About fifteen minutes later, we jumped off the flying carpet. The refreshing wind made me throw all my worries into the clouds. The endless sea was transparently blue, and the beige sand felt pleasant. I ran towards the beach and discovered several couples standing on the nearby rocks – Mo Ran, Zi Ru, An, Wan Yue, Ling Yan, Ling Shuang.
“Alright! Couples! Let’s play to our heart’s content!!” As Baby shouted, the four of them held my hands and ran towards the rocks. Suddenly, I felt a chill on my back. We turned around and saw Lan holding a dagger to Baby’s neck. “Where’s Seven Nights?”
“Uh… seems like we forgot to bring Seven Nights…” Baby smiled carefully, Bei Bei crying beside him. “Wuwu, please let go of Brother Baby…”
“Bring Seven Nights.”
“Okay, I’ll go get him now…” Baby agreed, and Lan finally put away the dagger. Baby took Bei Bei and ran towards the flying carpet.
Xiao Ying was furious, “What kind of tea is this?! Thirteen silver taels?! You might as well go rob someone?!”
“You drank it yourself,” Xiao Ya maintained her stance.
“You… you… you…” Xiao Ying was so angry he stammered.
Xiao Ya walked up to him, hands on her hips, and tapped his head with a golden abacus, “What did I do, young master? Speak up! Don’t hold it in until you cough up blood!”
My anger skyrocketed, veins popping on my forehead, “You brats!! Get back to your own corners right now!!!” I waved my fists and kicked, sending them flying, “Go meet your Jade Emperor grandfather!!!”
The men broke out in a cold sweat, “Don’t you treat them like they’re your own children?”
I instantly dropped my angry expression and switched to a sweet smile, sitting next to them to continue grilling, “O(∩_∩)O~ Hehe, don’t mind me, keep eating, keep eating.”
Seeing my calm smile as if throwing my own children moments ago never happened, the men secretly wiped away sweat.
We kept waiting until sunrise. I leaned on Shang’s shoulder and fell asleep. After some time, Shu Yang shook me, softly saying: “Xiao Han, wake up, the sun is rising!”
I opened my drowsy eyes, seeing the sun rise from the sea horizon, the deep blue water tinged with orange-red. My heart felt warm, “So beautiful~” We exclaimed, and with Mo and Shang holding my hands, we ran to the reef, “Han! We’ll love you forever! Even if the seas dry and stones crumble, we’ll never abandon you!!!”
The four of them swore to me at the top of their lungs. I was moved to tears.
“I turned, cupping my hands around my mouth like a megaphone: ‘No matter how many beautiful men exist! I’ll always only love you four! My love for you won’t diminish because of others! My love is not cheap!!!’
Other couples also made vows by the first light, swearing to never part. Most girls were moved to tears by their boyfriends, and some boys were moved to tears by other boys, but there were exceptions.
‘Go die!’ Qi Ye delivered a flying kick, and we heard Lin falling into the water.
I burst into uncontrollable laughter until I noticed everyone staring strangely. I restrained my laughter, embarrassedly twisting my fingers, ‘That… that… sorry, it was just too funny, so…’
Shu Yang hugged me tightly, whispering in my ear, ‘Xiao Han, you’re so cute. I like you like this.’ My face instantly blushed.
I playfully tapped Shu Yang’s chest, ‘Stop it…’
Three malicious glares shot over.
‘We promised! Forever and ever, never to part!!!’ Zi Ru shouted first, and we all joined in, chanting the words that were etched in our hearts…
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