Their love is like mist in the water. They feel suffocated deeply, but they have to hold each other back to maintain adequate supply of oxygen. The mist in the air can feel the subtle moisture when you reach out, while the mist in the water makes it difficult to breathe and hinders your vision. Flustered, eager, forced, fearful.
It was not until many years later that Nian Yao deeply realized that love has been sacrificed and is the beginning of a happy ending.
"You said, will we be together?" She said.
"Honey, I will," he said.
"How long will it take?"
"A long time."
"How long is a long time?"
"...".
"Huh?"
"Well..."