A large hand gently took the silk handkerchief from her hand.
Yun Jinnian didn’t need to turn around to know it was Chu Yu.
"Why did you come over?"
"I missed you, so I came!"
Letting Chu Yu dry her hair.
Quietly enjoying this rare moment.
"Nuannuan will return tomorrow, as my son!"
Yun Jinnian slightly nodded, "Have you arranged everything? Will it involve the Princess?"
"Since everything is arranged, let it be. I will go to Huguo Temple to offer incense tomorrow, and might stay there for a few days!"
"Then I’ll pick you up when the time comes!" Chu Yu quickly said.
No words needed, they understood each other’s meaning.
Chu Yu carefully dried Yun Jinnian’s hair.
In the blink of an eye, they had known each other for five years, from when he first entered her room for relief from poison.
Though it was the cold winter, her room was extremely cold, without even a basin of burning coal.
But she calmly bandaged his wound, courageously not frightened.
Upon meeting again, he startled her, causing her to weep in his arms, fists pounding his chest in grievance, complaining about being bullied, and now he came to bully her too.
At some point, he stopped seeing her as a child and developed other thoughts.
When he recalls earnestly, he cannot remember, but by then she had taken root and blossomed in his heart.
Soon, Yun Jinnian’s hair was dry.
Chu Yu used a comb to smooth it, whispering, "It’s getting late, rest early, I’m leaving!"
Yun Jinnian softly called out, holding Chu Yu’s hand.
Looking at him tenderly, then gently leaning into his embrace, "Ayu, we will be happy, be happy for a lifetime, won’t we?"
"Yes!" Chu Yu responded, holding Yun Jinnian tightly.
"You promised me, no matter what happens, we’ll be together, no matter how difficult the road ahead, we’ll be together, never apart, right?"
"Right, I, Chu Yu, swear, for a lifetime, there’s only Yun Jinnian, and if for this oath..."
Yun Jinnian raised her hand, pressing against Chu Yu’s lips, "I trust you!"
Slowly embraced tighter.
Breaths becoming uneven, body heating up, scorching like boiling water.
Then with Yun Jinnian’s laughter, he kissed her fiercely, releasing and walking outside, saying as he walked, "You just wait!"
Watching Chu Yu flee in embarrassment, Yun Jinnian laughed.
First with gentle smiles, then with a hearty laugh.
Laughing until her waist couldn’t straighten.
Laughing, her eyes grew moist.
Raising her hand to wipe, but the tears flowed more...
Her somewhat flustered heart gradually calmed.
No matter the path ahead, with Chu Yu present, she would persist and strive; and if the Yun Family stubbornly harmed her, all emotions at the temple, must be decisively severed.