Valentine's Day wasn't usually celebrated at Lotus Pier, but this year was an exception.

Of course, it all started with Wei Wuxian, who decided to rummage through some book about other cultures and discovered this holiday. And that's when this idiotic genius decided that such a bacchanalia would only benefit the Yunmeng Jiang Sect.

By midday on February 14th, the entire Lotus Pier was pleasantly tense – students were giving each other paper hearts, couples were walking hand in hand, everyone was beaming, even Jiang Fengmian gave Yu Ziyuan a new hairpin after hearing about the holiday from Wei Wuxian two days earlier. Lady Yu snorted, but accepted the hairpin.

And you were on edge because of the only pair of gray eyes you had.

Your relationship with Jiang Cheng was rather strange—one moment you'd snort at each other over some trivial matter, the next you'd squabble like cats and dogs. Once, you even stole his things to teach him a lesson and left him naked in the courtyard.

And now you both snorted whenever you saw couples walking hand in hand.

"Ugh, idiots," Jiang Cheng wrinkled his nose playfully, sending a wave of tenderness through you. You nodded in agreement.

And how could you explain to him that you couldn't sleep or eat without him?