'Three minutes?' Yue Baoyue's heart throbbed intensely.
Su Yi inhaled and exhaled. He didn't respond verbally, only readied himself mentally. Gently, he reached out to grab Yue Baoyue's small, warm palm. The action startled her, and with words in his eyes, he conveyed the meaning: "I'm here." It signified safety and certainly, calming her throbbing heart immediately.
A single gesture was enough to allow a charming smile to blossom beautifully on her lips. She felt as if the wall that invisibly and silently separated this warmth had been bulldozed entirely. Was this the amalgamation of all her feelings realized? Together in both calamity and fortune? For the first time, her idle, flimsy thoughts of their future felt far more solid than before.
The sweetness of rising, mutual love.
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