Chapter 67

He was used to seeing calm and sweet TangShi, and yet tonight, she was like a curious kid, running around tugging him to everything for fear she wouldn’t get to see it all. Pushing him to stalls to buy them random foods of fancy and bouncing giddily at everything that gave her pleasure.

He found himself picking up on her buzz and feeling it, joining in and enjoying himself. Increasing his enthusiasm to make her happy and getting involved with how much she appreciated all this. It felt like he was viewing his city through the eyes of a child, suddenly aware of how mesmerizing Shanghai could be when you stopped to enjoy it this way.

“Ooooh, candy floss!” She squealed in delight, pulling his jacket to attract his attention while he paid for their moon cakes. He almost missed grabbing the paper bag before she had him stumbling sideways in her eagerness to catch the walking seller who was moving through the crowd with bagged floss of pastel colors.

“Tang, honey… you nee