"That old woman must have gone back already; we shouldn't have come so late."
People were already leaving the lantern festival in trickles. Baize and Xu Bai walked briskly along the narrow path.
Earlier during the festival, Xu Bai had mentioned that Runyu really liked a certain sachet, but they hadn't bought it. After getting home, Xu Bai thought about it and decided they really ought to go back and buy it. He had heard a saying: a person is bound to be haunted for the rest of their life by something unattainable in their youth. He figured Runyu already had it hard enough; it was just a tiny sachet, so there was no reason not to grant him even this small wish.
Chapter 63