Suddenly, Zi Xi's hand was grabbed.
"I……"
"I have something to give you."
Helan Yuan raised his head, opened his mouth, then closed it again, as if he were going through some kind of intense internal struggle.
His Adam's apple bobbed, and the tips of his ears turned red, but he didn't let go of her hand. Instead, he used his other hand to take out a velvet box from behind his back.
Zi Xi's breathing stopped.
Helan Yuan knelt on one knee, his movements somewhat clumsy, clearly indicating that he had never practiced this posture before.
He opened the box, inside was a bracelet, a vine bracelet made of star silver, with a rare two-tone gemstone in the center, half of it gray-blue like his eyes, and half of it amber gold like hers.
“Xi Xi…”
He Lanyuan's voice was a few decibels lower than usual, with a faint, almost imperceptible tremor.
He looked down at her, his gaze as awkward as a young man experiencing his first love.
"Today is our tenth wedding anniversary."
"I know I'm not... a normal person."
He paused, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.
"I am not worthy of someone as wonderful as you."
Even so... I can't let you go.
He shook his head with a wry smile, but the moment he looked up, Zi Xi's figure was deeply imprinted in his eyes.
The night breeze swept through the courtyard, scattering his unfinished words.
"Please allow me to continue being your universe."
Even if it's just for a very short time, like the time it takes to build a single galaxy.
Helan Yuan took a deep breath, then suddenly knelt on one knee, took her hand and placed it on his forehead.
Zi Xi was stunned.
For the past ten years, he has always prepared the most exquisite gifts, but he has never revealed his true feelings like he did today.
She instinctively raised the corners of her mouth, but when she felt the warm wetness on her cheeks, she realized with a start that she was already in tears.
"Don't cry, as long as you're happy... I..."
Upon seeing her tears, Helan Yuan's expression suddenly turned panicked.
"Idiot! Just give a gift, why are you being so sentimental!"
"Of course I'd love to!"
Zi Xi cried and threw herself into his arms, almost knocking him over.
Helan Yuan caught her stiffly, his arms carefully encircling her back, as if afraid of breaking some precious treasure.
Zi Xi could clearly hear his frantic heartbeat in his chest.
"real?"
His voice was filled with disbelief.
Zi Xi raised her head and looked at the vulnerability and expectation in the eyes of the man who struck fear into the hearts of the entire galaxy.
"Of course it's true."
"We're an old married couple, why are you still playing these young people's tricks?"
She chuckled softly, her fingertips tracing his tense cheek.
"How can you grow old? In my heart, you will always be the same as when we first met..."
He Lanyuan's eyelashes trembled, and his thumb caressed her cheek.
Xi Xi was the first ray of starlight that pierced his eternal night.
Artificial light from the greenhouse streamed through the glass dome, gently enveloping the two intertwined figures.
Behind them, a blue rose named "He Xiaozhi" bloomed quietly, its petals still glistening with water droplets left by the sprinkler system.
This madman, who was once so disillusioned with the world that he was driven to despair in his past life, is now curled up in his only starlight with the utmost devotion.
She opened her arms and embraced all his darkness.
That's wonderful; he's found a star that's willing to accept him completely.
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