I love you, in both lives
After a long sleep, Song Tiaotiao felt clear-headed and full of energy.
So, under the pretext of recuperating, she soothed Gu Chengjue to sleep, but she herself was completely unable to sleep.
After thinking through the past and the future in the name of resting her eyes, Song Tiaotiao quietly opened her eyes out of boredom.
What caught my eye was the ray of bright white sunlight shining through the bed curtains and from the window.
At that time, the sky was already getting light.
I think if there were no obstructions on ordinary days, this room would have excellent lighting. It would indeed be a good place to stay where one could lie on the bed and watch the moon at 15 o'clock, just as Gu Chengjue said.
Just thinking like this, Gu Chengjue's bold whisper in her ear while she was asleep some time ago kept echoing in Yu Song Tiaotiao's mind: "Tiaotiao, the moonlight tonight is also very beautiful. If everything can be settled before the 15th, I think we can start with the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoy the bright moon together on this bed every night..."
The tangible melancholy and hope in the words lingered in her mind like an obsession for a long time. After lingering for several times, Song Tiaotiao finally couldn't help but glance sideways at Gu Chengjue beside her.
Seeing that he was still sleeping soundly, she quietly stood up and gently lifted the bed curtain with her fingertips.
But when she looked around curiously with her almond-shaped eyes, all she saw was a visual sensation that left her speechless.
Song Tiaotiao was clearly sure that she was still very sober at the moment, but when she looked at the familiar layout of the room in front of her, she was dazed for a moment.
Song Tiaotiao looked around blankly, staring blankly for a long time.
Is this really Prince Ning’s mansion...?
If the room hadn't been scaled up, and the furniture's materials and workmanship couldn't be fully restored due to the north-south divide, Song Tiaotiao would have felt as if she'd returned to the small wooden house in Songbai Village...
Warm, familiar, and safe.
She even saw the treasure chest that she had personally sealed in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion on the cabinet beside the bed.
There, there were many things that carried her memories of attachment and reluctance, and made her love them so much that she couldn't let go.
She still remembered the little slingshot she had made as a child, the small wooden sword she had polished, the kite An Rong had given her, the many leftover bottles of herbal wine from Song Lingshan, the little pottery horse she had modeled after Mo Yun, and even a scroll painting of her back that she had sketched from memory after Gu Chengjue had rescued her from the water...
Thinking of this, Song Tiaotiao's eyes couldn't help but wander to the small wooden lock hanging crookedly on the wooden box.
The wooden lock she once thought was indestructible was now so mottled and rotten that it seemed like it would crumble to dust under her fingertips with just a little force. But now, it still sat there safely, guarding the times she cherished and remembered deep in her memory.
Song Tiaotiao felt touched and was about to go quietly to look for him.
A whisper in a dream was like a soft hook, which brought Song Tiaotiao's mood back to its normal state.
"Tiaotiao..."
Hearing the voice, Song Tiaotiao's wandering eyes narrowed slightly, and she lowered her eyes and looked back at the frowning Gu Chengjue.
But from the moment she lowered her eyes to look down, Gu Chengjue's furrowed brow showed no sign of relaxing. A small hill rose between his brows, and the sleeper seemed to become a rootless tree in his dream. His face, peaceful and tranquil at first, now revealed panic and anxiety.
The loose hair hanging from his temples also swayed slightly on the pillow, and lay messily on his forehead, like a fish outlined in ink, trapped in a seemingly inescapable state of depression, but with a determination and persistence to find peace of mind. Therefore, the more painful it was, the more lively and vivid it became.
Seeing that Gu Chengjue had gradually fallen into a nightmare, Song Tiaotiao, who had caught a glimpse of Tianming's clear mind a moment ago, felt a bit more tense and depressed because of the nightmare of her lover.
The dark blue under Cheng Jue's eyes had clearly turned purple. Now that he had finally been able to fall asleep, he still couldn't sleep well...
Thinking of this, Song Tiaotiao frowned slightly, slowly stretched out her warm fingertips from under the quilt, and lightly touched the center of Gu Chengjue's eyebrows. Seeing that Gu Chengjue didn't notice, she quietly massaged and sighed, "Chengjue, I'm..."
It was not known whether it was the gentle soothing of the fingertips or the comfort in the words that had the effect, but after a while, the raised mountain range between Gu Chengjue's brows quietly turned into a flat ground, and the depressed energy in it also gradually turned from turbid to clear, as clean as a clear mountain stream, restoring its original sweetness and elegance.
"Tiaotiao..." Having just escaped from the horrible nightmare, Gu Chengjue seemed unable to bear to miss a single moment and longed to find a place of peace of mind.
He called out to her, and his fingertips tentatively reached up to cover the fingertips that Song Tiaotiao had placed on his brow.
The moment their fingertips touch, the instinctive desire to entangle them forever arises, and they cannot help but start from the combination of fingertips, and do it slowly and carefully and greedily.
The words that poured out from those lips were like a prayer reaching the gods, expressing the heart's deepest desires more clearly and audibly: "Tiaotiao... don't leave me... okay?"
Hearing Gu Chengjue's uneasily retelling, Song Tiaotiao took the finger that was hooked, along with the entire palm, in her hands and whispered softly, "Chengjue, I've always been here. I haven't left. No, I won't leave again."
After receiving a positive answer, Gu Chengjue's lips curled up into a faint smile, but soon, the accumulated worries made his long eyelashes flutter restlessly. Like a puppy afraid of being abandoned, he instinctively leaned towards where Song Tiaotiao was, rubbing his face against Song Tiaotiao's palm, and said, "Tiaotiao, I didn't mean to hide it from you... I have always been in love with you..."
Hearing this, Song Tiaotiao's eyes flickered slightly, and she continued to smooth his messy hair with her fingertips, and smiled softly, "Why are you so nervous about this?" At this point, her eyes flickered, and she leaned down to Gu Chengjue's ear and whispered softly, "Chengjue, I like you too."
As soon as the words fell, Song Tiaotiao gently cupped her slightly hot ears and was about to stand up when she heard Gu Chengjue's almost inaudible voice, "Both lives are..."
Upon hearing this, Song Tiaotiao's mind was flooded with thoughts. Scenes from the past surged before her eyes, almost drowning her restless heartbeat.
She closed her eyes tightly, calmed her short breaths in a very short time, leaned down again, and whispered in Gu Chengjue's ear: "Chengjue, I want to hear it again..."
Gu Chengjue pursed his lips for a moment, then opened them softly as if he was about to speak but was too shy to say anything: "I like you...Tiaotiao, I like you..."
Song Tiaotiao nodded with trembling eyelashes, hiding the turmoil in her eyes. With a tight throat, she coaxed, "Cheng Jue, what about the next sentence?"
Gu Chengjue kept silent for a while with his lips tightly closed, and finally responded with a trembling voice: "In both lives..."
Once the definite answer is obtained, all the coincidences and strangeness of the past will be connected smoothly like threading a needle.
The words the master said when he first met him, the rapidly advancing plot of the book, Cheng Jue's completely different way of dealing with things after being rescued, the nightmares that haunted him every night, and the risks in the book that he inexplicably avoided several times...
Cheng Jue... was actually reborn?
So what was the final outcome of his previous life...and what caused him to become the villain that his master described?
What kind of pain did Cheng Jue go through afterwards that she didn't know about...?
Thinking of this, Song Tiaotiao's brows furrowed, and she couldn't help but let her imagination run wild based on the hidden threads in the book. In the end, her brows furrowed even more tightly, causing a dull pain in her head and even making her breathing more rapid.
However, once the senses are aroused by emotions, the control over the body will begin to dissipate unconsciously.
until……
“Tiaotiao…?”
Gu Chengjue's anxious call sounded in his ears again.
Song Tiaotiao looked in the direction of the voice and looked into the pair of eyes that only cared for her.
Although he still looked tired, he also had a clearer look with a hint of worry.
Seeing this, Song Tiaotiao's eyes trembled slightly, and tears fell unconsciously: "Chengjue... why did you wake up?" Confused, she glanced at Gu Chengjue's pretending to cover his hand.
Under Gu Chengjue's complicated gaze, she gently picked it up in her hand, looked at the slightly sunken red on the back of her palm, and then looked at the finger marks on the palm of her hand.
What happened during her distraction was now clear to her. Her eyes suddenly heated up, and tears fell again: "Cheng Jue, did I hurt you?"
The tears dripping onto the back of his palm were like shattered glass, causing Gu Chengjue to feel a burning pain when touched and a pain in his heart when looked at. Even his seemingly calm voice trembled with pity, "I'm fine. I just woke up when I saw the dawn coming. Tiaotiao... please stop crying. Why are you crying? Did you have a nightmare?"
Song Tiaotiao shook her head, wiping away the remaining tears that covered her eyes. She looked up at Gu Chengjue and asked in a trembling voice, "Chengjue, perhaps, we have known each other for two lifetimes?"
Hearing this, Gu Chengjue froze for a moment. After a moment, his eyes flickered and he lowered them, gently wiping Song Tiaotiao's tears with a soft silk handkerchief: "...Tiaotiao, was I talking in my sleep again? I'm sorry for not letting you rest well..."
Before he could fully explain the subsequent statement that was trying to cover up the truth, Song Tiaotiao had already taken his hands back into hers.
The moment their hands clasped together again, Gu Chengjue's confusedly raised phoenix eyes revealed a clear change in his emotions.
The indecisive struggle was replaced by a moment of joyful helplessness, but soon, it was all covered by the same real shame.
Song Tiaotiao stared at those beautiful phoenix eyes, and using Gu Chengjue's hands as a guide, she gradually led Gu Chengjue into her arms.
The shackles of reason broke loose, and the pounding heartbeat became closer and closer. Song Tiaotiao gently put her arm around Gu Chengjue's thin waist and looked up at Gu Chengjue, whose breathing was slightly disordered: "Chengjue, tell me, is this true? Is it true?"
After looking into those watery almond eyes that were full of curiosity, Gu Chengjue, who was just trying to catch his breath, had no time to extricate himself and thus fell deeper and deeper into the trap.
However, Tiaotiao is still waiting for his answer.
The only remaining sanity is gradually driven back.
The blush that passed through his face made his phoenix eyes, which only reflected Song Tiaotiao's figure, look as beautiful as a peony.
Here, he looked at his beloved so close before him, his tightly pursed lips finally parted, and he resolutely poured out his long-buried feelings: "It's true... but, before, I was afraid of disturbing you... I had hoped that one day, I could speak to you in person, but I never thought that my dream self would reveal it first. I'm sorry, Tiaotiao... I kept it from you until this point, and it has caused you so much sadness."
After hearing Gu Chengjue's confession, Song Tiaotiao looked deeply into Gu Chengjue's apologetic eyes and shook her head gently: "Chengjue, thank you for your hard work..."
Hearing this, Gu Chengjue's body visibly froze. He pondered for a moment, and finally a smile of relief appeared in his eyes.
Because he knew that the invisible hand that had been holding his heart tightly since the moment of his rebirth would disappear without a trace at this moment.
Gu Chengjue wrapped his arms around Song Tiaotiao's waist and back from behind and whispered softly in her ear: "Tiaotiao, thank you."
Song Tiaotiao raised her head and looked into the pair of phoenix eyes that were smiling warmly. After blinking for a moment, her almond-shaped eyes also curved: "I hope that you can experience fewer regrets in this life, and get what you want..."
Having said this, her mind was wandering, but she finally did not mention the ending of her previous life to Gu Chengjue, and did not do anything to uncover Gu Chengjue's injuries.
She rested her head on Gu Chengjue's shoulder and gently stroked his vest. The glitter in her eyes moistened once again as she spoke slowly, "Chengjue, from the beginning to the end, we have always stood side by side. You are not alone."
I am the same...
Hearing this, Gu Chengjue gently stroked her hair with his palm, lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "What I think and feel is exactly as Tiao Tiao said. So far, I am content..."
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