narrow alley across the stall, his eyes full of tears. When he saw Su Qingluo, his eyes lit up, and he rushed over without hesitation, grabbing her arm and wailing, “Little fairy, please, save my sister.”
“Where did this beggar come from, grabbing my daughter? Let go of her!”
With so many tourists coming and going at the Temple Fair and the chaotic shouting of vendors, Li Xiu’e didn’t hear the child’s wail. Alarmed, she instinctively held her little daughter tight in her arms and refused to let go.
“Mom, don’t worry, I know him.”
Su Qingluo pulled a cute, soothing little tone to appease a clearly frightened Li
Xiu’e, then secretly sent Wang Meng a glance.
“Mm.”
Wang Meng caught her meaning and promptly stepped forward, grabbing the child by the collar and dragging him back into the alley.
Upon seeing this, Su Hu immediately grew alarmed, his heart pounding: “Sister
Yu, what’s going on? How do you all know the beggar?”
“Brother, you tell mom and dad for me, I’ll go and find out what’s going on.”
Without time for a detailed explanation, Su Qingluo pushed Su Zixuan in front of their parents. Seizing the opportunity while Li Xiu’e was still stunned, she wriggled free from her embrace and, with her little short legs, hurried into the alley..