The Lantern Festival at night, and Huayang County was still as bright as day, for the entire city had lit up lamps. Every merchant and rich family had set up lantern sheds, hanging various shapes of flower lanterns, thus illuminating the whole county town like Bright Pearl.
At Suishan Restaurant, the lamps were also lit. After dinner, Wufu sat in the private room on the Beauty's rest, looking out. There were already quite a few people moving about in the streets, some riding alone on horses, some with families in tow, children perched on their fathers' necks, or in groups of twos and threes, all wearing smiles on their faces.
She also saw men and women walking together, secretly and discreetly with their sleeves touching. No one could see the movements under the sleeves, just the ambiguous smiles and genuine emotions exchanged between men and women.
