At noon the next day, Xu Nuo woke up exhausted. The seat next to him was empty. Xu Nuo tried to sit up, but then lay back down with a cry of pain.

Long Qi, wearing an apron, pushed the door open and came in hurriedly.

"Baby, what's wrong?"

Xu Nuo lay flat on the bed, contemplating life, not even glancing at him. Long Qi looked at the scene before him, which resembled red plum blossoms in the snow, some of which were already showing signs of bluish. Her once flawless, porcelain-white body was now devoid of any good flesh.

Long Qi knew that he was in the wrong, so he half-hugged him to sit up, gave him a pillow to lean on, and fed Xu Nuo the porridge he had cooked mouthful by mouthful.

Time is like Longqi's hot porridge with sugar, passing by slowly and quietly, plainly and sweetly.

Everything went smoothly afterwards. The engagement party took place, Long Qi's company became a giant in the industry, and he himself became a hot new upstart in the country...

The person involved, Long Qi, did not pay attention to the outside world's comments. He was preparing for something more important to him - proposing to Xu Nuo.

Xu Nuo doesn't have many close friends and he is also used to being alone. Long Qi plans to design a proposal scene for just the two of them.

"Baby, what are you looking at?" Long Qi hugged Xu Nuo from behind. Since they broke through the last step, they have been sticking to each other more unscrupulously and expressing their love to each other.

Xu Nuo straightened his body abnormally and slammed the book he was reading shut with a "snap".

Long had a good eye and caught a glimpse of Xu Nuo reading a magazine about rings.

Long Qi rubbed his head, with a nonchalant expression on his face, but in his heart he thought happily, "We need to speed up the progress and not let Nuonuo wait anxiously."

Long Qi's proposal was scheduled for the Sunday of the following week. The two went hiking together. The scenery at the top of the mountain was beautiful. Xu Nuo hummed a song while picking up beautiful stones and putting them into a glass bottle.

Long Qi walked to a nearby place and set up the camera, and his palms were sweating.

After Xu Nuo picked up the stones, he looked at his lover and smiled as bright as the stars.

Long Qi took his hands out from behind his back, revealing a small, delicate velvet box inside, and knelt on one knee before him. The ring box opened, revealing the ring inside. It was a plain silver ring, dotted with a few dazzling diamonds. It was exquisite and expensive, yet not overly feminine.

Xu Nuo stood there, his mouth slightly open in surprise, and only came back to his senses when Long Qi spoke.

"Nono, will you marry me?"

Xu Nuo endured the soreness in his eyes, but ended in failure. At the moment when tears were flowing, he took out an equally exquisite ring box from his trouser pocket and knelt on one knee.

"Mr. Long Qi, this is my answer."

Xu Nuo answered with a smile through tears. In the dim light, he seemed to see that Long Qi's eyes were red and his hands were shaking uncontrollably.

The two helped each other to stand up and exchanged rings on their hands. Long Qi put his arm around his lover's waist and exchanged a lingering kiss.

"Ding! Favorability value 100!"

They each wore a ring on their ring finger and sat in front of the tent, enjoying the quiet time in the mountains. After such a long time together, Xu Nuo could no longer treat the world as a book or Long Qi as a fictional character.

Xu Nuo raised his head from Long Qi's shoulder and spoke with determination, but his voice was trembling uncontrollably.

"elder brother……"

Long Qi patted his back soothingly and motioned for him to continue.

"Actually, I'm not the original Xu Nuo, and I don't belong here."

666, who had not been seen for a long time, screamed in Xu Nuo's mind, and then sighed as if he had expected this day.

Long Qi paused his hand on his back and responded, "Actually, I noticed a long time ago that, apart from me and your parents, you seem to be very alienated from other people and things. You don't care about anything, as if you don't belong to this world... Nuonuo, can you tell me where you are from?"

Xu Nuo threw herself into his arms and wiped away her tears, "In my world, this is just a book..."

"Am I also a character in the book? What was your purpose in coming to me in the first place?"

Long Qi was very smart, and Xu Nuo nodded gloomily. Unexpectedly, Long Qi did not continue to ask about his world. He just hugged him gently and kissed his hair as usual.

Neither of them spoke anymore. The only sound in the forest was Xu Nuo's occasional sniffling. It was Long Qi who broke the silence first.

"How long will Nuonuo stay with me?"

Xu Nuo raised her head from his arms and looked into his eyes, "Until the end of my life, we will always be together in this life."

"Will Nono go back next? Or go to another world in the book?"

"Hmm... I'll probably go to the world in the next book, but I'll still go back in the end."

Long Qi held his face, letting their eyes meet, and told him word by word, "No matter where you go, I will find you..."

"So Nono, don't forget me, okay?"

Xu Nuo had already burst into tears and nodded vigorously in his arms.

After the wedding, Xu Nuo and Long Qi spent decades of happiness together. In the end, Xu Nuo couldn't hold on any longer and passed away first.

"Long Qi... remember to come find me."

"Wait for me."