Ancient Sword Fantasy: Lan and Ling Fanfic, Years of Red Lotus

I've often wondered what it would be like if Lan Sheng and Xiang Ling met again many years later.

Jiang Kui's "Partridge Sky: A Dream on the Lantern Festival" says, "Spring has not yet turned green, but my temples have already turned white. After a long parting in this world, sorrow fades away. Who is it that makes us ponder year after year on the night of red lotuses, each of us knowing the other's thoughts from afar?" Is it really true that after a long parting, sorrow fades away?

The thoughts I want to seal away, the ones I want to forget, have never truly left. The result of sealing them away is that even the slightest connection can bring the past back to mind. And so the gates of memory open and close, becoming a torment that returns year after year. I thought that given enough time, I could forget. I thought that given enough time, I would no longer grieve...

What longing did the flower lantern set adrift on the river carry...? And on that lantern...

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