Yu Jin Chang An (With Jin's Chang'An)

Chapter 19

Within Lu City, fireworks burst into a dazzling display, adding a touch of color and warmth to the cold nights of the northern pass.

Countless pedestrians on the streets looked up at the fireworks, laughing or making noise.

Only in the middle of the street, two people stood facing each other. They both wore masks to conceal their faces from others, but in this gathering, almost everyone on the street wore black masks, so they didn't stand out as much.

Li Shuang was pondering how to approach the man in front of her, when suddenly a few children came running behind her, playing recklessly. In the past, Li Shuang would never have let the children bump into her, but today her mind was focused on the man in front of her, so she didn't dodge when the children came. It wasn't until they ran past her that she suddenly felt her arm being grabbed and pulled into someone's embrace.

This wasn't the first time she had been caught off guard by this person's sudden embrace. For a moment, Li Shuang didn't feel resistant; instead, she stood in his arms until the embrace suddenly loosened, and she snapped back to reality. However, her first thought after coming to her senses was...

Huh... why did he let go by himself?

She looked at the masked person in front of her, only to see that his other hand had already caught the child who had almost collided with her.

"Watch where you're going," he said coldly, his tone icy. The child caught by him was stunned, staring blankly at the man in the black mask, looking at his bright red eyes, scared but unable to cry.

Protecting her from a child's collision like this, Li Shuang felt a bit uneasy. She coughed softly, "It's okay, let him go."

He released the child as instructed, but the moment he let go, the child's lips quivered, and he burst into tears, his cries so loud that everyone around turned to look.

Li Shuang wasn't very good at dealing with children, so she felt embarrassed. A high-ranking general making a child cry on the street wasn't a good look. She was thinking of a way to comfort the child when the man in the black mask grabbed her wrist and without a word, led her away from the noisy street.

"Wait..." Li Shuang called out to him from behind, "the child is crying... we should comfort him first..."

The masked man paused in his steps, "Should you comfort someone just because they're crying? What if I cry, will you comfort me?"

This should be a sarcastic remark, but he said it so seriously that for a moment, Li Shuang was speechless. It's as if every word she says could make him cry instantly.

"Alright..." Li Shuang rubbed her forehead, realizing she was really bad at dealing with this person. She tried to free her wrist from his grasp, but to no avail. So, Li Shuang had no choice but to let him hold on as they walked, asking, "What are you here for, this time?"

"To let you understand me."

Sure enough... Jin'an must have gone and spilled the beans again. Li Shuang sighed, "Understanding someone takes time."

"Why?"

"Why take it slowly?"

"Because..." Li Shuang looked up and found herself led by the masked man into a relatively quiet and secluded alleyway amidst the noisy streets they just left behind.

The fireworks on the main street were still crackling, reflecting ever-changing colors in his bright red eyes.

Hmm, his eyes were really beautiful. Li Shuang had an untimely thought, quickly suppressed by her own reason. She took a deep breath, "Time reveals true character. To understand someone, you need time."