"I need a straight answer from you right now: do you like me or not? Do you want to come with me?"
Having lived for tens of thousands of years, Mingjin has always been dedicated to his duties, striving to be an excellent god who benefits all living beings.
Runling's words truly stirred a passionate and fervent throbbing within him, a feeling that had been dormant for millennia. He could feel the heat in his breath.
think.
I really want to.
want.
It is necessary.
"Where are we going?" After careful consideration, Mingjin asked the four words he most wanted to know.
Runling seemed surprised that he agreed so quickly; she hadn't even used her second plan yet.
She gazed at him for a long time, then her red lips parted slightly, "Wherever you want to go, we'll go. As long as I'm with you, anywhere is paradise."
Runling is truly captivating.
Ming Jin stared at her pretty and bright face for a long time, then suddenly reached out his big hand, grabbed the back of her head, and, as if by instinct, gave her their first kiss.
This was his and her first kiss.
good.
Raw and unsatisfactory.
sweet.
That kiss, even after many years, still makes Ming Jin's heart race and his cheeks burn whenever he thinks about it.
When the kiss ended, Mingjin pressed his forehead against Runling's and called her, "Ling'er."
She hummed in agreement.
He called again, "Little Ling'er."
She hummed in agreement again.
He smiled.
This was the first time he smiled since he appeared in the underworld and in Runling's life.
He was already good-looking, but his smile was absolutely stunning!
Runling was dazzled by his smile and stared at him for a long time, sighing involuntarily, "Mingjin, you look so handsome when you smile."
The man frowned. "I'm a man, do you think I'm handsome?"
Runling was amused by Mingjin's words.
After laughing for a while, she said again, "I didn't mean you're pretty, I meant you look beautiful when you smile, like a smile that could launch a thousand ships, do you understand?"
Ming Jin didn't want to listen to Run Ling at all. He had a straight face and said, "I don't understand, and I don't want to understand. I only know that those words are used to describe women."
"Little Ling'er, are you really going to try to pin those things on me?"
The man's expression looked extremely serious, probably because he genuinely disliked the description "looks good when he smiles".
Although Runling still held her opinion that Mingjin's smile was really beautiful, she didn't bring it up again.
She waved her hand, saying no, never again, but before Ming Jin's expression could soften, she changed the subject, "Ah Ming, Ah Ming, Ah Ming~ can you smile more in the future?"
Ming Jin felt a headache coming on.
Runling is a woman who is really not easy to deal with.
"The fact that you're asking this means I can refuse, right?"
Runling's pretty face turned icy cold instantly because of Mingjin's words. She gave a forced smile, her voice heavy with indescribable gloom, "You can try, try rejecting me first."
Mingjin is a god who has no understanding of what love between men and women in this world is.
But, but...
When he heard and saw Runling say those words, he instinctively felt something was wrong. His handsome eyebrows rose slightly, and he quickly changed the subject, trying to save face. "Then may I ask, why do you smile more?"
Runling: "I like seeing you smile, is that reason enough?"
Is that enough?
There must be enough!
Ming Jin nodded, "Alright!"
It seems that true understanding doesn't require grand occasions.
A kiss, a simple "Do you want to be together?", is enough!
…
Later, on a very special day, Runling ran away with Mingjin.
They escaped the underworld and went to a remote island, far from the reach of gods and Buddhas. There, they built a thatched hut, cultivated a piece of land, and lived a traditional life like that of ordinary people: men tilling the fields and women weaving.
Here, there is no aloof and superior Lord of the Underworld.
Here, there is no Hades King Runling, who holds the power of life and death in the underworld.
They were just an ordinary, unremarkable young couple.
They work at sunrise and rest at sunset.
On the tenth day after arriving on the island, Runling held a storybook and excitedly asked Mingjin, "Ah Ming, mortals get married with a formal ceremony and a procession of red bridal procession. Can we get married like that?"
This was the first time Runling had mentioned marriage to Mingjin since they got together.
He was secretly astonished for a long time before his Adam's apple bobbed and he said softly, "Little Ling'er, we can still live in seclusion here after leaving the Underworld without anyone knowing. But once we get married and announce it to the world, that will be..."
What Mingjin wanted to express was: stay together and don't care about those trivial things.
However, Runling misunderstood.
She thought that Ming Jin didn't want to give her a grand wedding and didn't want to marry her.
She believed that for Ming Jin, the rules of Heaven and the opinions of the world were more important than her.
The smile on her face gradually faded.
She looked at Ming Jin, and asked, each word almost squeezed out between clenched teeth, "Lord Ming Jin, are you afraid?"
"You're afraid that our affair will be made public, that your lofty divine status will be affected..."
Mingjin couldn't understand why Runling misunderstood him.
He was very angry about this misunderstanding, but he really couldn't be angry.
Because... he needed to correct Runling's wrong ideas in time.
“Little Ling’er, I’m not that kind of person. I’m not afraid, and I don’t care about status. All I care about is you.”
Runling gave a meaningful "Oh," and then asked, "Then why can't you marry me?"
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