After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

The little beauty lowered her eyes, feeling wronged all by herself. What a terrible firework! It wasn't pretty at all.

"I lied. Actually, I like people who have no flesh on their bodies, preferably all bones."

Yin Cheng said, "Why would I marry a husband? It would only delay his life."

"I should marry a skeleton, one that's as skinny as can be."

Lin Nian was stunned for a moment, and a golden bean involuntarily fell to her cheek.

Yin Cheng sighed, roughly yet tenderly pulling the little beauty into his arms and wiping away his tears.

"I just want you to be...healthier." Yin Cheng picked up the little beauty and weighed her in his arms. "You weigh less than 100 pounds, what do you mean by fat? I even suspect you're malnourished."

Lin Nian looked at him questioningly, "What is malnutrition?"

Yin Cheng said, "Well... oh well, anyway, you're going to marry into our family soon."

He muttered something about raising her to be fair and plump.

Lin Nian listened and simply hummed softly.

Yin Cheng pinched the little beauty's cheek, "How old are you and you're still crying? Aren't you ashamed?"

Lin Nian retorted, "It's all because you scared me!"

"...My fault?"

Lin Nian replied decisively, "Yes!"

Yin Cheng reflected on himself. The young man was timid to begin with, so how could he tell whether he was truly angry or not?

He knew the young woman had high standards for her appearance, so he stopped trying to persuade him.

Anyway, once she marries into the royal family, she'll have plenty of time to recover.

You can't sacrifice your health just for the sake of looking good.

Yin Cheng felt that what he had just said had upset the little beauty, so he sincerely said, "Niannian is not ugly at all, Niannian is gorgeous."

Lin Nian looked up. "Really, isn't it ugly?"

"It's not bad-looking."

Lin Nian pointed to her eyebrows, "My eyebrows are actually quite ugly, very messy, so I have to curl them often to maintain this nice shape."

Yin Cheng didn't know anything about eyebrow shaping. He touched the little beauty's eyebrows and said, "They look good."

"And my hair, I need to apply lots and lots of hair oil to nourish it so that it can be this smooth."

"And my nails aren't naturally this pink; I applied henna juice to them."

"besides……"

"Well……"

Lin Nianyu's remaining words were all silenced by a kiss.

Yin Cheng said, "I'll prepare hair oil and balsam flowers as well."

"Did you even understand what I said?" Lin Nian gently kicked him.

Yin Cheng lowered his voice and said, "I'll tell you a secret."

"What?" Lin Nian's voice also softened.

Yin Cheng said, "Actually, I'm blind in one eye."

Lin Nian: "!!!"

He gently stroked the man's face. "How could this happen?"

Yin Cheng bent over to cooperate, only saying one sentence: "Old wound."

Lin Nian's eyes immediately filled with heartache.

It must be an old wound left from when they were in the North.

Yin Cheng covered his right eye, "Like this, I'm actually completely blind."

"Has the imperial physician been seen? Is there any chance of recovery?"

"I don't know," Yin Cheng said pitifully. "Niannian, please don't dislike me."

Lin Nian quickly said, "I won't!"

Yin Cheng curled the corners of his mouth.

Lin Nian asked suspiciously, "You're not lying to me, are you?"

"You can ask Hua Yue," Yin Cheng said. "Also, I won't lie to you."

Lin Nian said hesitantly, "I believe you."

"It was my fault just now. I really don't think you're ugly at all," Yin Cheng said. "You're the most handsome guy I've ever seen."

"Smooth-talking." Lin Nian pursed her lips, and the knot in her heart inexplicably dissipated.

The fireworks display lasted for half an hour before ending. Lin Nian exclaimed, "Ah, it's over already? I didn't even have time to properly enjoy it!"

"Hey, Niannian, you're so dizzy from all the kisses, yet you still remember to enjoy the fireworks."

"snort."

Yin Cheng anticipated the little beauty's movements and said in unison with him, "You scoundrel!"

Lin Nian looked at him in surprise, "How did you know I was going to say that?"

Yin Cheng raised an eyebrow. "Of course I know." He lowered his head and pecked the little beauty's forehead. "Niannian, now it's your turn to guess what I want to do."

Lin Nian jumped out of his arms with a grin and ran away lightly, "I won't guess."

No wonder people say that a young man's heart is hard to fathom; one second he's crying and sobbing, and the next he's jumping for joy.

Yin Cheng caught up with him, "Want to go release river lanterns?"

"I'm going!"

After the fireworks display, young couples would go to the moat to release lanterns.

The river lanterns on Qixi Festival are also called lovers' lanterns.

Two people in love release a river lantern together, and if they are destined to be together, the lantern can drift all the way to the sea.

Blessings are written on the lantern, which floats along the river, symbolizing the enduring and everlasting love between the two people.

However, in recent years, in order to clean up the moat, these river lanterns are only allowed to float a certain distance before being retrieved downstream.

Of course, releasing river lanterns is just for good luck, and no one really cares where these lanterns will drift to.

Standing before a vendor selling river lanterns, Lin Nian hesitated, torn between a small rabbit lantern and a small flower lantern.

"Ah Cheng, do you think this little rabbit is prettier, or this little flower?"

Yin Cheng couldn't tell the difference between the two colorful river lanterns. "They're both pretty."

"You choose one."

The little beauty unconsciously acted coquettishly, and Yin Cheng said, "Then let's have this rabbit, just like you."

Lin Nianmei said to the vendor with a delighted expression, "I want this rabbit."

The vendor said, "Fifty coins, please."

Yin Cheng took out a piece of silver to pay the bill, and went to the riverbank with Lin Nian to release river lanterns.

There are stalls along the riverbank that specialize in providing writing brushes and ink, and many scholars also set up stalls today to write some calligraphy and earn some money.

Lin Nian wanted to write it herself, so Yin Cheng had his guards bring her pen and ink.

"You're not allowed to peek," Lin Nian instructed worriedly. "Go wait for me over there."

"Oh." Yin Cheng stepped aside.

The little beauty squatted on the ground, carefully writing her blessings.

Looking at Lin Nian's small figure, Yin Cheng's heart softened instantly, and his eyes were filled with a warm smile.

But as soon as he turned around, his expression turned cold, and his icy gaze fell on a corner outside the crowd.

The person in the corner seemed to have sensed something and hurriedly left.

Yin Cheng sneered, then looked away.

Lin Nian kept turning her head to see if Yin Cheng was peeking, as if she were guarding against a thief.

He finished writing his side of the paper, then handed the other side to Yin Cheng, saying, "It's your turn to write. Don't peek at what I'm writing."

"Okay, I won't peek." I'll look openly later.

Yin Cheng had a very clever plan, but Lin Nian added, "Even looking at it openly is not allowed."

"Okay, okay." Yin Cheng thought for a moment, then picked up his pen and wrote a line.

"Niannian, I've finished writing."

Lin Nian leaned closer, "Let me see what you wrote."

"Can I read what you wrote?"

"no."

Yin Cheng was shocked. "Only officials are allowed to set fires, but common people are forbidden to light lamps?"

Lin Nian smiled slightly, the meaning of which was quite clear.

Yeah, what can you do to me?