After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for the foreigners to react and pulled Jiang Sui away.

At this moment, Jiang Sui's fingers were tightly held by Si Nian's big hand. She walked in shock while turning her head to look at his face.

The profile of his face was firm yet gentle, perfect and impeccable.

Jiang Sui's heart was beating so fast that he couldn't stop.

What did Si Nian say to those foreigners in English just now?

He said my girlfriend was a little tired.

He actually said she was his girlfriend.

He could have said something like this about my sister, but he didn't.

What is going on?

Only after leaving the hotel did Jiang Sui recover from the shock.

She called Si Nian in a soft and gentle voice.

"elder brother..."

Si Nian then stopped and turned to look at Jiang Sui.

Seeing Jiang Sui's eyes flash across the two people's tightly clasped hands, and then look away somewhat unnaturally, he slowly let go of her hand.

After Si Nian released her hand, Jiang Sui's palms suddenly lost the feeling of warmth. She couldn't help but slowly put her hands behind her back and clenched them together, as if this was the only way to make up for the warmth that had just been lost in her palms.

She lowered her eyelashes uncomfortably and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say you couldn't come? Why are you here again?"

Si Nian's eyes were a little evasive when Jiang Sui asked this question, but he still said calmly, "I'm here to pick you up. It's late, and it's not safe for a girl to be outside."

Although Jiang Sui couldn't guess why he suddenly appeared at the banquet again, she also knew that his reason was nonsense.

So she teased him with a sly look in her eyes, "Oh, really? But there's also Senior Brother Zhou. I can go back with him."

Your senior brother Zhou is the biggest insecurity!

Si Nian pretended to be slightly angry and glared at Jiang Sui, "Now that I'm here, are you leaving or not?"

Jiang Sui pursed his lips to suppress his smile and deliberately did not answer him.

Seeing that Jiang Sui didn't react, Si Nian turned around and walked down the stairs alone.

"If you don't leave, then I'll leave!"

Jiang Sui was stunned for a moment.

She thought his voice was a little cold.

Was he angry because he had teased himself?

Jiang Sui quickly lifted her skirt and ran down the stairs to chase him.

The high heels hit the bluestone slabs with a rapid "tapping" sound.

"elder brother!"

When Si Nian heard the rapid sound of high heels, she stopped and turned around to wait for Jiang Sui.

"Well, wait for you, don't run!"

Si Nian's gentle voice blew into Jiang Sui's heart along with the sudden autumn wind, evoking a tingling sensation.

When Jiang Sui slowly walked down the stairs and stood in front of Si Nian, he stared at her for a moment.

Then Si Nian unbuttoned his suit, took it off, and with a swing of his arms, he circled Jiang Sui in front of him, and the suit jacket just fell on Jiang Sui's shoulders.

Jiang Sui raised his head in his arms and looked at Si Nian's face.

"Brother..." she called him in a low voice.

"Um."

Si Nian responded in a low voice, but Jiang Sui couldn't see the expression on his face as there was a big difference in their heights.

"It's cold at night, don't catch a cold."

Si Nian withdrew his arms and put his hands in his trouser pockets.

Jiang Sui looked at him quietly.

"Give me the coat. What about you? Aren't you cold?"

"not cold."

Si Nian slowly walked out of the hotel.

Although autumn comes later in the south of the Yangtze River than in the northeast, it is still a bit cold at night.

Jiang Sui looked at him from behind. He was only wearing a thin sky blue shirt, but his back was still so tall and slender.

But why does it look so lonely?

Jiang Sui's eyes felt a little warm.

Noticing that Jiang Sui had not caught up yet, Si Nian stopped and looked back at her.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?"

In order to hide his emotions, Jiang Sui suddenly looked up at the night sky.

"Brother, look, there are so many stars!"

Si Nian followed her gaze and looked up.

There were tiny stars hanging in the dark night sky, not many, but they were very dazzling, just like his years.

He shifted his gaze to Jiang Sui's face again.

At night in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, she was looking at the stars, and he was looking at her.

"Let's go."

Suddenly Si Nian urged Jiang Sui to leave.

He didn't dare to read any further, for he was afraid that he would unknowingly say what was buried deep in his heart.

When the two of them walked out of the hotel yard slowly side by side, Jiang Sui realized that Si Nian did not drive over.

She looked at her heel which was a little sore, stopped and asked Si Nian with some embarrassment.

"Are we going to walk back?"

"What else?" Si Nian also stopped and looked at her and asked back.

"But my feet hurt and I can't walk..."

Jiang Sui pouted, with a hint of coquettishness in his tone.

Si Nian stared at her for a while, then suddenly tilted his head and smiled.

He said, "Hey, Jiang Sui, how old are you? You are eighteen, not eight, and you are still acting like a spoiled child!"

When he said the last sentence, his smile suddenly froze.

But Jiang Sui didn't notice his expression. She giggled when she heard what he said.

"But I didn't act like a spoiled child with others!"

Yes, Si Nian is none other than her lovely brother.

She felt that it was natural to act like a spoiled child with him like this.

Si Nian looked down at Jiang Sui's feet.

She wore high heels all day today.

Someone who has never worn high heels is wearing them for the first time, and they are a new pair of shoes.

She must have endured the pain in her feet for a long time.

Si Nian suddenly took a step forward, stood in front of Jiang Sui, turned his back to her, and slowly bent his knees.

"Come on, get on! I'll carry you!"

Jiang Sui was stunned.

Her act of coquetry succeeded, but she suddenly felt a little reluctant.

"But the way back is so long, are you sure?"

Si Nian bowed his head slightly and said to her firmly, "Come up!"

Since he insisted, Jiang Sui stopped being pretentious.

She slowly climbed onto Sinian's broad back, and her two jade-like arms naturally wrapped around Sinian's neck.

Si Nian stood up and walked slowly forward with Jiang Sui on his back.

"Little fool, there's a rickshaw ahead!"

Jiang Sui was behind him and couldn't see Si Nian's expression at the moment, but she could hear a hint of smile in his deep, magnetic voice.

Jiang Sui angrily patted his shoulder and said coquettishly, "You are the fool! Laughing at me again!"

When his fingers touched Si Nian's broad shoulders, Jiang Sui was stunned.

She suddenly remembered that a similar situation seemed to have happened when she was a child.

When she was lazy and didn't want to walk after school, he still carried her on his back.

He carried their two school bags side by side on his chest as he walked slowly home.

She confided to him how a naughty boy cheated her out of her snacks at school, and he smiled and called her a little fool.

Jiang Sui put his arms around Si Nian's neck again and asked Si Nian in a low and soft voice.

"Brother, am I heavy?"

"Not heavy!" He answered without thinking.

She was somewhat happy.

But just when Jiang Sui was feeling happy, he suddenly said, "But it is more than twice as heavy as before."

snort!

Eight years old and eighteen, can they be the same?

Jiang Sui ignored him and rested his head on his back.

She thought that he probably also remembered his childhood.

The night in Tongli Ancient Town is not as lively as other ancient towns, but it has a kind of tranquility that makes people particularly want to pursue.

Si Nian did not take Jiang Sui for a rickshaw ride as he had originally said.

She didn't know how far Si Nian had carried her.

Before they knew it, they were at the lake.

On a quiet night, the slowly flowing lake water sparkles with crystal light.

The ancient camphor trees beside the river have tall and dense branches and leaves.

If they were not lit up by lights as bright as day, the corridors on both sides would have merged into the quiet night long ago.

"Brother, the night here is beautiful, isn't it? It's a pity that there is no such scenery in the Northeast."

Jiang Sui leaned his face against Si Nian's back and suddenly spoke with some regret.

Si Nian suddenly stopped and put Jiang Sui sitting on the stone railing beside the river.

He stared at Jiang Sui for a while, then slowly squatted in front of her, his voice low and deep.

"The south of the Yangtze River has its own beauty, and the northeast has its own goodness. You can't compare them like that."

Si Nian suddenly reached out and took off Jiang Sui's high-heeled shoes.

Jiang Sui's delicate and white little feet naturally shrank back.

"Don't move, let me take a look."

Si Nian looked up at her, his voice still deep and pleasant.

After Jiang Sui nodded woodenly, Si Nian lowered his eyes again.

Then Jiang Sui saw that Si Nian's handsome sword-like eyebrows suddenly frowned.

"The skin is broken..."

"Oh, I just feel so painful."

Si Nian checked Jiang Sui's other foot, which was also broken and had traces of blood.

“These shoes cannot be worn.”

Si Nian frowned deeply and placed the pair of high-heeled shoes that Jiang Sui had taken off neatly on the stone railing.

He also sat down next to Jiang Sui.

Jiang Sui felt his face starting to get hot.

So she stopped talking and just lowered her head.

Occasionally, when she heard a rowing boat passing by on the water, she would look up.

"Want to sit down?"

Si Nian saw Jiang Sui looking at the passing rowboat from time to time, and there happened to be passengers getting off the boat at the pier not far away, so he asked Jiang Sui.

Jiang Sui smiled and nodded, but then he felt worried when he looked at his white feet.

So Si Nian picked up Jiang Sui's high heels, carried her on his back again, and the two of them went on a rowboat together.

The boat paddles gently on the water, and the night scene on both sides of the river slowly recedes, which is a beautiful sight.

Both of them quietly admired the beautiful scenery on the shore, speechless for a moment.

It was not until the rowing boat arrived under the three ancient bridges in the shape of a triangle that even the old man rowing the boat began to get excited.

The rowboat moved through the night, and the old man rowing the boat hummed a tune.

Jiang Sui understood the meaning of the old man's tune, which was roughly about the custom of walking across the three bridges.

"A young girl who walks on three bridges is naturally beautiful and gets slimmer as she grows older. A young man who walks on three bridges is on the rise and has a bright future. A bride and groom who walk on three bridges are in love with each other and will grow old together."

Finally, the old man told Jiang Sui and the others that these three bridges were built in the Ming Dynasty and symbolize auspiciousness and happiness in the hearts of the people of Tongli.

"If you two get married, you must come back to our place. If you walk across these three bridges together, you will live together forever."

The rowing uncle was so excited that he couldn't help but set a time for the two of them to come to Tongli again.

Jiang Sui was a little embarrassed and was about to explain, but Si Nian said to the old man, "Okay, thank you. We will definitely come again and walk across the three bridges."

Jiang Sui's cheeks began to feel hot again. She didn't dare to look at Si Nian, nor did she dare to ask him what he meant by saying that.

She had no choice but to pretend to focus her eyes on the scenery on the shore.

Jiang Sui didn't want to think about who she would walk across the Three Bridges with in the future to pray for a long life together, but she wanted to walk across the Three Bridges with Si Nian tomorrow.

Not for anything else, I just want to pray that he will be successful and have a bright future.

After an unknown amount of time, the two landed at another pier, with Si Nian still carrying Jiang Sui on his back.

She didn't know what he was thinking.

Ever since he agreed to the old man's invitation to walk across the three bridges again, he has been silent.

"elder brother..."

Jiang Sui suddenly called out softly from Si Nian's back.

"Um."

"Before we go back, if we still have time, let's go walk across the Three Bridges tomorrow."

Hearing Jiang Sui's words, Si Nian's body obviously stiffened for a moment, she could feel it.

"Okay, let's go tomorrow."

Si Nian carried Jiang Sui all the way downstairs to the inn's room, but Jiang Sui stopped him from carrying her upstairs.

He carried her all the way today and was very tired.

It's just that when she was putting on her shoes, her balance was a little unstable, and the moment she fell, she fell directly into Si Nian's arms.

He quickly supported her waist.

She raised her eyes in his arms and met his concerned gaze.

The two people's eyes met, and there seemed to be an inexplicable emotion surging in their eyes.