He drew Xu Ying into his arms, and the atmosphere grew a little warmer. He gently played with her fingers, listening intently as she spoke. "Ling Zhi, you know, I almost thought our ending was going to be a bad one. From the day I couldn't get in touch with you, I nearly thought I'd woken from a dream. But the traces you left behind were real."
The girl had loosely pinned up her hair, with wisps falling beside her ears. She turned to look at him, but he said nothing. He raised a hand and tucked her hair behind her ear, then left a kiss on her forehead. Only after a long while did he let go. "I used to have too many concerns. There were things I carried and feelings I couldn't balance against one another. But now, I don't need to think twice about how I feel about you." Ling Zhi lowered his eyes to look at her in his arms. "This will be the purest feeling I've ever had, one that lets me cast everything else aside."
Mature teaching assistant x Imaginative girl
Ling Zhi Xu Ying
Theme: Turn every belief you hold in this life into a blade that carves out a path of light through the dark and gloomy road. Follow the glimmers of light toward me, then hold on to my hand and never let go.
