"You've come." Jian Yiqiu's voice was deep and melodious, like a cello playing in the night, carrying a strange penetrating power that reached straight to the heart.

"I knew you would come."

Xiao Jin stopped at the edge of the platform, a few steps away from him.

The night breeze ruffled her unbound long hair, and the cool moonlight outlined her delicate jawline.

Xiao Jin looked at Jian Yiqiu, who seemed to have shed all pretense, and her eyes were filled with turbulent emotions.

"I guessed it was you who led me here," Xiao Jin said, her voice exceptionally clear in the quiet night.

"Very smart." Jian Yiqiu admitted frankly, smiling slightly as if he were coaxing a child, which made Xiao Jin roll her eyes.

He took a step closer to Xiao Jin, and the distance between them instantly shortened. Xiao Jin could even smell a clean and refreshing scent emanating from him, like a forest after the rain, mixed with a faint, cedar-like fragrance.

"The bar is too noisy and crowded. There are some things I want to say, some things I only want to show to you."

He slightly raised his hand, his slender fingers pointing towards the void, as if plucking invisible strings, making an elegant and casual gesture.

There were no dazzling fireworks, no deafening sounds.

However, along the path traced by his fingertips, one, two, three... countless points of starlight, even more dazzling and dreamlike than the guiding starlight outside the window, suddenly gathered out of thin air!

They floated down lightly, as if they were alive, landing on the platform's ground, rocks, and even the hanging vines.

The next second!

Those fallen starlights bloomed silently!

One by one, clusters of dreamlike flowers bloom in the starlight!

The petals are made of pure light, flowing with beautiful colors of blue, purple, and silver, while the stamens are pulsating points of light, like the core of a star.

They have no physical form, yet they radiate a real, soft, and cool halo, transforming the small platform into a garden in the Milky Way.

The flowers of light swayed silently, reflecting the figures of the two, creating a dreamlike and otherworldly beauty.

In Xiao Jin's pupils, this miracle woven from starlight was clearly reflected.

Even with her unwavering will, she couldn't help but breathe softly at this moment.

It's so beautiful... You can't see such a beautiful scene, whether in survival games or in the post-apocalyptic world where Xiao Jin lived in her previous life.

What she saw most was the color of blood...

Limbs, flesh and blood, ruins, fear, numbness.

"sit?"

Jian Yiqiu had somehow ended up sitting on a flat stone platform next to the crescent-shaped boulder. He patted the spot next to him, where a small, delicate ice crystal table appeared, with two crystal glasses on it.

Xiao Jin walked over silently and sat down beside him.

The stone platform was cold, but the warm breath of another person emanating from beside me was exceptionally clear.

Jian Yiqiu picked up a crystal pot, which was filled with a deep blue liquid that resembled a liquid galaxy, dotted with countless tiny, shimmering points of light like stars.

He poured the liquid into two crystal glasses.

"Want to try some? 'Starry Sky Drink,' it's alcohol-free, won't make you drunk, it will only... make you feel more clear-headed in this moment." He handed one of the glasses to Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin took it, her fingertips touching the cool crystal glass.

The liquid in the glass was as deep as the universe, with tiny starlight slowly swirling and floating within it, exuding a clear and mysterious fragrance.

She took a small sip.

Its texture is cool and silky, like melting ice, instantly dispelling the chill of the night breeze.

An indescribable, refreshing sweetness, as if mixed with the scent of distant stars, spread across the tip of the tongue, sliding down the throat and bringing a strange, soul-cleansing sense of clarity.

At this moment, the turmoil in Xiao Jin's heart, the long-accumulated fatigue, and the murderous aura brought about by killing seemed to be gently soothed and cleansed by this clear liquid.

Neither of them spoke again.

The Milky Way flows silently overhead, and flowers of light bloom quietly at your feet, creating a scene resembling a fairyland.

A night breeze rustled through the treetops. Deep in the jungle, an owl let out a long, drawn-out cry, and time seemed to stand still on this small, starlit platform.

Xiao Jin held the crystal glass, feeling the steady and reassuring body temperature coming from beside her, and watching the slowly rotating starry river in the glass.

A long-lost sense of peace, as if forgotten deep in distant memories, gently soothed her heart, which had been frozen for too long, like warm spring water.

There was no scheming, no killing, no deceit. Only starlight, a gentle breeze, tranquility, and the mysterious yet inexplicably relaxing man beside him.

This tranquility was so pure, without a trace of impurity, that it made Xiao Jin almost... at a loss.

It was a long, long time ago, so long that Xiao Jin had forgotten the time.

At that time, I was a junior high school student with loving parents. I was not the original owner of this body, but Xiao Jin herself.

Xiao Jin, who was still a minor at the time, liked to drink alcohol and often secretly drank his father's wine.

I remember that liquor was very strong, a completely different feeling from the glass in my hand.

On the other side, Jian Yiqiu neither looked at Xiao Jin nor interrupted her reminiscence. He simply looked up at the starry sky, his profile appearing exceptionally gentle in the swaying light and shadow of the Flower of Light.

He seemed to be immersed in this rare tranquility, shedding all pretense and weariness.

I don't know how much time passed. Perhaps the starlight was too intoxicating, perhaps the aroma of the "starry sky drink" was too alluring, or perhaps this tranquility was too precious...

Xiao Jin turned her head slightly, her gaze falling on Jian Yiqiu's profile, which was so close to hers. That straight nose, those slightly pursed thin lips, and those unfathomable eyes that seemed to reflect the Milky Way.

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