Chapter 535 (1/2)

Birthday Tradition (2)

Great performances made time slip by. The party was soon coming to an end.

At the end of the performances, magnificent fireworks lit up the skies. Every person in the palace, in the Imperial City, was mesmerised by the beautiful night sky.

“Zhao Yarou, this is not bad at all.”

“Yeah, it’s really pretty. Too bad it disappears so quickly!”

“If it isn’t so pretty, how would it be memorable? People often forget about the beauty of the things around them!”

“...” Unconsciously, Ye Lang started to talk to Zhao Yarou. He’d forgotten about everything else as if he really was there to celebrate her birthday.

“Hey, is that a sky lantern?”

Among the fireworks, Ye Lang saw many sky lanterns slowly rising into the sky. These lanterns were a lot prettier than the ones he released the other day too, making the scene magnificent as ever.

“Sky lanterns… These are the sky lanterns you released the other day?” asked Zhao Yarou.

“Yep! I was bored so I made a few. I didn’t expect everyone else to made one too.” Ye Lang stared at the dots of light in the sky.

“Of course they did, because they were so beautiful!” said Zhao Yarou gently.

“Oh right, you can release one now too. Write your birthday wish on a lantern, then let it fly into the sky. The heavens will receive your wishes, then it will come true. Too bad we don’t have any now…” Ye Lang said wistfully.

“I have sky lanterns, I prepared some to release it with you!” A huge sky lantern appeared by Zhao Yarou’s side. This was designed by Zhu Ye’er to fly.

This was the highlight of the night. Zhao Yarou had wanted to release a lantern with Ye Lang.

“Then write your birthday wish down, then stick it on the lantern!” said Ye Lang excitedly. He’d already forgotten about everything else now.

“Alright!” Zhao Yarou took a brush but there was no ink. She wrote her wish down with water, clear water.

This was because she didn’t want anyone to see her wish. Only the heavens will know, they would know what she wished for!

Ye Lang did not care. After she was done, they released the lantern together. Zhao Yarou was all smiles under the lights, perhaps the happiest smile she had in her life.

That was because she was spending her birthday with Ye Lang, and she’d just sent her wish to the heavens!

Ye Lang was equally excited upon seeing the lantern, he was grinning too. It made him look kind and approachable as ever!

They both didn’t know that what they did that night soon became a tradition across the mainland. A birthday tradition, which was to write your wish on a lantern, then release it on your birthday.

The higher the lantern flew, the more likely your wish was going to come true!

Zhao Yarou did not know that a small thing she did to make herself happy would be forever be remembered in history. Generations down the road, people would hear of the story between her and Ye Lang because everyone had a birthday.