In that brief moment, I suddenly felt that Night Lock no longer wanted me, walking further and further away until disappearing into a white fog.
I let my tears fall grievously before his eyes. He pressed his lips together, as if making a resolute decision, and clasped my hand again, “I, Night Lock, hereby swear that no matter life or death, wealth or poverty, I will always stay by Lan Jiao Long’s side, never betraying or abandoning her.”
“Night.” I lay in Night Lock’s arms, watching the bamboo leaves dancing in the sky, smelling the wild flowers, listening to the murmuring stream, feeling an unprecedented sense of tranquility.
occasionally inhabited, probably enough to enjoy the scenery for a few days.
“What would you like to eat? I can cook many dishes!” I said excitedly, completely forgetting how I had just cried during the proposal.
“Famous meat, character barbecue…” he whispered in my ear, tickling me.
“Eating too much of that isn’t good. I can make seaweed rice, bamboo rice, egg fried rice, beef rice, chicken rice, curry rice…” I counted on my fingers.
“You can’t cook?” He frowned, finally catching the implication in my words.
“Hehe…” I could only laugh foolishly. Back in the orphanage, I was always competing with the kitchen aunties for rice, which led to me not knowing how to cook even a simple dish.
Poor Night Lock would surely become thin following me.
I suppressed my emotions and walked step by step towards that person. When he saw the murderous intent in my eyes, it flashed by: “Why are you here?”
“You’ve been out for a long time,” I forced a smile, wanting to pretend I knew nothing, yet I had heard everything.
“Okay,” he looked at me, his clean face revealing no emotion. How could I not understand the pain in his heart? But what could I do? Let him go find Chenwang Liu Yu for revenge? Or continue to drift with me, harboring hatred?
