Did the tavern owner cook Chinese food today?

——"The sound of firecrackers kills the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth into Tusu."

The sound of breaking the sky and whipping whips resounded through the sky, and the bamboo chips were crackling and burning, making the Lantern Festival.

The citizens of Juta Liberty City, today can be regarded as an eye-opener.They gather in front of the tavern, or in front of many small stalls for the night market around the port of Duomeng, feeling the excitement of Nianhua.

The workload of the guards was astonishingly heavy. They evacuated and supervised the crowd back and forth, running around exhaustedly, but they all loved and hated Boss Nianhua's "tricks".

It was too lively - there were drums in the front, and lanterns to guess riddles in the back.

As soon as they pass by this place, the parents would like to tie their children on their legs, so as not to be seduced by the children, and stare at the candied haws in a daze without looking back.

Some parents simply put their children on their shoulders, and a group of furry and round children turned into captains, directing their parents to sail in the direction of the lantern.

Nianhua's lanterns are very beautiful, not to mention colorful, and each one has a unique shape: the face of a little wolf, the head of a rabbit, the claws of a kitten...

There are many orcs and mixed-race orcs on Lost Island. Parents are also quite curious and lead their children to find their own "belonging".

"Boom!" There was a beating of the drum, and someone in front shouted: "The sixth round of lantern guessing is about to start! The riddle will be announced for 15 seconds. After three drum beats, there will be a competition to guess the answer. The first person who guesses the riddle will get a reward!"

A table was set up at the entrance of the tavern, with ten people sitting on top of it one after another, and crowds of spectators on the bottom.

"Please listen to the question—"Be born like a tiger, don't dare to violate the mouse, have the most ingenious vision, gain and lose day and night"—hit an animal."

Rhyming and interesting words, the audience will never tire of hearing them.They watched with great interest the looks of the riddle-guessers on the stage racking their brains, while thinking secretly, followed to guess the riddles.

In front of the stage, a father was thinking hard when his son pulled his hair and kept patting his neck with a meat pad.

When the cub hit him, the father became annoyed, and everyone in the crowd laughed from ear to ear.

"Sean, don't make trouble." Father's forehead was swollen with veins, and he was still patient, reminding him in a harmonious voice.

The cub stared at his big round eyes, and his little nose twitched.

"Dad, look at me, look at me." He kept repeating a sentence and said softly.

"I - Dad..." He patted himself on the head with a meat pad.

The father was so annoyed that he didn't have time to guess the riddle, but under the inexplicable behavior of his son, he suddenly understood something.

He quickly picked up the son in his arms, and the mother at the bottom of the stage was very angry when she saw the position of holding the baby.

"I know the answer!" the father said hurriedly, "It's a cat!"

"Boom——" The drum sounded to indicate the correct answer, and the crowd cheered excitedly.

The father scratched his cub's chin, and the kitten purred comfortably.

He won a large bowl of round glutinous rice balls, Nianhua's staff congratulated him and invited his family to the shop.

Everyone was envious and excited, and more people flocked to sign up.

Through the window of the small room on the second floor, Hawley looked at the jubilant scene below.

In fact, the scene scene is quite simple, including the firecrackers——

If real firecrackers were made out of saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal ash, it is estimated that he would not be able to watch the excitement safely and soundly, but taste the bitter fruit of a prematurely crooked technology tree.

With the war of factions imminent, if gunpowder appears, it will definitely stir up turmoil in the entire continent, and wars will spread all over the place.

All in all, he cherished his life and was too lazy to do it.

Including these activities, they are all low-end versions of Spring Festival customs.It's more than enough to make a lively picture, but in terms of cultural background, he can't bring it to this world as it is anyway.

Let the people in the other world feel the joy a little bit, and leave a memory for yourself, it's almost enough.

Seeing everyone having fun, he was still happy, and after a long time, the corners of his mouth hardly let go.

"The corner of my mouth is about to run away." Wilmer's voice appeared next to him.

Holly didn't make a sound, because all the blood in his body was rushing to his heart.

He tightened his arms and rested his elbows on the window sill, pretending to watch the lantern riddles seriously.They don't know what kind of scene will be created in the eyes of the other person when the chest muscles are squeezed.

From the day they were drunk, the atmosphere between the two became more and more delicate.Usually talking about business, except for some trivial matters that need to be communicated, Hawley almost avoided looking directly into Wilmer's eyes.

Of course he took the amnesiac measures - drank the fragments, don't remember.

However, the more you cover it up, the more you can make each other aware of the difference.

But only Holly understood how much he wanted to look at those beautiful blood-colored eyes, and he never took his eyes off him for a moment.

He was afraid, afraid that his emotions would show up by himself if he was not careful, and then screw everything up.

Just like now: he was ready to move, his mouth was one step ahead of his brain, and he wanted to talk to Wilmer.

"The little girl below has bear ears, so cute."

Wilmer smiled lightly: "It's very cute."

He was leaning against the window in the same posture, only a palm away from Holly.

"I transformed into my second form very late, much slower than my peers." He seemed to change the subject suddenly.

"At that time, I hardly had any hope that I could become a human being, thinking that I would be a skeleton for the rest of my life."

Wilmer stretched out his right hand, and the skin and flesh slowly faded away, as if being eaten by an invisible mouth, revealing the white bones.

He has been able to freely transform form, although not very skilled.

"After following you, I found that you seem to like the orcs here, as well as the half-breed orcs, and you especially like to touch their hands."

"I can't say I like it very much, but...it really feels good in the hand."

Hawley looked at Wilmer's boned right hand, and said to himself that I would rather touch you, believe it or not, I can wrap my bones in an afternoon.

"Exactly." Wilmer's eyes were far-reaching. "Do you know what I was thinking when I found out that you prefer furry things?"

"what?"

"I'm hairless, will I not please you?"

Holly froze for a moment, then laughed lowly, and gradually, it turned into a hearty laugh.

There was also a smile on Wilmer's lips.

"When I think of this, I can't sleep well. At that time, I didn't sleep in a separate room. I was lying next to you, and I often touched my bare bone head, trying to grow hair."

The arc of Hawley's shoulders shrugged was even bigger. He leaned half his body on the window sill, turned his head sideways, and looked up at Wilmer.

He reached out with a hand, tangling Wilmer's curly hair with his fingers.

The hair is silky, smooth and soft.

There was a sour feeling in his heart, and he slowly stroked the blond hair with his fingertips.

Its feel trumps everything, and Hawley has always loved it.Just like its owner, in his mind, always has a unique position and is irreplaceable.

There was still a lot of people outside, but inside the house, it was as quiet as night.

The two of them didn't speak, they watched each other quietly, their hearts were full of things.

After an unknown amount of time, Holly suddenly stood up and closed the wooden window.

The light in the small room was immediately deprived, and there was only thin daylight in front of my eyes, illuminating weakly like dying.

Wilmer's body shook suddenly, and was pushed against the wall by a strong force.

In the dim light, Holly's breath gradually approached.

He didn't know why, but he behaved like a puppet and let the other party manipulate him.

"Answer me." Holly said hoarsely.

"You need to make sure that you will answer my question next without any adulteration."

Wilmer only pursed his lips, and the cold bone palm took Wilmer's wrist and pressed his hand to his cheek.

"Don't worry, I will never lie to you. Whatever you want to ask, I will tell you the truth."

Holly was silent instead.

In the dim environment, light gathered in the depths of his green eyes, like a predator watching for prey in the forest, emitting a threatening light at the moment.

"you……"

He finally spoke, as if he had made up his mind.

Somehow, Wilmer was also infected and became nervous.

"You told me that there is someone you like."

"……Um."

"You met him in the dark cave?"

"No, we met a long time ago."

There was inexplicable coldness in Holly's eyes.

Very good, he thought.The range has been reduced to Lost Isle.Unknowingly, he had breathed the same air with his rival for so long.

"Is he a man or a woman?" His voice tightened, his eyes showed determination, as if betting on all the gamblers, putting all their eggs in one basket.

"..." Wilmer was obviously caught off guard and couldn't answer immediately.

"I won't blame you, Wilmer, you just have to be honest."

Wilmer said in a very soft voice, "Same gender as you."

As soon as he finished speaking, his wrist suddenly loosened from his palm.He vaguely saw Holly nodded slightly, with a smile on his lips.

"I have something to do, so I have to go to Donovan's side. Come back in two days, and you can help me look after the tavern and Master."

The deep and magnetic voice was suddenly much brighter than before. After leaving this sentence, Holly strode out the door, leaving Wilmer who was hesitant to speak.

It's not an excuse, Hawley does have business to deal with.

Every step he takes is full of elation, the depression dissipates, and everything is pleasing to the eye.

Greeting to the staff all the way, he stepped out of the threshold of the tavern, and inadvertently glanced in the direction of the lantern riddle meeting.

He stopped immediately, squinted his eyes, and looked at the direction carefully.

Two figures stepped down from the table, and the staff brought them a bowl of glutinous rice balls.

Those two figures had outstanding temperament, wearing masks, and burly figures; even if they were dressed in ordinary clothes, they couldn't hide their noble aura.

Holly just stared at it until one of them noticed his gaze and squinted in this direction.

Gold-plated irises, vertical pupils, thick gold short hair, male, with a sword on his waist.

The height and appearance were so familiar, Holly was sure that the one he saw was Donovan's bodyguard——Pavel.

The person next to him is...

Pavel didn't seem to recognize him, he just glanced back symbolically, and then turned his head nonchalantly.

They whispered a few words to each other, the other tightened his hood, stopped eating the glutinous rice balls, and turned around to leave.

Holly: ...

Why hide?Guess the lantern riddles, just guess the lantern riddles, is it embarrassing?

The two were in a hurry, and Holly smiled to himself, but instead of chasing, he stood with his hands behind his back and stopped for a while.

After a while, Pavel found him again.

"Cough... Coincidentally, I met you here."

"Yes, my lord. What a coincidence." Holly said leisurely, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing him like this, Pavel was even more embarrassed, turned his eyes away, and led Holly to a place.

"My lord is waiting for you, there is no need to set off for Dragon Wing Fort."

Hawley nodded in thanks, which saved him trouble, and he didn't have to waste time and effort to run outside.

You know, if you stay by Wilmer's side for one less second, your rival will have one more chance.

Holly will catch that guy sooner or later, since the gender is the same, there is no need to worry about it.

He wanted Wilmer's eyes to follow him forever.

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The author has something to say:

Wilmer: You can ask one more question...

As we all know, a bowl of sweet glutinous rice balls can catch a giant dragon.

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It seems that I only found out last year that there are salty meat glutinous rice balls.