Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Qileng Town was decorated with lanterns and streamers, the air thick with the scent of locust blossoms.

Shen Yanlan held my hand as we strolled from the jewelry shop to the silk merchant.

He picked up a roll of moon-white brocade and said with a smile, “This silk is very soft. It would suit Huaiyi well.”

The Old Shopkeeper of the fabric store looked at me with a beaming smile. “The new bride of this generation’s Shen Family is truly exquisite, even more so than the one twenty years ago-”

Shen Yanlan gave him a cool, indifferent look.

The Old Shopkeeper immediately lowered his head and fell silent.

Walking into a pastry shop, Shen Yanlan bought a package of locust flower cakes and asked, “You loved these most when you were a child. Do you still like them?”

I was about to nod when I froze.

“How do you know that?”

He flicked the tip of my nose. “Did you forget? You told me yourself.”

I searched my memory carefully, but I didn’t think I had ever mentioned that to him…

“Shen Yanlan, don’t you have business at the silver bank to attend to?” I asked. “I can just wander around on my own. I’ll head back once I’m done.”

“You’ve only just arrived,” he said. “I’m afraid you’ll get lost.”

“How could I? It’s not far from the Shen Residence.”

He fell silent for a few seconds before saying in a low voice, “Just consider it me being unable to bear leaving your side. Let me accompany you for a while longer, alright?”

I had no choice but to agree.

Shen Yanlan was always like this-gentle to a fault, making it impossible to refuse him.