Chapter 219: The Great Ups and Downs of Love
It's too close.
The tip of his nose was even on mine, and I could hear his heart beating violently in his chest.
My face was as hot as a fire, and I tried to keep my face away and gently pursed the corners of my mouth.
Chongming suddenly leaned over and hugged my back tightly. The hot breath from his mouth spewed into my ear, and he whispered softly, "I've got the food ready." β
"What?" I didn't understand something.
"As long as you give the order, we can elope at any time. β
I was stunned, "elopement?"
"Hmm!" Shigeaki nodded very seriously, "You see, if you thought I was too young to take me away. But you see, I'm an adult now. If you don't come again, maybe I'll have to marry someone else under family pressure!
He was like a child at the moment, but my heart was sour.
"For example... Shiso?" The words came out of my mouth, and it seemed that all my courage had been exhausted.
Chongming gently let go of my hand that was holding me and looked into my eyes with great seriousness. "What if it's really her?"
A sour rush suddenly rushed from my nose to my brain, and it was a miserable white. My mind flashed through countless possibilities and comparisons in an instant, and finally, I still looked at him blankly.
"Youβyou're going to marry her?"
Chongming seemed to see that I couldn't think accurately at the moment, so he suddenly hugged me again as if guilty, "Okay, okay." I'll be honest, Shiso is my sister, my own sister. You little fool! What I just said is amusing you! According to your old character, shouldn't you snatch me back? Why are you suddenly so cowardly!"
The big stone in my heart seemed to have finally fallen to the ground, but as soon as the corners of my eyes were cold, tears could not help but flow. Chongming was obviously startled, and quickly and gently wiped it off for me, but he was in a hurry.
"If you don't have me in your heart, what if I rob it?" I finally burst into tears, and from the fear I felt at seeing him to the complete release now, I felt like I had been through a century so long. It made me finally breathe air again when I felt like I was dying.
"I-I'm damned!" Shigeaki obviously didn't expect me to cry even more than I had just cried. He was completely confused, just full of distress in his eyes. "I'm sorry I haven't seen you for so many years, and I, I also have my uncertainties. I-I'm justβ" He obviously hadn't been in such a situation, so beads of sweat slowly appeared on his forehead.
"Don't cry anymore, okay? Why don't you beat me up? I'm so distressed when you do this!" Chongming took me into his arms, and I only felt warmth hit me.
I wiped my tears with my sleeve, and I couldn't help but laugh when I saw his innocent appearance. I didn't expect Chongming to have such a helpless time, which is different from the Chongming I once knew, although it is unfamiliar, but it is also cute.
Chongming didn't know what I was thinking, he just saw me smiling, and he also smiled and relaxed.
"I'll never scare you like this again, and I won't let you shed a single tear again, okay?"
His arms seemed tighter, and I nodded with a sigh of humming, only to feel full of happiness.
It seems that everything that has been done and waited for is worth it.
"Daidai, do you know?" Chongming was on my lap, but it was already dark now, and there was only a black sea in front of me, and the sun island that was shining with golden light across from us.
"I've been here many times, and there was an enchantment here, and only I know that there used to be a place where you lived. But soon the barrier was gone, and I thought you would never come back if you left. But I'm still here, just to see you again.
I still remember the despair in your eyes the day my father took me away from you. So, I was determined from that day on that I would never let you down! I know you're not a dream of mine!
I remember what we have been through, and I remember how hard you worked to save me from the hands of the Red Whisk. Of course, I also remember you saying that you would marry me!"
When Chongming said this, his eyes suddenly flashed with brilliance, and he turned over and sat up, his expression was very excited, "I'll marry you!"
I was stunned, and my heart felt like it had been hit hard by something. It's not the sad kind, it's just that the joy is too heavy and comes too quickly, and I don't even react for a while.
"Dai Dai, will you marry me?" he knelt down on one knee in front of me, his expression very serious.
As for me, I just had a sudden desire to cry, but the tears were already rolling in my eyes, and I suddenly remembered Shigeaki's panicked expression when I cried just now. So, I forced out a smile that I thought I had.
"I've been waiting for so many years, but that's what I'm getting to be today. I whispered, but I was a little afraid to look at Shigemei's eyes, his eyes were so hot, I didn't want him to see the tears in my eyes.
Shigeaki sat beside me with a tender smile and touched my shoulder with his shoulder. "Then I will go and tell my father tomorrow. β
Suddenly, his father's serious face appeared in front of me, and I still remember what his father said to me when he took him away, "Even if I do everything I can, I won't allow the two of you to meet!"
Suddenly, there was an inexplicable cold breath from my back, and I turned my head suddenly, but there was nothing.
"What's wrong?" Shigeaki looked back at the same time, and then looked surprised.
"Chongming, you promise me not to tell your father yet!" I grabbed his arm, just hoping that he would stay by my side a little longer. I'm afraid that once he leaves here and leaves my side, he will be imprisoned by his father forever. It's like after his father forcibly took him away a few years ago, he closed off Sun Island for many years.
Shigeaki seemed to see my concern, and he gently let me lean on his thigh, gently caressing my cheek.
"Don't worry, at that time, it was because I was still young that I was at my father's mercy. But now it's different, I'm an adult. Rest assured, I'm not the kid I used to be. If you let go back then because I was uncertain about your love, then at this moment, I am in front of you, and you should be able to understand what I am thinking at this time.
I have never misinterpreted my feelings for you for any other reason, and I can tell you responsibly. Whether I was a teenager a few years ago or who I am now, my heart has always been with you. It never changes. So, you don't doubt anything anymore and don't hesitate anything anymore. All you have to do is trust me and follow me.
I can give you all the happiness you want!"
In an instant, the golden eyes in his eyes suddenly flickered, and his expression was resolute.
Finally, I fell on his lap and cried.
This time, it's happiness that cries.
Originally, I thought that he was very different from the Shigeaki character of my time and space, and it made me have a lot of uncertainty about everything I had done. But today, all my doubts suddenly disappeared.
Yes, he is the Chongming I love, and he is my Chongming.
He was still looking at me crying helplessly, I couldn't hear what he was saying, but the world in my ears was moving away from me little by little. Suddenly, his fingers stumbled upon the back of my neck, and there, the imprint of the burning word suddenly became hot.
He jerked his hand back, then ruffled my hair. But I woke up at the first time and pressed his hand with my hand.
"What's that?" he looked at me, a little stunned.
"Nothing. I sat up abruptly and kept my distance from him as much as I could.
Shigeaki's brows furrowed slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he seemed to hesitate. We confronted each other for more than a minute, and he asked tentatively, "The back of your neck, that's a mark, isn't it? a mark that only belongs to our Chongming Bird family." β
My heart suddenly soured, I didn't expect him to find out this secret between the two of us so quickly.
"Hmm," I nodded. Yes, sooner or later, he will find this mark, in fact, it is only a matter of time. "You're right. β
Chongming's body suddenly trembled slightly, and something that I couldn't say suddenly appeared in his eyes. There was another moment of silence, and he seemed to say with a trembling voice, "Who is he?"
In fact, although I thought that this situation would happen sooner or later, I didn't think about how to deal with it. For a moment, I was just emotionally involved in him.
"Not what you think. β
Chongming's hand was clenched tightly, as if trying to control his emotions, I knew that he must have misunderstood me, but how to explain it to him properly, I didn't think about it at all.
"Do you know that this mark of the heavy bird is only branded for the most beloved person in our lives. And unforgettable. β
"I know. I replied weakly, and my heart said that of course I knew, and I knew this unforgettable pain and love better than you.
"Do you know, then, that the loyalty of our Bright Bird does not tolerate the slightest blasphemy or contempt. Chongming sighed softly, but his whole tone was trembling slightly.
"I know. "My hands were drooping and my brain was blank. I don't know, and no one knows, how I'm going to face this situation.
"Dai Dai, you..." He bit his lip fiercely, as if he wanted to bite his lip open, what he wanted to say may not come out, and what he blurted out must hurt. He's just trying to suppress his emotions, and I can see that.
"Don't come to me again, because you belong to someone else, and I'm not him!" he finally smiled weakly, and his body staggered, as if he was about to fall.
I watched his huge golden wings slowly emerge from behind him, and knew that if I didn't do anything about it, I might lose him forever.
"Chongming!" I called out to him, his slightly fluttering wings froze for a moment, and then turned his face sideways, and there were obvious tears in the corners of his eyes.