The night was as cool as the water. Ke Qing stood on the bank of the river and looked at the reflection of the moon on the river, quietly lost in thought.

It seems that it is indeed a step too late to wake up... If I could respond to him earlier, wouldn't it be different?

A day has passed, but the substantial workload did not suppress the unwillingness in her heart. After finishing the day's work, she came here and wanted to calm down.

Obviously, we met first...

She thought of Ouyang's drunkenness five years ago, thought of him calling her "wife", and thought of the fireworks that bloomed for her.

Pity…

Ke Qing lowered her head, her figure reflected in the river water under the moonlight.

It's a pity that she always thought that Ouyang and her just had a comradeship, so she didn't think about it in that aspect.

It's a pity that even with Ning Guang's suggestion, she was still dubious at first.

It's a pity that when she gradually understood her feelings, she had already left Liyue Port.

After all...I still missed it...

The two ponytails resembled Ke Qing's depressed mood at the moment, sticking softly to her back.

She looked at her reflection in the water and began to get herself out of this low mood.

Realizing that she had been busy all day and her hairstyle had become messy at some point, she took off the hairpin and started to style it again.

Strange to say, looking at the reflection in the water, Ke Qing remembered that this section of the river used to be haunted by evil spirits every day, but since Ouyang came, it seemed to have been solved.

Ouyang...

Thinking of that man again, Keqing's movements in her hands paused, and her emotions that she had just sorted out became chaotic again.

After blinking, his eyes returned to focus, he pursed his lips, and stubbornly finished arranging his hair.

While she was tidying up, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her, but it was a little hoarse.

"Keqing?! Is that you?!"

After a day of running around, Beidou finally arrived at the military camp. He saw Keqing on the bank of the river from a distance, so he came here directly without entering the military camp.

"Keqing, is Ouyang here?"

The sudden sound startled Keqing. She looked back and realized it was Beidou.

Why is it Ouyang again!

It seemed that a certain nerve in her head had been stimulated. Without thinking, Keqing opened her mouth and said: "He is dead."

Eh?!

The soft voice once made Beidou think that he was hallucinating.

But when Ke Qing turned around, she clearly saw the tears on the other person's face under the moonlight, which made her doubtful: "What did you say? Ouyang is dead?! When did it happen? What happened?!"

Well...

Oops! Keqing! Look what you did!

After reacting, Keqing opened her eyes wide. Her mind was racing so fast that she didn't dare to look back at this moment.

"Uh, no, he's not dead, he's gone. He's gone."

"Why are you here? Are you in a hurry to find him?"

Did you hear it wrong?

Beidou breathed a sigh of relief, and all the tense muscles in his body relaxed.

She looked at Keqing's back and explained: "I have something very important that I need to find him for. Do you know where he went?"

"If you are not in a hurry, you can wait here for two days." After calming down, Ke Qing still did not turn around. She continued to explain, "Gui Chuanyu is about to become a disciple. Ouyang said that he would go to the ancestral home to perform the apprenticeship ceremony."

"Then, do you know where your ancestral home is?"

"Are you in a hurry?!"

"It's urgent!" Beidou replied.

"I remember he told me that he was going to Leping Town. For details, you can ask the Qianyan Army there. Keep this."

As he spoke, Keqing took out a sign and threw it to Beidou, and said: "This is a voucher. It doesn't have much effect, but it can save you some trouble."

"It's almost a day's walk from Leping Town. They should still be on their way to Leping Town. If you hurry up, you may be able to catch up with the apprenticeship ceremony."

"Okay, thank you!"

After taking the sign, Beidou thanked him and left directly.

Keqing waited and then turned to look in the direction Beidou left.

Is this...what happened?

Forget it, let’s get back to work...

After regaining her composure, Keqing walked towards the military camp.

It's a pity that she didn't know that the speed of Ouyang and his group was much faster than she expected...

the next day.

Leping Town.

Being a small town has small advantages.

Although it is not as prosperous as Liyue Port, the news of any disturbance spreads relatively quickly.

Since last night, the people here have been spreading rumors that your family's "domestic servant" has been taken care of.

The originally melancholy Lantern Festival was directly pushed to a climax!

But what the people never expected was that the news coming out from the Qianyan Army was even more exciting - the Seven Stars of Liyue, Lord Tianshu Star, the head of your family, had returned to his ancestral home!

This news explains why those "household servants" of your noble family suffered such disaster.

But the enthusiasm of the people has become even higher!

In an era that lacks entertainment, coupled with the buff of the Shanghai Lantern Festival, Leping Town was rarely lively all night long.

The next day, many people didn't even sleep. They came outside the ancestral house early to see the excitement.

The people here have no specific concept of Qixing. They are simple and think that Qixing is a big shot who can manage Liyue.

As for how "big" this big shot is, I don't know.

But this doesn't stop them from wanting to watch the fun.

More and more people gathered around the door of the ancestral house, but because they knew in their hearts that important people lived inside, they didn't make any noise, they just watched and waited quietly.

In fact, the field looks quite weird.

A middle-aged man quietly raised his hand and nudged the woman next to him: "Hey, you are brave, why don't you go up and call the door?"

Cut it, man!

The woman glanced sideways at the other person, turned her head and ignored him.

Although after a night of spreading the news, everyone said that the head of your noble family is a kind person, but they can't resist the fact that the other party is Qixing!

That's a big shot!

Let me go explore the way?

No way!

She is not in a hurry, and neither are the other people.

Anyway, starting yesterday, the fifteen-day Lantern Festival began. According to tradition, there is no work to be done during this period.

Even if unnecessary overtime work is discovered, you can report it to Qianyan Army!

So for the sake of this excitement, I don’t know if it counts, the people gathered around silently.

The long wait was rewarded with some surprises. At a certain moment, a flash of brilliance suddenly flashed across the palace in front of them, and then the entire gate and courtyard walls took on a new look, and even shone with light.

"This, this, this..."

"Is this magic?!"

"As expected of a great man! He knows the magic of immortality!"

"Is this the auspicious blessing that the immortal has given us in Leping?!"

"woo woo woo woo..."

The people were extremely excited, and some even had tears in their eyes.

But even so, they still didn't dare to make too much noise, for fear of accidentally scaring away such "auspicious things".

In the ancestral home.

Early that morning, Ouyang started to get busy.

He first cleaned the inside and outside of the ancestral hall and replaced the candles and incense.
To be continued...