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“Shaoyi……” A tear slipped from the corner of her eye as she finally pulled away from him. She stood there in a light blue Qipao, with the evening breeze blowing through the slightly open window. She didn’t know what she was thinking, her gaze lowered, yet she still resembled a fairy from another world.
“You just recovered from your illness; you shouldn’t open the window. Do you not care about your health?” He scolded her gently, closing the window with a hint of concern.
She slowly lifted her gaze, Shangguan Shaoyi’s handsome face was close at hand, stirring her thoughts but also igniting a fire in her heart. She believed every word he said, every single character, yet there was still an empty feeling inside her…
She linked her arm with Shangguan Shaoyi’s, her voice soft and gentle, “I want to go out for a walk.”
Shangguan Shaoyi looked at her closely, sensing that she was deliberately putting on a relaxed smile. He held her hand and asked, “Do you really want to go out this late?”
After thinking for a moment, she nodded. He didn’t say much more and complied with her wish, leading her to the car and taking her to a shimmering lakeside.
The sky was chilly, but the lake surface was bright and clear. In the distance, small hills still bore remnants of unmelted ice and snow, while the lake reflected their faces clearly. It felt like a secret space where no crowds were around; it was just the two of them in this vast world, with only each other’s figures in their eyes.
“This place is…”
“It’s where I used to come when I was feeling down as a child.” Shangguan Shaoyi wrapped his arm around her shoulders as they sat on a stone bench, looking like a pair of celestial lovers from any angle.
Cheng Mo felt a pang in her heart as images of him sitting by the lake with Rong Yuqiao flashed in her mind. After a long silence, she finally spoke, “Shaoyi, if I’ve disrupted the life you had with Miss Rong, you can tell me. I can step back. And about Miss Jin…”
Shangguan Shaoyi raised an eyebrow and tightened his grip on her hand. “What are you talking about?”
“Nothing…” Her voice was faint and weak, and her Eyes fell to the ground. “Miss Rong has told me some things about your childhood.” After saying this, she instinctively glanced up at Shangguan Shaoyi, meeting his clear gaze. They locked eyes, both reluctant to look away.
He quietly watched her, waiting for her to continue.
Under his burning gaze, she became flustered and pouted, "You never told me about your childhood."
"If you want to hear it, I'll tell you everything," he smiled and gently tousled her hair. "But it's quite boring; just some fighting and killing."
"That's okay." She leaned deeper into his embrace, the fragrance slowly enveloping his heart. "I want to know more about you, just like Miss Rong..." Before she could finish, she felt him furrow his brows, and unease crept into her heart as she wondered if she had said something wrong.
"Mo Su." He called her name with a tone of helpless affection. "Do you think you understand me less than she does?"
"It's because I don't know what you were like before, and today she told me about you and Miss Jin. I can't even judge what's true or false. I..."
"Mo Su, time is a long and slow thing. Many events are just fleeting memories in the river of time—some deep, some shallow. Sometimes even I forget them. I grew up with her; that time was indeed a part of my life, but it wasn't the most important part."
"So what is the most important part?"
"It's you, silly." He held her tightly but was afraid of hurting her, so his movements became cautious. In the gentle breeze mixed with the scents of flowers and gunpowder, his emotions lightly dispersed into the air, reaching her.
"I have met many people and encountered many things, mostly passing by them without any connection. Sometimes I was alone in my shadows, sometimes walking alone. It was during my lowest times that I met you. With your present and future, how could I be overshadowed by a lonely past?"
She froze for a moment, slowly raising her gaze to meet his handsome face. His deep eyes sparkled like morning stars, radiating brilliance. She smiled lightly, suddenly feeling relieved.
What was there to compare about those past events? She already understood the truth of their present situation. As he said, they had the present and the future, with so many memories to create together. Just as Shangguan Yiting said, those marriage contracts didn't matter; what mattered was that they were together now, with Shaoyi's heart with her.
He smiled faintly, lifting her delicate hand. When she focused her gaze, she noticed that he had slipped a crystal-clear ring onto her ring finger at some point without her realizing it.
Cheng Mo's eyes turned slightly red as she stared at him, "This..."
"Mo Su, you are so knowledgeable, how is it that you can't even recognize a ring now?" he teased gently. Cheng Mo's sadness was washed away by the beauty of the moment, and she felt her emotions rising and falling, leaving her unsure of how to react.
Shangguan Shaoyi laughed again, "I originally planned to put this on you after a year. After all, you are only fifteen this year, and I am just seventeen; we are not yet of legal marriage age. But..."
"Don't say anymore, I already know." Cheng Mo smiled softly, her reddened eyes almost spilling tears. Shaoyi had always been taciturn, speaking little but doing much. To ease her feelings of unease, he first introduced her to Shangguan Yiting and then presented her with this ring...
As long as he saw her happy, he felt immense satisfaction. Her smile was like a warm and gentle breeze that blew straight into his heart, allowing him to find a piece of pure land amidst the complexities of life. He held her hand, his gaze deep yet passionate, "Mo Su, marry me."
She secretly reached up to wipe the corner of her eye; her beautiful brows resembled distant green mountains, and her watery eyes shimmered like rippling lake surfaces.
He smiled as he wiped away the tears from the corner of her eye. Before meeting her, he had many things to do in his life—training constantly, negotiating, going to battle. He had never worried about dying suddenly; for him, dying on the battlefield was a soldier's dignity and honor. After meeting her, his life became filled with more things; he began to cherish each day, care about her thoughts, and understand the meaning of protection. He still feared not dying in battle but understood the value of life more deeply.
Cheng Mo nestled in his embrace, smiling gently at him. Their figures were reflected in each other's pupils as if time itself had come to a standstill; everything else turned into abstract symbols except for the two people leaning on each other.
Time was quiet and long yet also swift and fierce.
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