After Dressing Up As a Little Fulang

The fireworks were grand enough, and the colours were bright enough. There were even various styles, of which flowers were the most popular.

They burned for a full quarter of an hour before dissipating amidst the exclamations of everyone.

As the fireworks dissipated, the cheers of the people around gradually weakened, and those who had been standing still began to move around, making it particularly lively.

“Let’s go!”

His hand was held tightly, and An Yun turned around to see Zang Ya.

Among all kinds of people who were either happy, excited, or joyful, Zang Ya didn’t seem to be affected at all. He just stood there quietly, without sadness or joy, like a puppet without emotion. No matter how lively the outside world was, there were no waves in his heart.

An Yun didn’t know why, but looking at Zang Ya like this, he felt a dull, aching pain in his heart.

He forgot about the shock caused by Zang Ya’s sudden kiss just moments ago. He only wanted to make the people next to him happy quickly. He pulled on their hands, and when Zang Ya looked back at him, he said, “Let’s go!”

Zang Ya turned to look at An Yun, blinked his eyelashes, and nodded slowly, “Yes.”

After a while, Zang Ya led An Yun into the crowded throng and took him to see the prosperity there.

An Yun was being led by Zang Ya, which felt a bit awkward at first, but later it became a habit.

Now that he was used to it, An Yun no longer cared. At that moment, he looked around and observed the surrounding environment.

Then, he discovered that the people who came there, except for those from the same family, all came in pairs. The young master and a shuanger, the young master and a woman; no matter how concealed their behaviour was, there was still a bit of ambiguity in their movements, and everyone had a smile on their face.

An Yun looked at the smiles of those people, and for some reason, his heart felt happy. In his previous life, except for studying, he had spent all his time on survival, never participating in student meetings, extra outings in class, or even spring outings.

In that lively scene, An Yun couldn’t help but feel happy.

Zang Ya kept holding An Yun’s hand, his face always looking like he was interested but short of money, yet he noticed An Yun’s excitement. He turned to look at the person next to him, seeing his sparkling eyes and flushed cheeks, which made him look brighter and more alive.

Zang Ya swallowed his saliva, wanting to take a bite. After hesitating for a while, he decided to postpone this matter until they went back. An Yun was just a little happy, so it would be better to let him enjoy the moment a while longer.

Anyway, An Yun was his only pet, and he couldn’t run away. Whatever he wanted to do to An Yun, he could do it at any time, and he wasn’t in a hurry at the moment.

Thinking this, Zang Ya led him in another direction, saying, “Let’s go and put down the lantern, and I’ll take you to have some fun.”

An Yun was still looking at the people around him and found that some of them had lanterns in their hands while some did not. He was a little surprised. After listening to Zang Ya’s words, he followed.

Soon, An Yun followed Zang Ya to a stall. The stall looked particularly formal. There were regular stalls in the front, and rows of tall shelves behind them, with countless lanterns hanging on them, of all kinds, looking particularly spectacular and gorgeous.

Zang Ya led An Yun to stand in front of the man, then handed over the lantern in his hand. The attendant next to him then handed over twenty taels of silver and said, “Give me the lottery.”

Then, Zang Ya took the rabbit lantern from An Yun’s hand and gave it to the stall owner, asking him to arrange it together.

An Yun had originally looked at the various lanterns, marvelling at the skilful craftsmanship of ancient times. Suddenly, he heard Zang Ya talking next to him and handed over the lantern in his hand, moving his eyes over.

The stall owner carefully took the lantern from Zang Ya and handed it to the waiter next to him. The waiter placed the lantern on the shelf and took down a wooden sign from it.

An Yun felt a little surprised when he saw this and secretly cursed in his heart. He hadn’t expected there to be such a place to store lanterns in ancient times.

After thinking about it, An Yun saw the attendant weighing the silver to ensure there was no missing amount. Then he went to the side and took out a few colourful sticks, handing them over.

An Yun noticed that while they were changing the colourful lottery tickets, many people nearby were also exchanging tickets, but most were changing for black lottery tickets.

When they saw that Zang Ya had exchanged for so many colourful lottery tickets, while others had only received a few black ones, they cast envious glances at them. When they looked at An Yun, who was being held by Zang Ya, the envy turned into surprise.

As the stall owner handed Zang Ya the wooden board with the engraved numbers and several handfuls of colourful lottery tickets, he said, “Sir, you must know the rules here, but I will still mention them. The lantern will only be kept here for three days. If you don’t come to retrieve it after three days, we will dispose of it ourselves. If you don’t spend all the lottery ticket, you can exchange them here. This lottery ticket will be invalid once the event is done.”

Zang Ya nodded, clearly familiar with the rules.

An Yun listened, thinking the rules were interesting, but he didn’t know what the sign was for.

The lottery tickets were held by the attendant behind him. Zang Ya turned around and saw the confused look on An Yun’s face. He explained with a smile, “These colourful lottery tickets are for fun. They can be used at any stall with colourful streamers hanging above.”

An Yun realized it felt like being in a large amusement park. Everyone who entered had to change coins at the front desk before they could spend money. He just didn’t expect that there would be such a way of playing in this era; it really opened his eyes a bit.

However, this also had an advantage: it unified the amusement projects here, making it easier to manage and eliminating the problem of being unable to find them. It even avoided the loss of money. When there were many people, it allowed the stall owners to serve guests faster.

Moreover, with the rules just mentioned, An Yun felt that he was infected by the lively atmosphere there. Basically, this ticket wouldn’t be returned, and he would probably spend it all before going home, allowing the vendors to make more money.