3

"Click."

The light in the living room was turned on.

When Shen Qingchen came back, he saw me sitting dazed and curled up on the living room sofa. His heart skipped a beat, filled with worry and pain, and he quickly walked over.

"Why are you sitting here? Baby, you... why are you crying?"

I leaned into his embrace, suddenly coming to my senses, belatedly feeling the wet traces on my face.

I cried.

Wiping away the tears, I said as usual, "I was lost in thought, thinking about how if we ever have a child, sharing your love with me, I'd feel sad."

Shen Qingchen was amused.

His eyes full of helplessness, he tapped my nose affectionately, "Silly, you're really grown up, yet you're still getting jealous over our future child?"

"Foolish, the only person I love most is you, no matter how adorable the child is, I only love you."

Normally, I'd be content, coquettishly asking him about any interesting things that happened today.

But today, I relentlessly stared into his eyes, asking again and again.

"Really? Do you really only love me? You won't love anyone else? Swear it!"

"Really, only love you. I, Shen Qingchen, love only Ning Zhu, if I break this vow, may lightning strike me." Shen Qingchen indulged my childishness, with tenderness and sincerity.

He never gets impatient.

When comforting me, it seems like the whole world loves only me.

I smiled for a moment, incredibly bitter and extremely stiff.

Bitter tears swirled in my eyes.

Shen Qingchen, oh Shen Qingchen.

I've realized, I still don't understand him after all.

How can someone lie without even blinking?

I covered his mouth, leaned against his shoulder, gently saying, "Pah! Don't say things like that, it doesn't count, I don't want you to be struck by lightning. You should say, if you break this vow, let you forever lose Ning Zhu!"

Shen Qingchen didn't speak.

He straightened my body with concern, asking, "Baby, you seem a bit off today."

I teased him as usual, acting spoiled, shaking his arm.

"What's off? I don't care, you have to listen to me, say it, hurry and say it!"

He was helplessly entangled by me, laughed again, holding me with muffled laughter.

"Alright, alright, little ancestor, stop shaking, I swear, if I break this vow, may I lose my beloved Ningning, okay?"

My head rested on his shoulder, tears finally flowed down.

Shen Qingchen, you're too good at deceiving.

I can't make you be struck by lightning, that's nature's business, out of my control.

But I can make you forever lose me.

I closed my eyes briefly, completely hiding the emptiness and despair from my eyes.