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Yun Ge murmured “I thought I had seen every conceivable night sky before, who knew there was something as amazing as this.” She unconsciously s.h.i.+fted closer to Liu Fu Ling, who s.h.i.+fted away, so she s.h.i.+fted closer again, and he s.h.i.+fted away again until he was pressed against the side of the boat.

Yun Ge didn’t have any intention to do anything, so seeing him react this way, it made her hurt “Am I a ravenous beast? I just wanted to nestle on your shoulder.” She turned around with her back towards him, facing the other side of the boat.

Liu Fu Ling felt anguish and went to embrace her. She shuddered as he pulled her into his arms “Yun Ge, you’re not a ravenous beast. It’s me. I….I can’t…….” Liu Fu Ling could not say it out loud. It’s not that he didn’t want her, it’s that he didn’t want to ruin the rest of her life.

Yun Ge asked “You can’t what?” After some time, Liu Fu Ling softly said “I can’t do it with you. It’s something you need to wait until your wedding night to do with your husband. He will accompany you for the rest of your life, he will take care of you for the rest of your life.”

Yun Ge’s eyes were filled with tears “Aren’t you my husband?”

Liu Fu Ling had no response for her. Yun Ge dried her tears and turned around to stare at him “You don’t want to marry me?”

“Of course I want to marry you.”

Yun Ge grabbed the edge of his robe and tied it with the edge of her robe. She then tried to grab a lock of his hair to tie with a lock of her hair “With the sky as witness, the water as matchmaker, the stars as promise, the fireflies as our guests, tonight you and I become (hair-knotted) husband and wife.”

Liu Fu Ling forced a smile and grabbed her hand “Yun Ge, stop with this nonsense!”

“What nonsense is this? You said you would marry me, and I want to marry you. You’re willing, I want do, so what nonsense is this? We can have the most luxurious wedding suite but it can’t compare to tonight’s night sky. We can have the most glittering lamp light, but it can’t be more beautiful than the fireflies tonight.”

Liu Fu Ling went to untie their tied robes “It’s dark already. I have things to do tomorrow, I need to head back to rest.”

Yun Ge grabbed his arm to prevent him from untying their “knot”, but she couldn’t win against his strength. Seeing as he was about to untie it, she was so anxious she threw herself into his arms and grabbed him, their bodies pressed together.

One tried to push the other off, but the other held on tight. The boat started to sway violently and Liu Fu Ling said “Let go. If you keep up with this nonsense, the boat will flip over.”

“Then let it flip over. We can drown together.” Yun Ge didn’t ease off and instead grabbed him even tighter. Liu Fu Ling didn’t dare to push her anymore, only letting her embrace him until gradually the boat steadied itself.

The sky and the water was vast, but he had nowhere to escape. Liu Fu Ling finally realized that his suggestion to go boating was a terrible mistake. Yun Ge tenderly asked “Can you call me “my lady wife” or “my beloved wife”? Can you?”

Liu Fu Ling didn’t know if he should laugh or cry. Yun Ge was using every one of her ideas to get him to admit that they were now “married”. He decided to shut his eyes and ignore her. Once she tired herself out, they could go back.

Yun Ge laid down on top of him and kissed his eye, but he didn’t respond. She kissed his other eye, but he still didn’t respond. She kissed his every feature, and finally she kissed him on the lips. Her kiss was filled with pa.s.sion and longing, love and desire.

His body started to betray his mind, so he tried to think about Huo Guang, Liu Xun, Liu He, but in the end, he realized that everything dimmed in his mind and all he could see was a girl in green. Her every smile, every pout, her every happiness, every anger, it was crystal clear in his mind.

Yun Ge did everything she knew how but he still wasn’t responding. She was so frustrated she bit him on the lips to release her grievance. He silently sighed and his arms reached out and embraced her, turning them around so that she was below him. He leaned down and kissed her deeply.

A deep long kiss, filled with tender longing, their desire for each other pa.s.sed through their joined lips. He took her soaring in flight, but as they barely took off, it suddenly halted.

His lips stopped at her neck and didn’t continue further. Yun Ge had been reading some sensual books filled with drawings these past few days and she knew that her body was aroused. She reached out to disrobe him “Ling gege, I’m already your wife.”

Liu Fu Ling pushed her hand away “Yun Ge, no!”

Yun Ge’s eyes pooled with tears and she started disrobing herself “Liu Fu Ling, I want to be your wife. I want! I want! I want! No matter for one year, one month, or just one day! Why won’t you understand? I don’t want forever and always, I don’t need to grow old together. I want our remaining time together to be truly living, truly having each other. Are you worried that once you’ve had me, in the future no man will want me? Don’t worry! I promise I’ll find a man who’ll marry me. If he refuses because of this, then that is not a man I would want anyway!”

Yun Ge’s tears were falling down her face as she took off half her robe. Liu Fu Ling grabbed her hand, his eyes filled with pain, with worry, with desire. The topic they had been dancing around and too scared to discuss, Yun Ge dragged it out in the open.

Liu Fu Ling thought – Yun Ge, it’s not that I don’t understand, it’s you who doesn’t understand. The less memories I imprint on your life, the easier it will be for you to forget me un the future.

Liu Fu Ling pulled Yun Ge’s robe closed and casually said “A man doesn’t like a woman who is too forward with herself.”

Yun Ge stared at him “You liar! What are you afraid of? Are you afraid I won’t be able to forget you? Ling gege, the memories left on the body compared to the memories left on the soul, which is more important? If you want me to forget you, I will forget you.” Yun Ge tears landed on his hand “Some people live an entire life and never experience happiness. Some people live to be nineteen and have truly been happy before. I would rather be the latter.”

Yun Ge’s tears were as heavy as a thousand pound weight, striking him until he had no strength left to resist.

Yun Ge softly said “Ling gege, since I was a child my wish was to become your wife. Do you want my wish not to come true? You keep thinking about tomorrow, but you forget that what you are doing today is making me cry. Why can’t you give me happiness right now? You can still give me a lot of happiness right now? A lot, a lot. So why won’t you?”

Liu Fu Ling’s hand shook and he released her.

Yun Ge’s tears fell down her face like a pearl necklace that had shattered. Each round drop was thick and heavy. He reached out his hand to capture it. In Yun Ge’s devastated and pleading expression, his eyes teared up as well.

He lowered his head and picked up the edge of Yun Ge’s robe, tying a dead knot with his own robe, tightly binding them together. He also picked up a lock of Yun Ge’s hair and tied it in a knot with a lock of his hair.

When he raised his head, he smiled and reached for Yun Ge’s hand “With the Heavens as the witness, with the stars as the matchmaker, you are my one and only wife in this lifetime.”

Yun Ge broke into a beaming smile, and in that split second, her smile caused the entire star-filled sky to lose its glory.

The ties were loosened, the robes gently parted.

The dark night was like wine, the stars like a blessing.

The air was crisp and cool, but their embrace was warm and inviting.

His movements were tentative and untried, but tender and intoxicating.

This magical experience seemed to stand still at this very moment.

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