On the snow-capped mountain, under the plum blossom tree, a man and woman, though not separated for long, felt as if they had been apart for ages. They nestled together.
Feng Guang sat facing Mo Qing on his lap, cupping his face in her hands, and looked him over carefully again. She asked anxiously, "Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? If you do, I'll move away from you immediately."
"I'm feeling a bit unwell." She quickly tried to get up and leave, but he grabbed her hand. Mo Qing chuckled in her ear, "With Feng Guang around, there are always some parts of my body that feel uncomfortable. But if I feel better, I'm afraid Feng Guang will complain about me..."
Her face flushed red. "Mo Qing! I'm genuinely concerned about you! You better be serious about it too!"
"Does Fengguang feel more relaxed now?"
She froze, suddenly realizing that ever since she discovered he was missing an arm, she had been on edge. She bent down and hugged him tightly. Perhaps it was her imagination, but he seemed even more frail now, making her heart ache. "Mo Qing... I feel so bad..."
"I'm here." He gently stroked the top of her head and whispered softly, "Didn't I come back? You see, I said I would come back to marry you, and I will keep all those promises."
"Mmm..." Her voice was thick with sobs. She sniffled, tears blurring her vision. "I can't imagine how much pain you must have felt when you lost your hand..."
"But the thought of being with Fengguang made me endure the pain."
"Why did you have to go to this extent for me? If it weren't for me... you could have been a respected senior disciple in the immortal sect, instead of like this..." Her heart ached. From the very beginning, he hadn't appeared in his most perfect form before her, but she could still imagine from his demeanor how spirited and handsome he used to be. But this was the same person who had not only ruined his appearance but also lost an arm.
He reached out and lifted her chin, making her look up at him. Her tears had a unique charm, especially when he knew she was crying for him, which made him even more moved. His kisses landed on her brow, the corner of her eye, and then on her red lips. "All the sacrifices are worth it. As long as I can live with Fengguang, giving up everything is worth it."
"If... you hadn't come to Black Wind Mountain, and you hadn't met me, that would have been better..."
“Then I am still the Mo Qing who doesn’t know what love is, only knows how to follow the rules, and is silent and boring all day long.” He picked up a strand of her long hair and said with a light laugh, “That’s right. Among the thirty-second generation disciples of the Immortal Sect, I am the only one with the character ‘Mo’ in my name. Since I was a child, I have been admired by my junior brothers and sisters. I have indeed been very glorious. But I like myself now, the self that has encountered glory.”
Feng Guang buried her head in his chest and said in a muffled voice, "But I'll only bring you trouble..."
“There are indeed many troubles, but as long as I can think that after solving them, I can stay with you forever, then nothing else matters.” He stroked her soft, long hair and said slowly, “Before, I only learned how to catch ghosts and exorcise demons. I never thought that I would fall in love with a female ghost. But sometimes, things are just so unexpected. Like me now, I’m tired of being the senior disciple of the immortal sect and I’m thinking of retiring to the mountains with a female ghost… and such a lovely female ghost at that.”
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