On the day of the grand ceremony, just after the hour of *mao*, Wei Ying woke up alongside Lan Wangji. The capping ceremony was scheduled to begin at the second quarter of the hour of *chen*, and the various cultivation sects had already begun arriving one after another. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian, bringing Hua Yuan with them, also arrived at Cloud Recesses just before the hour of *chen*. Today, Hua Yuan was dressed in a blue dress, wearing a blue fox hairpin in her hair. She looked serene and graceful yet retained a playful cuteness. Upon seeing her appear, Lan Sizhui's eyes filled with tenderness.
Stunned for a fleeting moment, Lan Sizhui quickly bowed and said, "Uncle Xie, Uncle Lan, Yanyuan, you've arrived."
Xie Lian and Hua Cheng acknowledged the greeting, while Hua Yuan had already bounded over to Lan Sizhui, chattering happily, "It's A-Yuan Big Brother's coming-of-age ceremony, of course we had to come! I even prepared a gift for you—I'll show it to you later."
Chapter 125