The scenery of the academy is already elegant and picturesque, and now with the added filter when the two people meet, it is even more beautiful like a fairyland.
Luo Jiujiang had already been at the academy for over half a month. With his restless nature, he'd already thoroughly understood the entire academy. He took Qianling's hand and together they floated across the lake. Without even thinking, he could easily find seven or eight places to stay in any direction.
He chose a peach blossom forest with falling petals.
At this time of year, most peach blossoms would have already faded, but this peach grove is located on a hillside. The temperature there is lower than on the plains, so the peach blossoms bloom later than other flowers.
It was a beautiful time of year when peach blossoms were in full bloom all over the mountain. Although this place was remote, it was still beautiful. The two of them sat side by side on the hillside and looked down. In addition to the shimmering waters of Shaoyang Lake, which was filled with a few small boats, they could also see a quiet and tall bamboo forest.
During the entire process of "finding the hillside, determining the location, and the two sitting down shoulder to shoulder", Luo Jiujiang had been holding Han Qianling's hand and never let go for a moment.
The Han Qianling he held by the hand wasn't the phantom he'd yearned for in his midnight dreams, nor was it the sweet lie woven by the flower seeds in his palm in the illusionary underground palace. The young man before him was warm, elegant, and with a smile as bright as spring water in early spring, it was undoubtedly his Qianling.
Han Qianling stared at Luo Jiujiang without blinking, his gaze filled with a gentleness no one had ever witnessed. A gentle breeze blew, and pink peach petals fell on his hair and collar, casting a rosy aura over him. He leaned back slightly, every muscle relaxed, as if to signal his complete openness to Luo Jiujiang.
If you look at Luo Jiujiang on the other side, his relaxed posture is exactly the same.
"Don't you have anything to say to me?" Han Qianling asked with a smile.
Of course he did. Luo Jiujiang had so much to ask, so much to say. He wanted to ask Qianling if he was doing well after breaking through the boundary, why he had become a dragon in the first place. What was that holy land, and how had Qianling suddenly become an envoy from the Suzaku Realm... But all these answers became meaningless the moment their palms touched. At that moment, it seemed as if the only thing left in the world was the warmth of their warm handshake.
For a moment, all the senses of the two people seemed to be concentrated on the clasped hands, on each other's slender fingers, slightly thin palms, and warm palms. Because of the touch of each other, their heartbeats were fast and heavy, almost bursting through their chests.
Luo Jiujiang had no more questions to ask. Everything that had happened in the past was merely a temporary separation between him and Qianling, followed by a reunion. They had met each other once again, reassembling the paths of their lives that had been torn apart by fate, leaving them bloodied. Time had not created any barriers between them, and the gaps that had been created by their previous separation were still fresh.
Now they held each other's hands, and their lives were complete. They had each other again, and the biggest regret was fulfilled.
He found Qianling, and Qianling found him.
Luo Jiujiang raised his hand and gently touched Han Qianling's cheek, sighing, "You were covered in blood at that time... That was the first time I heard you cry out in pain."
"Does it sound painful? I have no recollection of it." Han Qianling smiled slightly and unbuttoned his collar, where a wooden round bead hung on his chest with his own hair. "All I remember is waking up holding this bead."
"I want to ask you, Jiujiang, Mr. Lian Zhen couldn't find you. Where have you been since the secret realm shattered?"
Luo Jiujiang also smiled: "A world of white... Wherever you look, it's all white snow, a thousand miles of ice is just like this. The gray sky and the snow are cinnabar red, the scenery there is beautiful and tragic."
The two men stared at each other, neither exposing the other's obvious, white lie. A moment later, Luo Jiujiang smiled, shook his head, and rested his forehead on Han Qianling's shoulder. "I wasn't lying. The scenery there does have a kind of awe-inspiring beauty, but the people there aren't very kind. One day, I'll drag the perpetrator down from his perch and make him pay for every blood and sin he committed."
The voice seemed slightly muffled because it hit Han Qianling's chest shortly after it came out, but it did not prevent people from clearly recognizing the murderous intent in it.
"Yes, together." Han Qianling said calmly.
The next moment, he buried his head in Luo Jiujiang's neck, and the warm airflow emitted with every word he uttered was poured onto the skin behind Luo Jiujiang's ears.
"I remember every moment of my dragon transformation. It was truly painful, even more so than in the inherited memories. That handful of Yingyi Powder directly propelled me to the Golden Core stage." Han Qianling murmured, "When I first woke up, I felt like the pain was still lingering... Then I opened my hand and saw it."
Han Qianling held Luo Jiujiang's hand and led him to touch the Buddhist beads on his chest.
"At that moment all the pain left me. All that was left was for me to find you, nothing more."
"Qianling..." Luo Jiujiang's breathing trembled, and his voice became a little hoarse.
At this moment, they were less than an inch apart, their shoulders and necks touching each other's warmth, their skin feeling each other's breath. Just by turning their heads, they could look deeply into the eyes of the person they were dreaming about.
The two young men were both young and full of vigor and vitality. No one could tell which glance, which moment, or which breath gave the signal that they naturally moved closer to each other and then pressed their lips together.
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