Volume 1, Chapter 62 – Cherry Blossom Rain

What fun things were there to do at the fox clan’s Flower Festival?

Actually, Lu Zhuxin herself didn’t know.

Come on! She was just a struggling author who wrote smut. What the hell would she know about the fox clan’s Flower Festival?

However, in reality, she didn’t need to know.

She just had to recall what young couples would do on Valentine’s Day in her previous life. If Lu Zhuxin just learned from that and arranged things accordingly, it would be enough.

Anyway, her most important plan for today was to go on a date with little Shiyuan.

Because today would probably be the first and last time she’d formally date Song Shiyuan.

Lu Zhuxin also hoped that she and Song Shiyuan could have fun.

After this, there probably wouldn’t be an “after.”

…

Mingzhao City was vast, with many places to visit.

The fox clan’s Flower Festival was originally a festival of love.

Along the way, Lu Zhuxin and Song Shiyuan encountered many, many couples in pairs.

Some were of completely different races, some were even same-sex.

But no matter what kind of couple they were, when playing at the Flower Festival with their beloved, they all wore happy smiles on their faces.

Sometimes, Song Shiyuan would feel confused. Was this place really the desolate and savage demon realm that the sect elders always talked about?

She couldn’t see any ferocity or brutality on these people’s faces.

Moreover, what was even more important was that those who came out to walk the streets with them were almost all couples.

They held hands and embraced each other intimately in their interactions.

Watching this, Song Shiyuan felt a bit envious. She turned her gaze toward the little fox demon walking ahead of her, who was also happily looking around at their surroundings.

That’s right, this little fox demon, like herself, spent years staying in the Fox Palace. At this age, she had a lively personality that loved to play. Rarely coming out like this, of course she would be this excited.

“It’s just…”

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Song Shiyuan really wanted to hold hands with her like the others.

They had already kissed and hugged. Holding hands should be okay, right?

Thinking this, Song Shiyuan boldly stepped forward.

She walked to Lu Zhuxin’s side and reached out to gently grasp her tender little hand.

Lu Zhuxin was surprised for a moment. When she turned around, what she saw was Song Shiyuan’s face pretending to look at the scenery around them.

It was as if the person who had just taken the initiative to hold Lu Zhuxin’s hand wasn’t her at all.

Lu Zhuxin found it somewhat amusing. How could someone simultaneously possess both the attributes of being horny and innocent?

However, Lu Zhuxin didn’t reject Song Shiyuan’s action.

She grasped Song Shiyuan’s hand in return.

The two jade-like hands, fingers tightly interlocked, were like one entity.

Song Shiyuan turned her head to look at Lu Zhuxin, her eyes full of surprise.

She had thought the little fox demon would keep rejecting intimacy with her.

Very quickly, that surprise was drowned by overwhelming happiness.

“Over there, they’re selling the fox clan’s specialty pastries, fox flower cakes! Let’s go buy some!” Lu Zhuxin pulled Song Shiyuan’s hand, pointing excitedly at a small shop ahead.

“Mm! Okay!”

…

Regrettably, the fox flower cakes bought in Mingzhao City weren’t as sweet as the ones the fox beauty had sent that day.

Lu Zhuxin and Song Shiyuan, hand in hand, played wildly in Mingzhao City.

As if forgetting their current respective identities, forgetting the troubles they would need to face in the future.

Today, they only wanted to ignore all constraints and play to their hearts content.

They bought many kinds of delicacies and desserts together, just tasting each one.

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They went to many places together, visiting many shops.

They bought rouge together.

Lu Zhuxin didn’t know how to apply makeup. Her lip balm was applied with Song Shiyuan’s help.

They bought jewelry together and even changed into new clothes.

Lu Zhuxin took off her plain white servant’s dress and changed into a cute pink dress. Pure yet charming.

Song Shiyuan also changed out of her conspicuous Lingxiao Sword Sect robes and changed into a bluish-white long dress. Her heroic air diminished slightly, but she became more approachable and endearing.

Human cultivators’ spirit stones were also in circulation in the fox clan’s main city, so the two didn’t encounter any difficulties.

Extra items were all stored away by Song Shiyuan.

They also planned to go boating by Zhaoxi Lake in Mingzhao City.

…

Finally, they arrived beneath a gigantic pink tree.

They could see that the tree’s branches were wrapped with red strings and hung with countless small wooden plaques.

“This… is the sacred tree we saw in the storybook, the fox clan’s marriage destiny tree.”

Song Shiyuan looked toward that giant tree.

This ancient tree, having weathered who knows how many thousands of years in this place, had luxuriant branches and leaves.

It looked like two trees embracing each other, their roots connected, their branches intertwined. Very peculiar.

“By the shores of Zhaoxi Lake… the ancient tree of marriage…” Lu Zhuxin said softly.

“The storybook we read before had an ancient legend written in it.”

“Couples who express their true feelings by the shores of Zhaoxi Lake, after hanging their names on the ancient tree of marriage, will receive the ancient tree’s blessing.”

“For all their lives, their hearts will be forever bound together.”

Song Shiyuan naturally remembered this too.

Moreover, Song Shiyuan remembered another matter.

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“The male and female leads in that storybook also resolved their misunderstandings beneath this sacred tree, expressed their feelings, exchanged tokens of affection, and pledged their lives to each other.”

“Hmm?” Lu Zhuxin tilted her head to look at her.

Song Shiyuan smiled. She slowly stepped forward.

At this moment, a breeze swept past, and pink flower petals danced through the sky like a cherry-colored rain.

Bathed in this rain of cherry blossoms, Song Shiyuan took out a simple wooden box.

She opened it before Lu Zhuxin. Inside was a lustrous white jade hairpin.

“Ming Zhaoxi, may I put it on you?” Song Shiyuan said.

Lu Zhuxin froze. She knew that little Shiyuan before her had been pretty much completely won over.

She just hadn’t expected that this girl had actually planned something like this.

If Lu Zhuxin remembered correctly, this hairpin was Song Shiyuan’s family heirloom.

In the original text, when Song Shiyuan was adopted by the Song family, this hairpin was placed in little Shiyuan’s swaddling clothes.

Later on, it was also by relying on this white jade hairpin that she learned of her true origins.

It was clearly such an important key item, yet she just gave it to Lu Zhuxin like this.

Little Shiyuan was really adorable.

“Of course!” Lu Zhuxin smiled.

Using such an ending to draw a perfect conclusion to this date was also a very good choice.

Song Shiyuan took the white jade hairpin out from the wooden box. She walked before Lu Zhuxin.

Lu Zhuxin tilted her head forward slightly to facilitate Song Shiyuan’s action.

Song Shiyuan gently inserted the white jade hairpin into Lu Zhuxin’s hair.

Lu Zhuxin raised her hand to support the white jade hairpin, tilting her head slightly to show it to Song Shiyuan before her.

“Does it look good?”

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“It looks good.”

Song Shiyuan said, “Our Axi looks good in anything she wears, with anything she has on!”

“Song Shiyuan…” Lu Zhuxin smiled. “I’m very happy today.”

At this moment, Lu Zhuxin said “I” instead of “Axi.”

“I’m very happy too,” Song Shiyuan said.

She didn’t notice the difference in how the little fox demon referred to herself at this moment.

“Actually,” Lu Zhuxin added, “the legend written in the storybook was missing one line.”

“Missing what?” Song Shiyuan was puzzled.

“Express your feelings by the shores of Zhaoxi Lake, carve your lover’s name on a wooden plaque, exchange tokens beneath the marriage tree. The last thing is…”

Lu Zhuxin raised her head to look at Song Shiyuan’s lips and smiled. “Share a kiss in the flower rain.”

Without need for more words, Song Shiyuan had already stepped forward and embraced the little fox demon she loved into her arms.

Then, she kissed the lips she had been longing for these past few days.

Pink flower petals gently fell upon them.

This kiss was long.

But it wasn’t fierce, nor was it domineering.

It only held tenderness and sweetness.

Just two young women expressing the feelings in their hearts through this lingering kiss.

[Host, are you sure there’s such a rule?]

“Don’t talk!”

“I’m the author. If I say there is, then that’s how it is!”