Tian Yuanyuan didn't take the firework tube.
"You go first. I don't know how to use these. I only ever played with those little spinning top fireworks as a kid."
When she was little, whenever her father set off large fireworks, she would get scared and cover her ears from a distance. But when the fireworks soared into the sky and blossomed in a dazzling display, she would tilt her little face up and watch, entranced, her heart filled with pure joy.
"Then let me show you," Xia Liang said.
He lit the fuse, which hissed and crackled as it burned.
WHOOSH—
The firework tube in his hand gave a sudden jolt, and brilliant sparks shot high into the sky.
POP—
