"Wh— what are you talking about! I just… he looked cute, that's all. Like a little rabbit."
Yuanfeng's lips twitched. Cute rabbit?
That boy's expression had been as calm and unreadable as a mountain. If anything, he looked like a wolf cub pretending to be tame.
But he didn't say it aloud. He only smiled lightly and took her small hand into his. "Alright, alright. Shall we go look around now, Miss Rabbit-charmer?"
Huaijin's eyes curved into crescents as she nodded eagerly. "Let's go!"
The festival grounds were lively, full of students from the three most prestigious schools in the city: the Yunhua Academy, Xingcheng Primary, and Brightway Elementary.
The air carried the scent of roasted chestnuts, fried dough, and sweet lotus pastries, mingling with laughter and the distant melody of flutes from the performance stage.
Colorful lanterns swayed overhead, each shaped differently, rabbits, dragons, peonies, and moon palaces glowed softly in the golden evening light.
