A gentle breeze blew over, carrying the fragrance of lotus leaves. On the surface of the lake that had just rained, it was as clear as a mirror, reflecting the green mountain terrace across the lake. The newly blooming lotus flowers by the lake shook gently in the wind, and a school of carps swam back and forth under the lotus leaves.

“So beautiful …”

The girl held two candied haws in her hands and ran towards the lake happily. She also forgot what she was going to say just now. The young man behind her quickly followed behind. The one who brushed past the two of them was a white-haired man.

When he arrived at the lake, the young man turned around and looked at the white-haired man’s back that had gradually disappeared at the end of the street. There was a flash of doubt on his face.

“Brother! Brother! Look at those fish in the lake, and our brocade carp … Brother? What are you looking at?”

The girl noticed that her brother ignored her and turned around to look at the place he was looking at. She only saw the back of a white-haired man and couldn’t help but be curious, “Brother, who is that person?”

“No.”

The young man smiled gently and turned his head. He thought to himself, “That person just now has such a heavy chill on his body. Could it be that, as grandfather said, this mortal world is also filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons?”

When night fell, the lights of the city were reflected on the surface of the lake. It was as dazzling as a river of stars. The streets were even busier. There were lions, lanterns, candy makers, and candy bottles …

“Wow …”

The girl had never seen such a lively scene in the mortal world. She was very curious. She pulled the young man around and squeezed around. When she was tired of playing, she found a big restaurant and ordered a table full of dishes. She was so shocked that the table next door whispered, “Look at that girl, she’s not tall. She really can eat …”

“Hey! Who are you talking about!”

The young girl put down the bowls and chopsticks and glared at them. The few of them immediately buried themselves in their meals and did not make a sound. The young man beside them shook his head and smiled. He wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth and said with a smile, “Little Aunt let us go out to cultivate. Good for you. Eat from south to north, from north to east.”

“Oh … Eating is also a kind of cultivation. The ancients said that’those who know food are heroes’, hmph!”

After the young girl finished speaking, she buried herself in her head and began to eat. The man shook his head and smiled bitterly, “The younger sisters of other families are all well-versed in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. How did they get to my place …”

“So what if we get to you!”

The girl raised her head and pouted. She looked at him faintly and snorted, “The younger sister of someone else’s family is always the younger sister of someone else’s family. Isn’t she as cute as your younger sister?”

“I…”

The man shook his head and smiled. At this moment, a person came up from downstairs. The person was sitting on the other side of the window. The young girl’s face was slightly surprised and she whispered, “Eh? Brother, look, it’s that person from the day and afternoon … hey! That person over there …”

“What are you doing!”

The man quickly covered her mouth and said in a low voice, “Do you know him? Say hello here …”

“Wow … Didn’t you just watch him this afternoon …”

…

On the other side of the table, Xiao Chen ignored the siblings and casually ordered a few dishes. A pot of wine sat by the window and looked out at the lights. She thought that if Wei Yang was here, she would be very happy to see the prosperity of the mortal world.

On the table over there, the young girl secretly looked at Xiao Chen by the window. She saw that although his hair was as beautiful as snow, his appearance was as young as her brother’s. However, he looked a little cold. She secretly laughed and softly said, “Brother, I found a problem …”

“What’s the problem?”

The man knitted his brows and immediately lowered his voice a lot. Could it be that Little Sister could tell that that person was extraordinary?

The girl slowly stood up and whispered in his ear, “That person, he is more handsome than you, hehe hehe …”

“You …”

The man didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He shook his head helplessly. The girl giggled and turned to look at the window. However, she only saw the sky full of lanterns outside the window. There was no one by the window.

“Eh? Big brother … he’s gone!”

“Huh?”

The man turned around and was slightly shocked. He saw that there were two pieces of silver left on the table, but he did not know when he had left. Even his divine sense could not detect when this person had left.

…

The streets were bustling with people. Many young women were setting lanterns by the lake. Xiao Chen sped all the way to a quiet place. He vaguely saw a fishing fire in the middle of the lake, but in the blink of an eye, it was just a reflection of the lantern in the sky.

Could it be that he was mistaken just now?

In the restaurant just now, he vaguely saw a figure walking by on the street. It was like the old man who borrowed his fishing rod to fish, but when he arrived outside, there was no trace of the old man.

Today, during the day, he had been searching around Taihu Lake for a long time, and he had not seen the old man who borrowed his fishing rod from back then. Could it be that the old man was no longer in Suzhou?

If he was no longer in Suzhou, where would he go to find this great mortal world?

“Little brother! Little brother!”

Right at this moment, a crisp voice of a young girl suddenly sounded from behind him. Xiao Chen turned around, but it was the young girl in the restaurant just now.

“What can I do for you?”

“Hu …”

The girl let out a long sigh and reached out her hand to hand him a string of copper coins. She giggled and said, “Just now, the shop owner said that I should give you fifty cents …”

“I see. Thank you, Miss.”

Xiao Chen took the copper coins from her hands. Her eyes were as clear and flawless as the lake, reflecting the lanterns in the sky.

“Little sister!”

Not long after, another anxious man’s voice came from behind. The man rushed over and the young girl turned around to look at him. “Eh? Brother, you settled the bill so quickly …”

Seeing that she was safe and sound, the man heaved a sigh of relief. He shook his head and smiled, then cupped his hands to Xiao Chen. “I am Su Zijin, I wonder how to address this brother.”

“Liao Wuchen.” Xiao Chen looked at him and said.

“So it’s Brother Wu Chen. Meeting in Jianghu is fate. Nice to meet you.” Su Zijin clasped his fists and smiled. The smile on his face was like the breeze on the surface of the lake, making people feel more comfortable.

“Liao Wuchen, what a strange name” The girl muttered softly and raised her head again, “That, that, I…”

“If there’s nothing else, I am will take his leave first.”

As Xiao Chen spoke, he turned around and went into the distance. The young girl watched as he gradually disappeared into the distance. She frowned slightly, “Why didn’t he ask me what my name was?”

…

Three days later, Xiao Chen arrived at the edge of Taihu Lake. However, he saw that the surface of the lake was vast, and there was a small island in the middle of the lake. There was a pavilion built on the island.

In the past three days, Xiao Chen would come to Taihu Lake every day to look for the white-bearded old man from back then. Unfortunately, he had never been able to find him. On this day, he came to the lake again, and the smoke billowed for thousands of miles, but there was no sign of the boat.

When it was almost noon, the fog on the lake gradually dissipated. At this moment, someone from the middle of the lake sang a song, “Spring water is green in the sky, painting boats listen to rain and sleep. The people on the loess side are like the moon, and snow congeals on their wrists. Do not return to the hometown before you are old. Return to the hometown, you must have a heartbreak …”

This voice …

Xiao Chen’s gaze narrowed as he saw a small boat slowly approaching from the mist in the lake.