It was a light kiss in the literal sense, passing by like a dragonfly skimming the water, and it was over before the lips had time to feel the other person's warmth.
However, Shen Qiqi's heart was beating wildly. She couldn't believe that the first kiss she had guarded for two lifetimes was just... gone?!
She stared at Xie Beiming with wide eyes: "You..."
"Qiqi, since ancient times, it has always been the man's responsibility to propose marriage. How can I let you bear this criticism?"
Shen Qiqi: “…”
It was she who was trying to commit suicide and break off the engagement with Xie Beiming. If the Shen family went to the Xie family to propose marriage... she would indeed be criticized by the world.
But……
The shock in Shen Qiqi's mind was defeated by reality. She pulled herself out of the scream of "first kiss gone" and looked at Xie Beiming blankly, "But didn't you ask me for a formal relationship just now?"
Xie Beiming sipped his lips and smiled, "A status as important as this must be taken very seriously. Could it be that Qiqi wants to give it to me so quietly?"
Shen Qiqi thought about it and shook her head: "I don't want to do it secretly." That would be too unfair to Xie Beiming.
The corner of Xie Beiming's mouth curled up a little more, and he said, "So, I want to reserve you now."
"A reservation? Do you mean an engagement?"
"It's even more rigorous than an engagement."
Shen Qiqi: “…”
Perhaps because of the shock she received today, Shen Qiqi felt that her brain was still a little dull and not enough. She really couldn't think of "more rigorous than engagement"
What is the thing.
Fortunately, Xie Beiming didn't let her be confused for too long.
He spread out his palms.
Shen Qiqi lowered her eyes and saw a butterfly lying in the middle of Xie Beiming's fair and translucent palm.
The butterfly was no bigger than a fingernail, its body was a semi-transparent silver-white color, and its two antennae, thinner than a hair, swayed gently towards her, as if greeting her.
It was the first time Shen Qiqi had seen such a small butterfly. She asked Xie Beiming curiously, "What is this...?"
Xie Beiming said, "This is the Heart-Shaping Butterfly I raised. Once you swear the oath with your blood, you will belong to me for the rest of your life. If one day you break the oath, the poison on the Heart-Shaping Butterfly will instantly invade your heart."
Shen Qiqi's eyes widened.
Xie Beiming stared into her dark eyes and asked, "Qiqi, are you willing?"
"..." Shen Qiqi swallowed hard, didn't say anything, and answered with her actions.
She had broken off her engagement with Xie Beiming and Qiu Changfeng. Her credibility in this regard with Xie Beiming was probably pitifully low, possibly even zero.
Xie Beiming was worried that she would become fickle and change her mind again, so he asked her for a promise...which was completely understandable.
Shen Qiqi bit her fingertip without hesitation, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dripped it onto the little silver butterfly.
The round blood bead fell and was absorbed by the little silver butterfly's body almost in the blink of an eye.
Along with this, Shen Qiqi's heart trembled slightly, as if something had penetrated into her.
Looking at Xie Beiming's palm again, the little silver butterfly that absorbed her blood had disappeared?
Is this... considered a vow?
Shen Qiqi looked at Xie Beiming for confirmation. Xie Beiming didn't seem to expect that she would make the decision without even asking. He looked a little dazed until Shen Qiqi looked at him. Then he came back to his senses, and with a thought, a silver butterfly appeared in his palm again.
This one was even smaller than the previous one, with two thin tentacles covering its head, like a shy girl's hands half covering her face.
Don't ask Shen Qiqi how she knew this silver butterfly belonged to a girl, it was just intuition.
But why did Xie Beiming take out another silver butterfly?
Shen Qiqi looked at the other person suspiciously. The latter didn't say anything. He also bit his fingertip and dripped a drop of fingertip blood onto the silver butterfly. After the silver butterfly that absorbed his blood disappeared, he opened his mouth to explain.
"The Love Butterflies are born in pairs. Once they bond with humans, they live and die with their masters. Moreover, if one of them dies, the other one will sense it immediately and follow immediately, no matter where it is," said Xie Beiming.
Shen Qiqi chewed over his words with great effort, and finally realized the seriousness of the matter. She jumped up and shouted, "Xie Beiming, you're crazy! Do you know what you are doing?"
Xie Beiming nodded: "I know, from now on, if you live, I live, and if you die, I can't live alone."
"You know you still dare to do this?!"
"Why shouldn't I dare? Just now I said that the Heart Butterfly can supervise the heart oath, and didn't you swear it without hesitation? If you can put your life in my hands, why can't I put my life in your hands?"
"I……"
Shen Qiqi was speechless. She thought to herself, "I am different from you. I dare to give you my life because I have experienced what happened in my previous life. I know how firm my feelings for you are in this life."
But how could she explain this matter of past and present lives to Xie Beiming?
Xie Beiming didn't seem to intend to ask her for an explanation. He took her hand, brought it to his lips, and gently kissed the back of her hand. He said to her softly, "I will try my best to live, and please also try your best to live, even if it's for me."
In this life, no matter what our ending is or where we can go, I will face it with you.
Shen Qiqi's breathing was a little heavy, and inexplicable emotions swept over her, but were dispelled by the strong belief that suddenly awakened her.
She sniffed hard and said in a hoarse voice, "I will try my best to live."
If you live, I live; if you die, I die.
In this life, we live and die together.
A strong belief flowed between the two of them. Shen Qiqi wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes, took Xie Beiming's hand and shook it: "Then, Mr. Xie, can we go eat now?"
Xie Beiming glared at her: "We have shared life and death together, do you still want to call me Master Xie?"
"Yes, I can't call you Master Xie anymore. It sounds too unfamiliar. So what should I call you? Xie Beiming? No, no, using your full name sounds like an enemy coming to collect a debt. Change it."
Shen Qiqi bit her lip and thought hard.
After "Mingming, Ming'er, Beiming" were all rejected one after another, she was at her wit's end. She spread her hands and asked Xie Beiming, "This won't work, and that won't work either. So, tell me, what do you want me to call you?"
Xie Beiming didn't finish speaking. He took her hand and then wrote a name on her open palm, stroke by stroke.
Shen Qiqi's eyes followed the slender and distinctly knuckled finger. When she judged the words by the direction of the other party's pen strokes, she was like a little rabbit that was greatly frightened. Her eyes suddenly widened and stared at Xie Beiming, her face full of shock and disbelief.
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