You Are Too Ugly, I Refuse

It's spring again.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

With his hands behind his back, Huang Ye walked along the long street calmly.

A gust of night wind blew over his frosted temples, blowing down countless peach blossoms beside the long embankment.Pink petals fell to the ground one after another, and countless bright lanterns followed them, swaying and playing the moon with the shadows of the trees.

As far as the eye can see, the city is full of long lights, and the streets are full of tourists.

The little girl with drooping hair leads the adults by the corners of their clothes, holding candied haws and lingering in the Lantern Street; two or three old friends stand shoulder to shoulder, sitting on top of high-rise buildings and chatting happily, moonlight flowers fall on the beams of the roof, singing and dancing under the glazed tiles all night long, and the Chinese chariots Accompanied by Shengxiao and falling flowers, BMW came on the fragrant wind.

Bright clusters of light broke through the night wind, and when they reached the highest point in the sky, they exploded suddenly, like a river of stars inlaid in the night, pouring down from the nine heavens, swirling down together with the bright moonlight, illuminating a corner of the sky .

As if dazzled by the dazzling fireworks, Huang Ye lowered his eyes and walked to a bridge, leaning over to look at the flowing water at the bottom of the bridge reflecting the sky full of stars and moon shadows.

The night he picked up Yuanyuan seemed to be the Lantern Festival...

"Leave me alone." Huang Ye said to Guiyue who had been following him without looking back.

Gui Yue took a step forward: "Prince—"

Huang Ye raised her hand to stop what she was about to say, Gui Yue had no choice but to turn around and leave.

At the other end of the bridge, the guards from Huangye Zhiyuan saw Guiyue Mojun leaving the prince, and rushed forward one after another, but they were silent after she shook her head.

"The moon rises brightly, and the people stand out..." Huang Ye leaned on the stone railing and murmured alone.

Those peach blossoms that were in full bloom hurriedly fell from their branches, floating on the water, and countless lanterns floated past his eyes along the river, like a ghost, Huang Ye raised his head and looked around along the lanterns. On the shore where there were few people, in the dimly lit place, I saw that face that I could only see again after half a lifetime.

The young man holding a lantern lost the immature, picturesque eyebrows, and delicate face of his childhood. He did not wear a purple shirt today, but changed into a scarlet veil, and he was on the same level as the person standing beside him. And standing, just like a pair of newlyweds.

Huang Ye stared blankly at him, watching countless pink petals fall from his side one after another, and as the cool night wind brushed the ends of his hair, a few flakes also fell on his temples.

Seeing this, the person standing beside him stretched out his hand and plucked off the few peach petals, so he raised his head and smiled at the person—there were countless clusters of light and mist in his eyes, and he gazed softly at the peach blossoms. that person.

That person is his little apprentice, who seems to be called Zhu Yuan, who has received all his love.

He held Zhu Yuan's hand, raised his head and moved his lips, as if he was talking to Zhu Yuan.

After a while, Zhu Yuan lowered his head and kissed the corner of his lips, and before the young man came back to his senses, he snatched the lantern from his hand and threw it into the water.

The young man stared at him dumbfounded, opened his mouth and before he could speak, he was held by the man and ran away.

In a trance, Huang Ye seemed to see the child who was wrapped in smooth, bright, soft and delicate silk and satin, crying miserably in the colorful and delicate lantern.

He watched him grow from a baby who only sucked his fingertips to beg for food, and gradually grew into a gorgeous teenager.

But Huang Ye blinked his eyes, those lamp shadows and moonlight, and the cold light dimmed when he closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, the figure of that person was gone in the distance.

Yes……

Hasn't his Yuanyuan grown up long ago and been with someone else?

"Yuanyuan... Yuanyuan..." Huang Ye yelled in a low voice and got down from the bridge, chasing after the figure that seemed out of reach.

"Prince?" Guiyue saw that the prince came down from the bridge in a daze, and ran to his side, but was pushed away by Huang Ye.

Huang Ye walked to the place where they had just placed the lanterns, and picked up the few peach blossoms that fell from the man's hair like treasures from the mossy stone brick floor.

"Prince." Gui Yue followed Huang Ye again, squatted down and asked him cautiously, "What are you looking for, do you want your subordinates to help?"

Huang Ye slid his throat a few times, but what came out of his mouth were three words lightly: "No need." Those three words were bitten very lightly, like footprints left on the ground where the wind and snow were raging. It was buried by falling snow, and there was no trace left.

Guiyue smiled at him, and pulled out two masks from behind as if conjuring, handed one to Huang Ye, and put on the other by herself: "Every time I look at the moon in the first month, people wear animal masks, and men wear women's clothes..." Speaking In the last sentence, Guiyue's voice became significantly lower.

Huang Ye glanced at her, but didn't speak.

The mask that Guiyue handed over was made of wood, with rough workmanship, and hideously carved facial features. The cheeks and forehead were painted with weird and festive totems, and there were two holes near the ears. Hole, threaded with thick red string.

Huang Ye shook the rather light mask in his hand, and said with a sneer, "Father likes this, but I don't." Not only did he and Yuanyuan meet in Yuanxiao, but his father—Huang Ye and Bie Huayun, They also met on this extremely lively Shangyuan Festival.

Bie Huayun was wearing such a beast face mask at that time, turning her head in the crowd, those mortals couldn't see her face blurred in the light and mist, but Huang Zhong standing under the peach blossom tree could.

The moment she took off the mask and looked back and smiled, he was lost forever.

Hearing what Huang Ye said, Gui Yue could only shrug her shoulders and take her hands back.

"Wait." Huang Ye suddenly called to her, took the mask from her hand and put it on her head, stood up slowly, "Let's go."

The serious prince suddenly put on such a mask, Guiyue was stunned for a while, and then quickly got up to catch up with him: "Prince! Prince! Where are you going?"

At this time, the originally bright full moon in the sky was partially covered by a few gray clouds floating from nowhere, making the originally bright and clear moon glow hazy, making the street full of lights as bright as day.

Huang Ye walked blindly in a daze, as if he already knew the side of the river just now, but only had a glimpse, and it was difficult to see each other again.

It wasn't until the moonlight that broke through the clouds and mist and poured down, sending a sweet and greasy fragrance of wine, Huang Ye didn't stop.

Following the aroma of the wine, he turned his head slightly, and the smear of red caught his eyes unexpectedly, so that he could only stand there stiffly, the trembling peach blossoms scattered and fell along with the shadow of the lamp, passing across the man's face. The corners of his eyes seemed to have a tacit understanding, and the man looked up at him.

Huang Ye turned around in a panic, looking at Guiyue who was chasing him from afar, breathing calmly.

"Why are you running away..." Huang Ye said to himself with a smile.

"Prince." Guiyue, who was chasing after him, stood still in front of him, looked behind him with her head, and asked cautiously, "Prince, do you want to eat Yuanxiao?" They have to send Lantern Festival.

Huang Ye looked back, only to find that he had actually stopped in front of a Lantern Festival shop.

"En." Huang Ye responded lightly, and walked to the table where the young man was just now and sat down.

There is still half a cup of fragrant tea on the table, which is still warm.

It proves that the old man has just left.

He didn't use the teacup used by the young man, but took a new cup, picked up the pot of tea and poured half a cup of tea into each of the two pottery cups.

Gui Yue picked up the cup of tea: "Thank you, Prince, for giving me the tea."

Desolate night: "..."

"This is not for you." Huang Ye took an upside-down teacup from the tea tray and put it in front of Guiyue, "If you want to drink, pour it yourself."

Hearing this, Guiyue could only put down the teacup and pour tea for herself resentfully.

The owner of the Yuanxiao Shop hurried over and apologized with a smile: "Oh, sir, this tea is cold..."

Huang Ye put down the teacup: "No problem."

"Boss, here are two bowls of Lantern Festival." Guiyue raised her hand and said to the boss.

As soon as she finished speaking, Huang Ye immediately said: "Three bowls."

Gui Yue and the boss looked at him at the same time, and Huang Ye lowered his eyes: "Forget it, there are still two bowls."

"Hey, okay, I'll be here soon." The boss smiled and left.

"Prince..." Guiyue said carefully.

Huang Ye looked at her, and she continued to say: "If you don't have enough food, you can ask for another bowl later, the Lantern Festival will not taste good when it cools down."

"……I'm not hungry."

"I..." Huang Ye frowned, and was silent for a moment before saying that, "Actually, I don't like eating Yuanxiao."

Guiyue was very surprised when he heard the words, if the crown prince didn't like to eat Yuanxiao, why would he have to eat a bowl of hot Yuanxiao every festival when he was in the Purple Palace?

Seeming to see through her thoughts, Huang Ye raised his head to look at the full moon in the sky and chuckled, his temples were like snow, and his eyes were full of loneliness: "Eat the Lantern Festival, you can be reunited..."

Guiyue suddenly said: "Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival, reunion is round."

"Two guests, the Lantern Festival is here—" the boss yelled, bringing two bowls of steaming Lantern Festival to the table.

Those balls like jade grains were soaked in the mashed red bean soup, and there was a layer of bright yellow nectar on the top, and a few sweet-scented osmanthus flowers were sprinkled on the nectar. Sweet and delicious, people can't help but move their index fingers.

Guiyue put a spoonful into her mouth first, and praised: "Boss, your skill is really good."

"That's not true, my craftsmanship was passed down from my ancestors!" The boss laughed so hard that he could hardly see his eyes when he heard this, "The old ancestor's shop used to be on the side of the East Street, but now the shop on the street Alleys are gone, and it's a lake."

When Huang Ye heard the words, the fingers holding the spoon trembled.

After the boss walked away, Huang Ye suddenly asked Guiyue, "Guiyue, will we really be reunited after eating Lantern Festival?"

Guiyue said: "Yes..."

"Liar..." Huang Ye put the spoonful of cold Lantern Festival into his mouth, propped his forehead and smiled lowly: "It's a very good month, and I always refuse to take care of people..."