Chapter 260: Is it really okay…

This was the first time Lin Xun had seen Sikong Wangxing smile.

In the Heiwu Secret Realm, Lin Xun had also seen Wang Xing’s smile.

However, that smile had been a heartbreaking one filled with tears, a forced smile used to disguise her pain and stay strong, hiding the side of her that wanted to cry.

In the Heiwu Secret Realm, that smile of Sikong Wangxing’s had made Lin Xun feel like a scumbag.

And now, under the blooming fireworks, above Luo Lake which reflected the sky.

Watching the young girl’s gentle and bright smile made Lin Xun feel that he truly was a scumbag.

This was a smile of genuine satisfaction from the girl’s heart, without a hint of falsehood.

And this was simply because he had “given” her the cheapest, most incredibly ordinary plushie on her birthday.

Since the girl before him was born, which of her birthday gifts hadn’t been priceless?

The lowest-valued item randomly picked from her birthday gifts could probably fill the entire Luo City with these extremely common plushies.

Even in his past life, in Lin Xun’s view, if a man casually gave his girlfriend a “plushie won for ten yuan at a roadside toy stall’s fish-scooping game” on her birthday, the girl would probably explode.

The probability of her breaking up with him on the spot wasn’t zero, or she might even follow up with, “It’s my birthday, and you’re giving me this twenty-yuan street stall junk?”

But the girl before him was tightly hugging this street stall item.

It was as if this lion plushie was the most precious treasure in the world to her.

The tighter Wang Xing hugged the plushie in her arms, the heavier Lin Xun’s guilt became.

“Wang Xing.” Looking at the girl who seemed to have stepped out of a painting, Lin Xun spoke slowly.

“Mm.” The girl’s pleasant voice drifted into Lin Xun’s heart.

“Actually, this plushie was… a prize I got while scooping for fish.”

“Mm.” The girl nodded.

“This… isn’t worth much.”

“Mm.”

“So, about that…”

“Hmm?” Sikong Wangxing looked at Lin Xun with some confusion, her eyes still overflowing with the joy of receiving a gift.

“It’s nothing.” Lin Xun smiled and shook his head. “As long as you like it, Wang Xing.”

Originally, Lin Xun wanted to say, “This thing is really too cheap, how about we exchange it for another gift? For example, this demon subduing pestle is quite good!”

But seeing the girl’s satisfied smile, Lin Xun found that he simply couldn’t say it.

“Mm.” The girl smiled. “Wang Xing likes it.”

Sikong Wangxing buried her head into the plushie’s shoulder, revealing only a pair of bright eyes. “Wang Xing will take good care of it.”

“…” Lin Xun felt even more guilty. “Wang Xing, actually, I have another gift.”

“Eh?” The girl’s eyes blinked gently as she looked at the goldfish in Lin Xun’s hand. “Is it the goldfish in Young Master Lin’s hand?”

“Huh?” Only then did Lin Xun realize he was still carrying those two little goldfish.

“Can Wang Xing really accept two gifts from the Young Master at once?” the girl asked slowly, with a hint of uncertainty.

They were clearly the most ordinary things.

Clearly, for the girl, she could have as many as she wanted.

Yet, it seemed that to her, one large plushie and two small goldfish were the most precious treasures in the world.

“Ah, yes.” Lin Xun couldn’t refuse the girl and handed over the transparent fish bag. The goldfish swam back and forth in the clear water. “Wang Xing, Happy Birthday.”

“Thank you, Young Master Lin.” Taking the small string of the transparent fish bag, the girl’s smile was like cherry blossoms and spring water, carrying sweetness and fragrance.

“Let’s go. The Ice and Snow Festival has just begun; let’s walk around first.”

The demon subduing pestle in Lin Xun’s ring hadn’t been given yet, but whether he gave it or not didn’t make much difference anymore.

He would still find a suitable time to give this demon subduing pestle to Wang Xing to help her withstand next year’s Life Tribulation.

But as a birthday gift, it was no longer necessary.

Before, he had always wanted to find a gift worthy of the girl before him that he could actually present.

But for the girl in front of him, perhaps even a single leaf would be carefully tucked into a book and treasured.

Lin Xun had originally intended to leave after giving the gift, but now, he had changed his mind.

Although his engagement with Wang Xing could be said to exist in name only.

However, Lin Xun wanted to do his best to make amends.

Lin Xun knew that doing this didn’t have much meaning.

He even knew that the reason he wanted to do this was just to soothe the guilt he felt towards Sikong Wangxing.

But regardless, he could at least make this birthday of Wang Xing’s a bit happier.

“Eh? Young Master Lin is going to stroll with me? But Sister Qinger…”

Sikong Wangxing’s heart raced. Although she also really wanted to walk around the Ice and Snow Festival with Lin Xun.

But on Sister Qinger’s side…

Is it really okay for me to monopolize the Young Master?

“It’s fine. Qinger is a bit tired from playing and is resting at home.” Lin Xun began to feel guilty, talking nonsense with a straight face.

“Really… Is it really okay?” Sikong Wangxing lowered her head, the anticipation and joy in her eyes seemingly about to overflow.

“Really.” Seeing Wang Xing like this, Lin Xun couldn’t take back his words. “Let’s go. First, put this plushie into your Storage Pouch.”

“Mm.”

Sikong Wangxing somewhat reluctantly put the plushie Lin Xun gave her into her Storage Pouch, then carrying the goldfish bag, she slowly walked to Lin Xun’s side.

“But Big Brother Lin, Sister Nongqin and Sister Zhu Ling are still waiting for me. I’ll go find an excuse to leave first, okay?”

“Of course!” Lin Xun was just worrying about having no excuse to get away; he had to go to Qinger’s side since he had been out for quite a while.

“Then Wang Xing will wait for Big Brother Lin at the intersection of East Street.”

After saying this, Wang Xing shyly ran off.

“East Street, the intersection?!”

“Oh no!”

“Qinger is still on East Street!”

Having no time to admire the beautiful sight of Wang Xing running away, Lin Xun hurriedly ran toward East Street.

Fortunately, Lin Xun was a Cultivator. Using the technique of shrinking the earth to an inch, he soon arrived at East Street.

By now, sweat was breaking out on Lin Xun’s forehead—not from exhaustion, but from fright.

“Husband.”

Seeing Lin Xun, Jiang Qingshang, holding the small water ball she had won by solving a chess puzzle, ran happily toward him.

“Husband, why were you gone for so long? Why are you covered in sweat?”

Jiang Qingshang pinched a handkerchief, stood on her tiptoes, and reached out to gently wipe the sweat from Lin Xun’s forehead.

“There were too many people, it was too crowded.”

Lin Xun smiled and held Jiang Qingshang’s small hand.

“Did you put the big lion plushie and the goldfish back?”

“I put them back.” Lin Xun felt even more guilty because both of those items had been given to Wang Xing.

“Then Husband, let’s continue playing. There’s a ring toss stall over there.”

“Wait.” Lin Xun pulled Jiang Qingshang back. “Qinger, how about we go to the Lantern Riddle Garden first?”