Seeing the look in her eyes, Meng Hao’s eyes slowly grew blank, as if he was recalling the past. In his mind’s eye, he saw the events outside the Rebirth Cave, the killing of Ji Hongdong, and Xu Qing’s tears. He saw himself raising his hand to wipe them away. He heard those voices from years ago.
“We’re safe now. No one will know your secret.”
“Meng Hao. Will we… see each other again?”
“Don’t cry. There’s a long road ahead. Who knows when it is that we will meet again.”
Meng Hao still remembered how he had been about to turn around that day, when a warm, supple body embraced him from behind.
“I’ll wait for you.” 1
Xu Qing’s voice, filled with determination, was strong enough to last through past, present, and future lives.
“You could think of Xu Qing as your next life,” Meng Hao said softly. “Regarding the two of us… we have an agreement to meet each other in the next life.”
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Note from Er Gen: This chapter is short by a thousand characters because I feel that for this chapter, it’s just the right amount. If I force myself to write more, I’m afraid it will lose its charm