Chapter 152 I Want to Live Well

[BGM: Birdsong (Piano/Violin Version), and the same for later performances.]

"Creak—"

"Creak—"

I had just gotten off the car, and my footprints were left on the snow, some deep and some shallow. The warm air I exhaled condensed into white mist the moment I exhaled.

We finally reached the red zone on the software, but we didn't know how long it would be before we could see the aurora.

Wen Yanyu stopped looking at the software. Not far away, Fu Zhiyan was getting something from his car, and Fu Hanchuan stopped behind him.

The faint snowflakes, carried by the wind, fluttered down from the sky. Just as they were about to fall on him, a light blue breeze blew them away, and they fell without touching him at all.

Wen Yanyu's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she gently rubbed her hands together.

This clothing is really warm.

Wen Yanyu adjusted her scarf and hat, then turned her head slightly.

Fu Hanchuan gazed at the wandering spirit in the distance, lost in thought.

Suddenly seized by a wicked thought, Wen Yanyu stealthily moved closer to Fu Hanchuan and slipped her hand into the man's pocket.

Fu Hanchuan turned his head to look at him.

Wen Yanyu turned her gaze away, looking at the sky and the ground, but not at the other person.

Fu Hanchuan's lips curled up slightly as he reached into his pocket with his right hand.

"Are you cold?" Fu Hanchuan said, taking the hand that was wandering around in his pocket and gently kneading it, half out of affection and half to warm it.

Wen Yanyu shook her head, took the man's hand in her own, interlocked their fingers, and replied with a smile, "I'm not cold anymore."

Using their clasped hands, Wen Yanyu moved even closer to the man.

The warm peach scent wafted to my nose. As the wind blew, the fragrance faded, lingering faintly in the air, melting away the cold wind, both fragrant and warm.

In the bone-chilling cold of a snowy night, it's like an anchor that suddenly appears. My restless and wandering thoughts found their home the moment I smelled it, and unknowingly settled down.

Fu Hanchuan paused for a moment, then came back to his senses and found that he had already lowered his head.

Their eyes met.

At such close range, Wen Yanyu breathed on Fu Hanchuan's face as if it were second nature, the white frost on her eyelashes fluttering as she breathed.

Fu Hanchuan's eyes flickered, and he lowered his head slightly.

A kiss so light it could almost be described as gentle landed on her lips, followed by warm breath. The moment their lips touched, Wen Yanyu froze, not even realizing what was happening before the kiss was over.

Wen Yanyu stared at the pair of eyes in front of him, which were like transparent glass. The man's pupils seemed to tremble slightly, and the emotions suppressed deep inside surged within them, constantly overflowing with feelings that were almost about to spill out.

It was a love, a longing, a yearning that he was already familiar with.

Reluctance?

Wen Yanyu paused, then said to Fu Hanchuan in a coquettish tone, "How about we come here every year from now on? Next time, after my back injury has healed, we can play here for a longer period of time."

Since the show ended, the pain in my back has lessened, but the healing process seems to have slowed down, remaining as a grotesque but not particularly painful scar.

But it's not that I don't understand at all; it's just that the healing speed used to be like that of an airplane, but now it's like it's suddenly switched to bicycle mode.

Is it intentional, to help him adapt?

Wen Yanyu started rambling on about her future plans, her eyes sparkling with anticipation as the light reflected off the snowflakes.

Fu Hanchuan was slightly taken aback, turned his flickering eyes away, and mumbled a few syllables that even he couldn't hear clearly.

Fu Zhiyan got out of the car and walked for a while before entering the area. Seeing the two of them sticking together, she lowered her eyebrows slightly and followed them slowly.

At this moment, there was no one else around except for them; only a few wooden houses in the distance had lights on, and all was quiet.

A faint green hue suddenly appeared on the horizon, gradually extending and merging with a pale purple, intertwining and wandering through the night space, with countless stars twinkling within it.

The aurora borealis was in full bloom, with azure ribbons of light constantly moving and changing shape across the sky, creating a breathtaking spectacle in the snowy night far from the city.

Seeing such a natural landscape in real life for the first time, Wen Yanyu was so excited that she let go of Fu Hanchuan's hand.

Wen Yanyu tilted his head slightly, staring intently at the sky, the emerald green light falling into his astonished eyes.

Fu Hanchuan calmly glanced at the aurora borealis, then his gaze returned almost imperceptibly to Wen Yanyu. Noticing that the other party was unaware, he began to describe it repeatedly with even greater audacity.

Wen Yanyu was so engrossed in watching that he didn't notice what the two people beside him were doing.

He was looking at the light in the sky.

His lover was also watching.

Look, the light that fell into his eyes.

After taking several photos of the sky, Wen Yanyu calmed down from her initial excitement. She clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and murmured for a while before turning to look at the two people beside her. "Did you make a wish?"

"Make a wish?"

Fu Hanchuan and Fu Zhiyan tilted their heads in unison, puzzled.

Wen Yanyu was amused by the two's puppy-like actions and excitedly explained, "Haven't you heard that if you make a wish under the aurora borealis, the chances of your wish coming true are very high? There are already many people online who have had their wishes fulfilled."

"Actually, I didn't really intend to come, but I came because I thought I could make a wish. I just made several wishes, and you can make a few too. Maybe they will come true."

Wen Yanyu adjusted the bunny ear scarf and hat on her head, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter. She stomped her feet to warm herself while chattering around the two of them, urging them to make a wish together.

The rabbit was overjoyed at the thought that the mysterious rules it had heard about in another world might actually come true.

"You guys should give it a try. You're already here, so who knows?"

The two exchanged a glance.

He clasped his hands together, mimicking Wen Yanyu's gesture.

Originally, I just wanted to put on an act to make people happy, but when I closed my eyes, I genuinely hoped that wish could come true.

Please let my beloved spend the rest of his life happily.

The two opened their eyes, their gazes instinctively falling on Wen Yanyu.

Wen Yanyu was completely bewildered by their stares and asked curiously, "Why are you looking at me? What wishes did you two make?"

Fu Hanchuan didn't answer, but smiled and asked in return, "What did you wish for?"

Without hesitation, Wen Yanyu replied, "We can be together forever."

As soon as he finished speaking, the taboo against making wishes suddenly flashed through his mind.

Wen Yanyu's pupils dilated in shock. He slapped his mouth hard and spat several times, "No! I didn't say anything! Take it back! Take it back just now!!"

“You didn’t hear anything, did you?” Wen Yanyu glared at the two of them fiercely.

Fu Hanchuan hummed a strange little tune, pretending to be deaf.

Fu Zhiyan chuckled and raised her hands in surrender, "I didn't hear anything."

Wen Yanyu wrapped her scarf tighter around herself and took one child's hand in each. "Alright, we've seen the aurora. Now it's time to find food. Let's try to find a restaurant where the whole family can eat tonight."

"I'll listen to you." Fu Hanchuan's eyes were gentle as he let Wen Yanyu lead him.

Warm hands intertwined in palms, the unusually high body temperature contrasting sharply with their own.

Fu Zhiyan was slightly taken aback, realizing how cold he was. Just as he was about to pull away, his hand was gripped even tighter.

"It's so cold, so cold! You two, quickly shield me from the wind." Wen Yanyu said with a smile, pulling the two closer to her, standing in the middle, and swaying back towards where she came in.

The road we came in from isn't long.

To make it easier for them to get in and to keep them from getting too cold, the hired driver, who was paid to do the job, deliberately parked the car very close to the red zone.

It's only a 20-minute walk away.

The road back is possible.

The three of them walked for more than forty minutes.

The conversation started with Wen Yanyu, but veered off to all sorts of strange topics. The two people beside him chimed in softly, occasionally exchanging a few words for no apparent reason, which were always interrupted by Wen Yanyu's coquettish charm.

Only on matters involving future plans and agreements did the two tacitly remain vague.

The wind and snow gradually subsided, and the dazzling aurora borealis illuminated the way back. Wen Yanyu looked up at the starry sky.

My left hand grasped that warm hand, while my right hand tightly wrapped around that cold hand.

My last wish.

I want to live a good life.