“Do you know you made a mistake?”
“Made a mistake… I did?”
Yin merely echoed Bai Zhiqiu’s words, hoping to charm her way out of trouble.
“Don’t play these games with me! Just admit your mistake, now!”
“I admit it! I admit it! I was wrong, okay? Please? Zhiqiu, my dear husband~”
To appease Bai Zhiqiu, Yin even uttered the word ‘husband’ against her true feelings. After all, whenever they were together, she always considered herself the dominant one!
“So, where exactly did you go wrong?”
“My mistake was not kissing you directly sooner, making you wait so long for this milk tea?”
Hearing Yin’s words, Bai Zhiqiu instantly bristled with anger.
“Ugh! I’m sorry! I didn’t consider your feelings and just kissed you directly. I’m truly sorry! I was wrong!”
With that, Yin flung herself into Bai Zhiqiu’s embrace. She deliberately lowered her body, looking up at Bai Zhiqiu, her large, watery eyes brimming with tears.
To her surprise, Bai Zhiqiu merely snorted. Clearly, this tactic no longer worked on her.
After all these times, whenever Yin provoked her, she used to resist fiercely at first. But ever since she learned that Bai Zhiqiu responded better to softness than to stubbornness, Yin had become incredibly clever.
Whenever she angered Bai Zhiqiu again, she would immediately apologize. Then, Bai Zhiqiu would usually soften, allowing Yin to use the apology as an excuse to continue clinging to her, and perhaps even take liberties.
However, because Yin had used this tactic too many times, Bai Zhiqiu had now become immune to it.
“Wuwuwu! I’m sorry, Zhiqiu! I just want to be close to you! I just don’t want to be separated from you! Back in the Spirit Realm, you were gone for five hundred years! I never even saw your face! The only memento you left me was Pangsang! I cried myself to sleep every day, hugging Pangsang! I’ll change, I promise! Please don’t ignore me, okay?”
This time, Yin’s words struck a chord with Bai Zhiqiu. It was indeed her fault that Yin had to guard the Spirit Realm alone for five hundred years. Perhaps Yin’s current mischievous and willful behavior was understandable…
“Alright, alright! Don’t cry! It’s my fault! I’m sorry! I was a bit excessive today too! I promise I’ll spend more time with you, okay?”
In the end, Bai Zhiqiu still chose to yield to Yin. After all, those five hundred years had been too cruel for Yin.
“Mhm, mhm!”
Yin reached out, and Bai Zhiqiu immediately embraced her. Holding Yin close, she gently patted her back.
Yin rested her head on Bai Zhiqiu’s shoulder. Yet, where no one could see, a subtle smirk played on Yin’s lips…
****
As evening fell, the setting sun cast a soft, reddish glow, igniting the twilight clouds.
“Zhiqiu! Look there! That’s our home!”
When the Ferris wheel reached its apex, Yin pointed to a building in the distance and spoke to Bai Zhiqiu.
“Indeed! Our home.” Bai Zhiqiu smiled, echoing Yin’s words.
In the dimming light, golden rays still pierced the sky, illuminating their silvery-white hair…
“Bai Zhiqiu! Do you think we’ll ever be separated again?”
“What did you say?”
Hearing Yin’s question, Bai Zhiqiu paused, slightly stunned.
“What nonsense are you speaking? Everything has returned to normal now! The Spirit Realm has been completely liberated, and An has long been sealed beneath the foundation stone! How could we possibly be separated now?”
“Don’t you think I’m being childish?”
After a long moment of thought, Yin finally spoke these words.
“After all, it was me who clung to you from the very beginning! Because of me, you were drawn into the magical girls’ world so quickly… Otherwise… Mmph!”
Before Yin could finish her sentence, Bai Zhiqiu gently covered her mouth with a hand.
“I won’t allow you to speak of yourself that way! My involvement in all of this has nothing to do with you! After deciphering that stele in the Spirit Realm, I understood. All of this was my destiny to bear, not something caused by you! A little three-legged cat like you, with such meager skills, could only ever bully my past self! You certainly couldn’t have interfered with the foundation stone!”
“Well, that was in the past! Besides, I don’t have meager skills! I have some control over the foundation stone, you know! Do you believe I could make the foundation stone knock you out directly?”
“Just moments ago you called yourself childish! It seems you do have some self-awareness after all!”
“You fiend! Do you believe I’ll bite you?”
“No, I don’t!”
“Then take this!”
****
The two began to playfully scuffle inside the Ferris wheel car. Without relying on magic, Yin ultimately gained a slight advantage, pinning Bai Zhiqiu beneath her.
“What do you say we have some fun here? I think you’re looking forward to it too, aren’t you?”
“Oh, let’s not! I’m really not looking forward to it at all!”
After all, out of seven days a week, only one was for her own rest. For the other six, four days were spent with them, one day with her sister, and one day with all five of them together!
Aside from her sister, nearly everyone wanted to ‘have some fun’ with her. Four major ‘battles’ a week was exhausting!
“I don’t care! I don’t care! I want it now! I’m just being childish!”
With that, Yin extended her ‘sinful’ claws, and began her assault on Bai Zhiqiu.
“Yin! Look!”
“Don’t try to distract me! Today, I’ve got you right where I want you!”
As she spoke, Yin’s mischievous hand unceremoniously slipped inside Bai Zhiqiu’s shirt.
“No, really! Look outside!”
Just then, a whooshing sound cut through the air, and Yin turned her head to look outside.
Countless fireworks exploded around them, forming a heart-shaped pattern.
Seizing the opportunity, Bai Zhiqiu grabbed Yin’s wrist. She then flipped them over, pulling Yin into her lap.
“What kind of fireworks do you think would be best for our future wedding?”
“What did you say? Our wedding?”
“That’s right! Mom has been urging me for ages! Now even Bai Yue has started pressing for it! How about we discuss it with Qingzhu, Shuyao, and Gu Nian, and set a date for the wedding as soon as possible?”
“You… you can just decide, then…”
Hearing the word ‘wedding’, Yin’s mind instantly went blank. ‘Such an important matter… shouldn’t it be discussed somewhere more formal?’
“Why is it up to me to decide again now? Didn’t you say you wanted to be the dominant one? Come on, show me what a dominant person is like! Shouldn’t they be decisive? My little submissive!”
Hearing this embarrassing nickname, Yin’s face flushed even deeper. Bai Zhiqiu had been teasing her about that incident in Yun Paopao’s illusion ever since!
“Do you remember when we first met… or rather, when you first met me?”
“Why bring that up now? Of course, I remember!”
Not only did she remember, but she remembered it vividly! She would never forget how someone descended from the sky to rescue her from utter despair…
“I remember Yin back then, an elegant royal vampire! As for Yin now… in my opinion, you’re just a completely horny vampire!”