Chapter 1372 - 1369: Who Does He Think He Is?
He pretended more, and she got more excited. Another punch landed on him.
Who did he think he was? Yet, her face quickly flushed with a deep red and embarrassment.
"I’ll make you shout!" Zi Ruoxi shouted angrily, and pressed forward with both hands, covering his mouth and nose tightly. Perhaps intent on revenge, her actions were indeed not gentle, but deep down there was an exhilaration. Haha, always bullying people with his strength. Haha, now you’re not so happy, are you!
After a while. Zi Ruoxi first saw the person beneath her still looking up, struggling a bit, then his blue eyes rolled upwards and closed, and his body became motionless. Zi Ruoxi realized something was wrong, and was shocked, promptly releasing her hands, but he still didn’t move, his eyes tightly shut, lying there as if dead.
"Qiao Junlie, Qiao Junlie, Qiao Junlie!" Zi Ruoxi called out several times, seeing he had no reaction, fear suddenly surged within her, immediately her expression demonstrated something impactful, her previously flushed cheeks turned white in a flash.
Suddenly.
A slender finger reached out, lightly patting his cheeks, seeing he still had no reaction. At that moment, she truly panicked...
"Wake up, wake up, don’t scare me, please don’t scare me, this joke isn’t funny at all... Aren’t you a demon? Didn’t you live for a thousand years? Why, do you want to die... You can’t die, you really can’t die, how can you leave so irresponsibly, you love bullying me so much, at worst... I’ll let you bully me..." Zi Ruoxi said with intermittent pauses, trying to squeeze out tears, dropping on the other’s face, transforming into Yarn and Pearls instantly, then quietly fading away. She thought the other person would react somehow, but instead, he lay there peacefully as if truly dead.
Is this person really pretending?! Or...
Deep down uncertain, she drummed up courage, with a puzzled expression, Zi Ruoxi slowly leaned down, one hand pressing on the bed, the other hand ready to reach his nose, preparing to pinch it, she thought well, this way, if he was to breathe he would have to open his mouth, hence he couldn’t continue playing dead.
Unexpectedly, as her finger barely touched his skin, an overwhelming force pressed her onto him, like a moth rushing towards a flame, she passionately kissed his lips.
Zi Ruoxi opened her eyes wide with astonishment, and before she reacted, her waist was firmly embraced by a pair of strong arms.
𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
The person beneath seemed intoxicated, still closing his eyes.
"You’re bad, always bullying me, sob sob..." Zi Ruoxi complained angrily and coquettishly, unknowingly revealing a delicate display, naturally gained from being around Qiao Junlie for too long. To her surprise, she had learned how to act spoiled, puzzled by this aspect of herself. Logically speaking, she wasn’t that kind of woman. But today, she developed such a quality.
"Uh, who was the little rascal who said to let me bully them earlier, you haven’t forgotten, right! Hehe." Qiao Junlie said contentedly. His body still wrapped in lingering warmth.
"You’re the little rascal! Humph!" Zi Ruoxi pouted defiantly.
"Alright, I’m a rascal, I’m a big rascal, for you, I’d rather be a rascal! Thus emphasizing you, the ’good egg’!" Qiao Junlie said slyly, unable to resist laughing evilly and exaggeratedly.
You...
Zi Ruoxi looked at him angrily, her fists ready to strike again. Fortunately, recalling the previous lesson made her hold back her impulse.
A gentle kiss landed on her forehead.
"Baby, don’t be angry, be good, otherwise beauty fades quickly..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.
"Is that so? If I grow old, become less beautiful, then you can find other pretty girls." Zi Ruoxi blurted out. As soon as she spoke, she realized something was off. What’s wrong with her, how she could say such a thing...
Qiao Junlie turned her around, his slender fingertips gently lifting her chin, letting her gaze directly into his magical, hypnotic eyes, whispering softly, "There won’t be anyone else. As you grow old, I’ll grow old too, and in this lifetime, I only wish to grow old with you, savor every joyful tomorrow, all those memories that belong to us, those most precious times, and when we’re old, I’ll be with you, slowly savoring this beauty... Until gray hair, toothless gums, unable to run, move, yet, your gaze and mine remain, this life, I’ll have no regrets."
His heartfelt confession, tender and moving, deeply stirred his and her emotions.
A long moment.
"Will we really? Will we wait until that time?" Zi Ruoxi murmured, resting against his chest. Softly enjoying this love.
"We will. Absolutely." An assured reply.
After a while.
"If one day I disappear, what would you do?" Zi Ruoxi suddenly asked with a smile.
"Find you. Until I find you." Almost without hesitation.
"Find me? What if you can’t find me in one year, two years?" Zi Ruoxi suddenly became interested in this.
"Continue to search, one year, two years, then five years, ten years. Until you can’t resist showing up automatically." Though saying this lightly, it was incredibly serious.
"Uh, that’s so tiring, if it takes that long to find me, I might as well let you think I’m dead." Zi Ruoxi said with a smile, her eyes glittering.
She initially thought he would say something again, but unexpectedly, Qiao Junlie’s smile faded, his face showing deep affection. For a long while silent, simply gazing at her quietly.
A long, long time, like an unfathomable, endless ocean. A deep penetrating blue, sinking into the depths, permeating the original color of the heart.
"Why talk about death, about vanishing?" Slightly touched, as if tugging at a sensitive nerve. Qiao Junlie embraced her body, his hand resting on her shoulder gently rubbing her smooth skin. Speaking serenely, "Don’t talk about such unlucky things anymore. We will never, ever separate." Then, he didn’t forget to add, "Above the heavens, beneath the earth, you are... mine."
His lips unhesitantly pressed, invading her mouth, lingering for a long time, never willing to leave. Even if heaven cannot separate them. If one day heaven were to be this cruel, he would defy it! Even if he renounces everything, gives up everything, he would still hold onto her! Guard their love!
Because, no one, nothing can block his eternal commitment from past lives to the present. This, perhaps, should be called faith. Indeed... from some time ago, she became his faith...