Chapter 77 - A Christmas Wish (1/2)
It was an hour from midnight when the event ended. Lily and Lin Que parted from Chen Mu and Susu as they lived in opposite directions. Instead of riding the same limousine back home, Chen Mu had parked his regularly used car across from the event. Since Christmas was almost here, he had other plans in mind.
Once they settled in the car, he took off his suit jacket, put it over Susu's body, and made sure that her seatbelt was buckled properly before driving. ”Aren't we going home? This is not the right way.” She asked after noticing that he made a right turn instead of a left.
”Nope. I want to bring you to a place before we head home. It'll take around half an hour. If you're tired, take a nap. I'll wake you up when we are there. Let me know if the heat is too low or high, okay?” He stopped in front of the red light and felt the temperature of her hands.
”Mm..” Slowly, her eyes closed as he turned on soothing music for her to listen to. It's been a long night, and the event was a tiring one with all the drama and chaos that headed her way. When they reached the place, it was around ten minutes before the second hand strikes twelve. Chen Mu woke her up and held her hand after they had got out of the car.
”Let's go.” His warm hands rubbed against her slightly cold hands as they followed a pathway into a park. When they reached the center of the park, Chen Mu looked at his phone and smiled, ”Look up there... 5...4...3...2...1”
Susu listened to him and looked up while he did the countdown. Once he counted down to 1, lights lit up in front of them surrounding a huge Christmas tree with many ornaments and sparkling decorations. Her eyes instantly lit up as she watched the lights turn on, trailing up to the huge bright star on the top of the tree.
The brightest star lit up, but that wasn't the only surprise that caught her off guard. A Christmas Carol tune played in the background and towards the end of it, the star changed from a glowing yellow color to one with mixed pastel colors. Slowly, the colors seemed to reverse in trail and trace back down around the tree to the starting point, which was right in front of her.
Her eyes followed the lights as its colors matched a fairytale theme. The moment the last LED light changed to the mixed colors, a pendant appeared in front of her. It was a pendant shaped like a pair of angelic wings with a tiny button inside of it. She looked up at Chen Mu with a curious smile as he placed the pendant in her palms and said, ”Press the button.”
”Hmm?” Her fingertips pushed the button inside the pendant and instantly, a three dimensional Aurora Borealis lighting appeared in front of her. The smile on her face reached her eyes as she looked at the simply designed pendant and the secret it held from within. ”This is amazing! How did you do this?”
”Mmm.. not telling you. This is personally designed by me to you. If you look careful enough into the lights, you would see our names engraved in the Aurora lights.” He hugged her by her waist and pointed to the lower left side of the lights.
”Chen Mu hearts...Susu on an infinity symbol” She smiled at the sight of the small signature he marked on the side. He corrected her and whispered, ”It says Chen Mu loves Susu forever and ever on the infinity loop.”