Ren Tingxi and Lan Xiaolan held each other's hands tightly and lay quietly on this peaceful Gobi Desert.
Looking up at the starry sky, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. I really wish that time could stop at this moment.
"Do you know why I want to bring you here?" Lan Xiaolan murmured.
"There's no one around here, just the two of us, in such a desolate place. Are you expecting something special to happen?"
"Besides, we two have never tried it in a place like this..." Tingxi smiled evilly, as if he was talking about something nonsense.
Lan Xiaolan knew what he meant and pinched his palm hard, causing Ren Tingxi to frown in pain.
"What are you thinking about? This is a very special place. There are not many places like it on this planet."
"Oh? Really?" Ren Tingxi looked confused.
“Just grab a handful of rocks and look at them.
Ren Tingxi brushed his hands and fumbled around randomly, grabbed a stone on the ground, and started playing with it in front of his eyes.
Slowly rub the stone between your fingertips, and you can seem to feel some uneven contours on the stone.
Lan Xiaolan turned on the flashlight and illuminated the stone so that Ren Tingxi could see it more clearly.
"There are traces of beetle bones on this stone. It's actually a fossil."
It was just a piece of stone picked up from the ground, but the traces of fossils on the stone were very clear and complete.
Ren Tingxi was also amazed when he saw it.
"This Gobi Desert is actually a fossil mine. It's just that not many people in Country E know about it."
"I was reading a geography book once and thought that there should be a lot of fossils on this continent. So I found this place while searching."
"Fossil mine?"
"Yeah, the entire ten-kilometer stretch next to here is filled with fossils! I brought some back and showed them to Professor Bai."
"Professor Bai was also amazed. The fossils here are more than 200 million years old."
For an expert in archaeology, such a place is undoubtedly a treasure.
"Two hundred million years ago, this was a shallow sea, perhaps teeming with tens of thousands of organisms."
"Two hundred million years from now, we will lie flat on this land, look up at the starry sky, and embrace the Milky Way."
“Isn’t it amazing?”
When Ren Tingxi heard Lan Xiaolan's words, he felt like a warm current was flowing through his blood and hitting his burning heart.
He suddenly turned around, pressed Lan Xiaolan under him, and kissed her deeply.
As they kissed, his hands unconsciously began to wander over her body, and he was about to start breaking down her defenses one by one.
"Stop it! We can't do this here." Lan Xiaolan blushed shyly, supported his chest with both hands, and slowly pushed him away.
Ren Tingxi only stopped to think for two seconds, then bit her neck hard again.
"Okay! I'll give you a gift, please let me go."
Like a little rabbit begging for mercy, Lan Xiaolan took out the gift that she had carefully prepared for more than a month from her pocket.
Because time was too tight, she didn't have time to pack the gift carefully. She just wrapped it with a few tissues and was done with it.
"What is it?" Ren Tingxi slowly opened the tissue.
It turned out to be a ring.
Lan Xiaolan picked up the ring and slowly put it on Ren Tingxi's ring finger.
"I've been married to you for a year, and I haven't given you any wedding gifts."
"This ring is a coiled ancient creature. It took me over a month to carve it out."
Ren Tingxi played with the fossil ring in his hand. The entire head and tail skeleton and body outline of the ancient creature were clearly visible.
In some blank spaces nearby, Lan Xiaolan added some exquisite and detailed Chinese auspicious cloud totems while carving, even in the tiny blank spaces.
A small ring can be described as exquisitely crafted.
The inside of the ring is engraved with the words "TX.XL", which are the abbreviations of their two names.
"Hubby, although this ring is just an ordinary one, it really cannot be compared with the diamond ring you gave me."
"But this ring has been dormant on this planet for over 200 million years."
"I hope that in the hundreds of millions of years this ring has existed, in these few short decades, I can leave behind a memory that belongs to you and me."
Ren Tingxi put one hand under Lan Xiaolan's neck, allowing her to lie more comfortably in his arms.
The embrace was warm and comfortable. After a while, Lan Xiaolan felt that she was about to fall asleep.
"Thank you, honey."
After so many days of high-intensity work and so many years of searching and waiting, it seems that everything has become worthwhile at this moment.
"Since you gave me such a valuable gift, I should return the favor."
Lan Xiaolan chuckled and rubbed back and forth in Ren Tingxi's arms.
You know, the wedding ring that Ren Tingxi gave her is worth hundreds of millions.
Compared with the random stone she picked up as a gift, it's not worth mentioning.
Although Ren Tingxi said he would give her a return gift, Lan Xiaolan didn't actually take his words to heart.
"In a few days, I'll take you to a nice place. You'll definitely like it."
"Oh? What place is it?"
"I'm going to keep it a secret and not tell you. You'll know when the time comes."
"Besides, you will have a surprise that day too."
After briefly celebrating a birthday with Ren Tingxi, he sent Lan Xiaolan home, kissed her goodbye, and then hurried towards the construction site.
He didn't come back for a whole week.
The signal in Country E is not very good, often intermittent, and it is common to be unable to get in touch.
So, Pin Shisanlang and Pin Shisanniang each started working on their own.
Until one night, Leng Leng sent several exquisite boxes, which contained a pure white brocade floral dress and a pair of white high heels inlaid with diamonds.
It even came with a royal blue diamond necklace.
Seeing such a gift, Lan Xiaolan knew that Ren Tingxi was going to take her to some more formal occasions.
In the past, she was just her companion, or girlfriend, and she tried her best to refuse as many things as possible.
Because she really doesn't like to wear such clothes in such occasions.
However, she is now the real Mrs. Ren, so she will still go to social occasions where she needs to accompany Ren Tingxi.
"Madam, Mr. Ren will come to pick you up personally tomorrow. Please go to bed early tonight."
Lan Xiaolan looked at the exquisite boxes and nodded helplessly.
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