Hard to be a master

Seeing that Guan Jingxuan did not respond for a long time, Shen Ziliu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and said, "What's wrong? Master is scared stupid?"

Guan Jingxuan withdrew her mind and shook her head.Shen Ziliu didn't know what was going on in his heart, but seeing his master suddenly became preoccupied, he couldn't help worrying: "But what's wrong with your body? Where did you hurt just now?"

Seeing Shen Ziliu's nervous face, Guan Jingxuan suddenly laughed and said, "I'm fine as a teacher... I just feel that the tide is different from what I imagined."

Shen Ziliu breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "What does the tide look like in Master's imagination?"

Guan Jingxuan lowered her eyes and smiled, "I thought it would be more grand and earth-shattering."

Shen Ziliu also smiled and said, "That's because I'm ignorant. I've never seen such a mighty river tide. If Master doesn't like it, let's go back."

Guan Jingxuan looked at Shen Ziliu, and said slowly: "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I was a little surprised—but after thinking about it, it doesn't seem very surprising."

Shen Ziliu felt that there was something in Guan Jingxuan's words, but before he could get to the bottom of it, he heard Guan Jingxuan say: "Look, your back is soaked. We've seen today's tide, let's go back."

Guan Jingxuan stretched out her hand to smooth the wet hair sticking to Shen Ziliu's face, and said, "I just remembered that last month, Zi Lan sent a letter saying that some things would be sent over during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's still early today, wait for you to change it." After getting the clothes, let's go back to Yangzhou."

Shen Ziliu naturally followed Guan Jingxuan's instructions, the two rented two fast horses at the post station, changed into clean clothes and set off immediately, returning to Yangzhou before sunset.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival will be held in Yangzhou City at night. Most of the shops are closed early, and the family has a reunion dinner.

The monks in Kunlun hardly have the habit of celebrating festivals. After all, they often retreat for several years, or go out to practice alone, and it is not easy to get together.Moreover, the time for them is not as tight as that of ordinary people, so since entering Kunlun, except for New Year's Eve, Guan Jingxuan has hardly had any festivals.But Shen Ziliu said that now that they are in Yangzhou and they are joining the WTO, they should also follow the Romans, so they went to the kitchen to get busy as soon as they closed the house.

Guan Jingxuan moved a chair and sat down beside the small vegetable garden outside the kitchen, picked a handful of vegetables in a leisurely manner, and when she looked up, she could see Shen Ziliu busy in the kitchen.Normally, Shen Ziliu wouldn't let him get involved in these things at all. Today, Guan Jingxuan said that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion, and it would be more homely to prepare meals together, so Shen Ziliu was willing to let him help.

When Guan Jingxuan picked half of the vegetables in his hand, Shen Ziliu came out of the kitchen and helped pick the vegetables deftly, while asking, "What kind of mooncakes does Master like?"

It was probably just making dough, Shen Ziliu's forehead hair and nose were covered with some flour, Guan Jingxuan couldn't help laughing at it, reached out to help him wipe it off, and said, "Xiao Liu even knows how to make mooncakes?"

I don't know if it's his own illusion, but Shen Ziliu always felt that Guan Jingxuan's eyes seemed extraordinarily gentle today.

"I've seen the recipe before and knew how to do it, and I also went to ask the chef of Zuiyuelou for advice, but today is the first time I make it myself. If it doesn't taste good, master, don't dislike it."

Guan Jingxuan smiled and said: "The heart is the most important thing. Besides, Xiaoliu's cooking skills are trustworthy as a teacher."

Shen Ziliu looked at Guan Jingxuan with a doting smile, and suddenly his mood moved, and he couldn't help but ask, "Master, are you..."

Guan Jingxuan looked at him in confusion, and said, "Huh?"

Shen Ziliu suddenly felt that he must have thought too much, so he changed his words: "Shall we go to watch the lanterns at night?"

Guan Jingxuan said, "Xiao Liu wants to go?"

Shen Ziliu nodded: "I want to go with Master."

Guan Jingxuan smiled and said, "Then let's go."

It was such a gentle and affectionate look.Although Shen Ziliu felt that it must be his own illusion, his heartbeat became uncontrollably intense, and he quickly picked up a basket of vegetables that he had already picked and walked into the kitchen.If he stayed any longer, he was afraid that he would get lost in Guan Jingxuan's smile and say something he shouldn't have said.

Guan Jingxuan looked thoughtfully at the back of Shen Ziliu who was almost fleeing.

After dinner, after putting the freshly baked mooncakes on the stone table in the garden to cool, the master and apprentice went out with a lantern.There is no curfew in the city during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and men and women go to the streets to enjoy lanterns and night tours together, which is very lively.

Walking side by side with Shen Ziliu among the bustling crowd, looking at the dazzling array of lanterns, smelling the sometimes thick and sometimes faint cinnamon, and listening to the laughter of strangers, Guan Jingxuan suddenly felt inexplicably at ease and at ease.At this moment, there is no Daoist Sui'an, no Kunlun monks, they are all just a ray of human fireworks in this vast world of mortals, helpless to the moon's ups and downs, and cannot escape their own emotions.

Shen Ziliu held a lantern in one hand and a bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes he had just bought in the other. He turned slightly sideways, subconsciously protecting Guan Jingxuan.Along the way, many young women were secretly looking at him, but he didn't give them the slightest glance, he just focused on blocking the crowd for Guan Jingxuan, joking with him from time to time, as if the hustle and bustle of the city had nothing to do with him. It doesn't matter, in his eyes there is only Guan Jingxuan.

At the end of the Lantern Festival, Shen Ziliu bought a river lantern on a whim, took Guan Jingxuan to accompany him to the inner city river to release it, and watched the moonlight in the water by the river for a while before the two returned home slowly.The sky is getting late, the lantern festival has dispersed, and most of the people who admired the lanterns have returned home, only the street lanterns are left swaying in the evening wind.Shen Ziliu was in a particularly good mood, humming softly while walking and just heard a tune.As soon as Guan Jingxuan raised her head inadvertently, all eyes were attracted by the people beside her.

This person who was smiling and humming, had a handsome figure and imposing manner, with impeccably handsome eyebrows and eyes, as if his whole body was radiating light.He looked at him and smiled gently, and the stars in his eyes shone into Guan Jingxuan's heart. The quiet moonlight and bright lights were not as good as his.

Shen Ziliu at this moment is so beautiful that Guan Jingxuan suddenly felt a little unreal, as if he would disappear in the next moment.Guan Jingxuan's heart trembled inexplicably, and without thinking, she grabbed Shen Ziliu's hand.

The singing stopped suddenly, Shen Ziliu stared at Guan Jingxuan slightly, the latter seemed to wake up and immediately wanted to let go, but Shen Ziliu held back.

Warmth came from the clasped palms of the two, and Guan Jingxuan's face was filled with steam, and at the same time, he felt relieved.

After the initial surprise, Shen Ziliu saw Guan Jingxuan's awkward and shy expression, and a burst of ecstasy suddenly rushed into his heart.He turned directly to face Guan Jingxuan, tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, and whispered: "Master—"

He pulled the hands that were intertwined between the two to his chest and clasped them carefully, "Is this... what I think it means?"