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Gu Chen opened the Kongming Lantern and placed it in Ji Pianran's hands.
He watched her with a smile, the light in his eyes gentler than the sea.
"They say Kongming Lanterns can carry one's thoughts and sentiments. Since we can't go home, sending off a lantern with our longing is also good," he said.
To be honest, Gu Chen was really beginning to doubt whether everything Ji Pianran had told him before was just to deceive himself.
But he couldn't expose her, at least not until she told him herself.
Rather than asking, he preferred to wait for her to tell him personally.
Ji Pianran's heart trembled involuntarily.
To be honest, did she miss home?
She did; no one doesn't miss their own family.
Yet, the thought of going home caused her to feel melancholic.
Rather than going home, she preferred to stay in this quiet village.
Here, there was Sugar, Gu Chen, the continuation and legacy of her life, and the deepest bond in her heart.
