si-mexico Chapter 752 Human Affairs 12
Chapter 752 Human Affairs 12
You and Qin Che visited almost every shop, bought a lot of fun little items, and took many photos, making a very fruitful trip.
The winter sun, like a crumpled orange candy, was swallowed up by the twilight before it could spread its warmth across the streets.
You walked the entire street, stepping on your increasingly long shadows.
The evening breeze, carrying the sweet aroma of candied hawthorns, brushed past my ears, along with the scattered red ribbons of prayers from the temple fair, and a coolness seeped into my skin layer by layer.
In the blink of an eye, the last blush of sunset sank into the clouds, and the copper bells on the eaves tinkled, shattering the gentle glow of the streetlights just coming on.
"There will be fireworks here at night, and there will be cruise ships on the river in the distance. The colorful lights on the trees will also be lit up. It will be brightly lit and even more interesting than during the day."
"Want to stay until tonight?" Qin Che took your hand and strolled with you along the wooden path beside the river.
"Hmm? Do you have other things to do?" You tilted your head, your eyes meeting his red ones with a dangerous look.
"Now that you mention it, I realize there's a lot of trouble to deal with at the Dark Point today," Qin Che said, stroking his chin in a pretentious manner.
Your unheld hand had unknowingly climbed up Qin Che's waist and slipped inside the hem of his vest.
Slightly cool knuckles pinched a small patch of soft flesh on his side.
You grinned, squinting slightly: "I'll give you a chance to rephrase your words!"
With a clear smile on his lips, Qin Che said in a gesture of surrender, "But if we deal with all that stuff on New Year's Day, won't we have a mess to clean up all year round? Let's go and look around somewhere else; it'll be dark soon."
Before you withdrew your hand, you patted Qin Che's waist a couple more times: "This is because you voluntarily slacked off, not because I threatened you."
"That's right, it was entirely of my own free will." Qin Che pulled their clasped hands to his lips and kissed them gently.
"Let's go then, I still need to take a look over there."
As you linger at one stall after another, he leisurely follows beside you.
As you pass through the wall of lanterns covered with riddles, the noise suddenly fades away as if filtered through a sieve.
Under the sycamore trees at the corner, a blue cloth tent is set up. Compared to the brightly lit stalls around it, this place seems to be a corner forgotten by the hustle and bustle.
The paper figures hanging on the easel tilted their heads and smiled at passersby. The charcoal lines were casual and unrestrained, adding a touch of wildness to the somewhat deserted stall.
"You can see these kinds of stalls all the time. They don't have any New Year's atmosphere. No wonder so few people come here," you said, looking at the cartoon portraits that were sketched with just a few strokes on the easel.
"What, do you want to patronize his business?" Qin Che held your hand and stopped in front of the painting stall.
"We should keep a keepsake that proves we spent the New Year together." You turned to meet his eyes, looking at him expectantly.
"We've taken so many photos, doesn't that count?"
"That's different."
Qin Che walked up to the hand-drawn portraits displayed by the stall owner, picked up a few and handed them to you to look at.
It has a rather cartoonish and exaggerated style. Although it is cute, it is quite different from real human facial features.
"You can give it a try, since it doesn't look like a drawing anyway."
"That's true, but isn't it a bit too harsh of you to say that? What they've captured in their paintings is the spirit of the subject, and it's very difficult to capture that spirit!"
"Alright, then I'm quite looking forward to seeing if he can capture your essence."