No matter how excited she was, her physiological instincts could not be controlled, and her stomach was already twitching in pain.
"Let's go eat." Feng Danyuan said. After a slight pause, he added: "I forgot to bring the gold when I came here."
"I have money." Wei Zi smiled brightly: "I'm going to change clothes first."
Not far away, Lin Chong finished two buckets of instant noodles and played games for a while before seeing Feng Danyuan and Wei Zi walking over hand in hand.
"Congratulations." He chuckled.
"Mr. Lin?" Wei Zi guessed.
"Call me Lin Chong. Hello, Dr. Wei."
"Thank you for taking care of me along the way. Please wait a moment while I get a mobile phone and add a WeChat message, okay?"
"OK."
Wei Zi smiled at him, took Feng Danyuan's hand, and walked to her office.
I met the old dean on the road. The old dean looked at the hands they were holding in surprise: "Is this - your boyfriend?"
"No, it's my husband." Wei Zi corrected.
The old dean was even more surprised, but Wei Zi said goodbye to him without further explanation, and took Feng Danyuan to the office to change clothes, get his bag and mobile phone.
Her face, as white as a ghost, was reflected in the mirror, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly: She wanted to meet him again in a good-looking way, but she ended up looking like this in utter embarrassment.
After adding Lin Chong on WeChat and leaving Lin Chong's mobile phone, Wei Zi said, "I'm sorry, I'm a little confused today. I will treat you to dinner another day."
"You're welcome, I'm also from Shanghai. I haven't been back for a long time. I just wanted to go home and have a look." Lin Chong said nonchalantly.
Wei Zi smiled, entered a series of numbers on her phone, typed another sentence, and then said goodbye to Lin Chong.
*
Wei Zi brought Feng Danyuan to Xia Qing's private restaurant and entered the private room.
The food was served very quickly. Wei Zi was very hungry, so she ate for a while before her stomach felt better.
Feng Danyuan, who was opposite him, didn't move his chopsticks and just looked at her quietly.
Wei Zi put a piece of beef into his bowl: "Don't look at me, eat."
Feng Danyuan said quietly: "I'm afraid you'll disappear again."
At the altar of Coffin Mountain, when the ancient magic witchcraft was activated, he watched helplessly as Wei Zi's body turned into dots of fireflies in a ball of light and dispersed in the wind.
He reluctantly wanted to leave something behind, but he only caught a handful of illusions.
"You sent me back?" Wei Zi felt a pain in her heart and silently put down her chopsticks: "Why?"
"This is the only way to keep you and me alive," Feng Danyuan said.
He started with the explosion in the Imperial Capital and briefly told what happened after she fell into coma.
Wei Zi was silent for a long time and then said: "If you give me your life, I won't be able to live well in this life."
Feng Danyuan sighed softly: "I can't bear to do it either." He couldn't bear to have her alone in the world.
Wei Zi's nose felt sore and she almost shed tears again.
She sniffed, forced a smile and said to Feng Danyuan: "This table of food is very expensive, don't waste it."
Feng Danyuan curled his lips and picked up the chopsticks.
Just like after they got married, they had one of the few meals together in Prince Chen's mansion.
*
The private restaurant is just over a kilometer away from Wei Zi's residence. After eating, the two of them walked slowly back along the Pujiang River.
The lights on both sides of the river are brilliant, brighter than the stars in the sky.
"The place where you live is very lively." Feng Danyuan reached out and brushed away a few strands of her hair that were blown by the river wind.
Wei Zi stopped and looked at him quietly.
"Prince Chen, welcome to my world." She smiled, stars shining brightly in her dark pupils.
