"I'm fine, sorry for bumping into you." Yun Shunan ignored the hint of familiarity in her heart and apologized to the other person.
"As long as you're alright." The other person clearly didn't mind being bumped into by Yun Shunan.
Yun Shunan squatted down to tie her shoelaces, then thought about it and walked towards the cotton candy stall.
"Boss, I want one of these cotton candies." Yun Shunan pointed at the ginger-yellow cotton candy.
"Coming right up." The old man looked in the direction Yun Shunan pointed and immediately took down the ginger-yellow cotton candy she wanted.
After Yun Shunan received it, without any hesitation, she immediately turned around and walked back to the person she had just bumped into.
"This is a thank you gift." Yun Shunan handed the ginger-yellow Mickey Mouse cotton candy in her hand to the person.
The sky was already twilight, and the reddish sunlight shone on Yun Shunan's side, making her look incredibly vibrant.
"It was just a small favor." The person looked at Yun Shunan's bright smile and was momentarily stunned. After a pause, he reached out and took the cotton candy from her.
"Then thank you for your small favor." Her crescent-shaped eyes were as bright and pure as the moon.
Looking at her eyes, the person suddenly recalled a little girl deep in his memory.
"Miss, have we met before?" The person suddenly turned serious, his voice deepening slightly.
Yun Shunan frowned. Her moon-like eyes relaxed and naturally returned to their almond shape.
Her scrutinizing gaze fell on the other person. Yun Shunan didn't think he was the type to use such a cheap tactic to strike up a conversation.
"I'm sorry, but you might have mistaken me for someone else." Yun Shunan opened her lips slightly. Thinking that he had helped her, she carefully considered her words before saying this.
The person pursed his lips, still appraising Yun Shunan. He didn't seem to be easily swayed by her denial.
The other person's silence made Yun Shunan very uncomfortable. She didn't know what to do at this moment.
Leaving directly would seem impolite, but she couldn't stand in a stalemate with him.
Yun Shunan frowned slightly, showing impatience. However, the other person was still immersed in his memories, meticulously observing Yun Shunan before him.
Fortunately, Yun Shunan didn't dwell on it for long before being pulled into a familiar embrace.
"Who is he?" Mu Qi looked at the person before him with a displeased expression, his phoenix eyes icy cold.
"Oh, he's the young man who helped me just now." As soon as Mu Qi approached, Yun Shunan's gaze was fixed on him, and she unconsciously blurted out the word "young man."
The hostile gaze made the other person snap back to reality.
Looking at the man with the chilling aura, who was possessively shielding Yun Shunan in his arms, he felt a slight discomfort.
He couldn't recall when he last faced such a situation, but the feeling was so familiar.
"Brother, I'm back." Just as the atmosphere became tense, a little girl, who Yun Shunan found even more familiar, suddenly walked over.
"Sister, are you here to play?" The little girl, upon seeing Yun Shunan next to the man, directly went up and took Yun Shunan's hand.
Seeing the other girl, Yun Shunan also felt a flicker of joy. She hadn't expected to be so fated to meet the little girl.
They had met at a restaurant, then at an arcade, and now again here.
"Oh, right. This is the brother I told you about."
The little girl wanted to pull Yun Shunan towards her brother, but glancing at the man beside Yun Shunan, she immediately changed her mind and instead led her brother to Yun Shunan.
Yun Shunan raised an eyebrow in surprise. She truly hadn't expected such a coincidence today.
Her brother, meanwhile, seemed to recall something and tentatively spoke, "Niannian?"
"You know me?" Yun Shunan was startled. She hadn't expected that he might actually have met her before, perhaps even known her.
At this moment, Yun Shunan was so absorbed in the possibility that he knew her that she completely failed to notice Mu Qi's pupils contract sharply, his aura shifting from chilling to one of intense tension.
"So you guys know each other!" The little girl beside them exclaimed with delight, feeling that Yun Shunan's path to becoming her sister-in-law had just taken a big leap forward.
However, she never imagined that this would be the first, and also the last, step forward for her envisioned progress.
"How can you..."
Before Yun Shunan could finish, she was suddenly scooped up by Mu Qi. Yun Shunan cried out in surprise, and by the time she regained her senses, they were already far from the little girl and the man.
"Brother, isn't that person being too much? How could he so possessively whisk that sister away?"
The little girl watched their receding figures, hands on her hips, and stomped her foot angrily.
Her brother, however, looked at their retreating backs with a pensive expression.
He hadn't seen possessiveness, but rather fear.
The man's love was too intense.
"Mu Qi?" Yun Shunan looked at Mu Qi's lips, which were pressed into a thin line, and couldn't help but reach out to touch them. Mu Qi allowed her actions but still kept his lips tightly shut, not saying a word.
Only when the little girl and her brother were no longer visible did Mu Qi stop.
"Mu Qi, what's wrong?"
Mu Qi remained silent, his lips still tightly pressed together. Yun Shunan thought for a moment and then asked again, "Do you know that person from just now?"
"No," Mu Qi replied this time, almost without hesitation.
Seeing this, Yun Shunan's brow furrowed slightly. Then, as if a thought struck her, she continued, "You don't like that person from just now?"
"Mm," Mu Qi responded again, this time looking directly at Yun Shunan.
"Then what about you?" Mu Qi retorted.
"I..." Yun Shunan was first confused, then seemed to understand why Mu Qi was suddenly upset.
Yun Shunan's originally furrowed brow smoothed out, and a sly smile curved her lips. "Naturally, I can't dislike someone who helped me."
As Yun Shunan finished speaking, Mu Qi's eyes darkened. His red lips moved, but he said nothing.
Just as Mu Qi's mood began to dip, Yun Shunan changed the subject. "But if he's someone you dislike, then I won't have much contact with him either."
After all, Mu Qi was so handsome; Yun Shunan only wanted to be a foolish ruler who could earn a "beauty's" smile.
"Why?" Mu Qi's eyes were clear and bright now, filled with both joy and confusion.