Steward Chen suggested, "Why don't we hold the wedding on the seventeenth of this month? I had a fortune-teller check, and it's an auspicious day!" "All right," the Marquis agreed.
Cao Shijiu tucked the blanket around Hou Jingyuan and lay down beside him. Gently stroking his trembling back, he said, "Sleep. When you wake up tomorrow morning, it'll be another bright, sunny day."
Cao Shijiu wrapped his body tightly around the young boy's and tucked his purplish, frozen feet between his own legs. He soothingly stroked the boy's head and said, "It's all right, Huzi. Don't be afraid. When you wake up, it'll be another bright, sunny day."
Hou Jingyuan stood before the ice coffin and murmured, "Today is... a bright, sunny day..." Two lines of tears fell.
Hou Jingyuan held the photograph he'd treasured for half his life against his chest. The sunlight was a little too glaring. In a daze, his long-clouded eyes seemed to see those two people again, bouncing over to take his arms. "Hou Jingyuan! Stop sitting around! Come out and play! It's such a beautiful, sunny day!"
"Look, today is another bright, sunny day."
Theme: Pursue your ideals with a positive, sunny outlook.
