Chapter 16 of "After Long Aotian Heard My Inner Thoughts":
"Why don't you like me?"
It was a sunny day. The seven-day begonias were in full bloom, and the proud, carefree young man stood beneath the tree, his eyes brighter than the blossoms.
Wen Shuiyun leaned against a branch, the young man's phoenix eyes, unable to hide their nervousness, reflected in hers.
She smiled softly and raised a hand, touching the space between his brows with her fingertip. "Do you know how old I am now? By mortal standards, I could be your mother."
"Besides..."
How could a lowly furnace cauldron from the lower realm dare to fall for a precious little phoenix from the upper realm?
But when he left, that little phoenix forced her to give him a wisp of her divine soul to make into a soul lamp. Then he dug out a piece of his own phoenix bone, flesh and blood still clinging to it, and forced it into Wen Shuiyun's hand.
Just like the first time they met, he bit down on Wen Shuiyun's lips and said fiercely,
"Don't die."
"Wait for me to come get you."
A gentle, beautiful older woman who has given up on life x a proud little phoenix whose words say one thing but heart says another
I haven't decided what story to write for this pair yet. Maybe she'll be reborn, or maybe they'll be in a parallel timeline.
I'll leave it here for now.
Theme: Love lets people be reborn through fire
