53. Shining Diamond

Seeing those two couple rings, Yu Yue’s figure froze in place.

Holding the champagne-colored rose in his hand, he looked down at the ring box in Xu Yuanzhe’s hand.

After a long while, Yu Yue lifted his eyes, meeting Xu Yuanzhe’s shallow black, mint-like eyes.

In the silence of that moment, Yu Yue still spoke, his voice very soft, “You scared me.” He paused slightly, “I thought you were going to propose to me.”

“Next time,” Xu Yuanzhe lowered his eyes, picked up one of the rings, and held Yu Yue’s hand, “will be the proposal.”

Yu Yue’s lips lightly pursed, but he didn’t say anything.

After Xu Yuanzhe pushed the diamond ring onto the base of Yu Yue’s left middle finger, Yu Yue raised his hand and looked at it for a while under the night sky.

The diamond on the ring sparkled brightly, like stars.

Without blinking, Yu Yue stared at the ring on his hand. Gradually, the brilliance on the ring became somewhat blurred. It was unclear whether it was his own doing or because the night sky was getting darker.

When he turned back, he found himself immersed in Xu Yuanzhe’s eyes.

The two were very close, as if they could kiss each other in the next moment, but neither of them did.

Xu Yuanzhe lowered his sharp and beautiful eyelids slightly, reaching out to hold Yu Yue’s hand wearing the ring. He didn’t say anything, just picked up that hand and placed it near his lips, giving a kiss to the ring.

It was a very gentle gesture.

But for some reason, Yu Yue felt his ears heating up.

Unable to stand Xu Yuanzhe looking at him like that, Yu Yue intentionally tried to change the topic. He turned his face slightly, blushing, and asked softly, “By the way, I haven’t told you about my movie script… Would you like to hear it? You haven’t asked me.”

Xu Yuanzhe looked at Yu Yue.

He reached out, palm against Yu Yue’s neck. It wasn’t particularly warm, after all, in this icy wilderness, fingertips were somewhat cold.

“Should we talk about work at this time?” Xu Yuanzhe pressed against Yu Yue’s neck, his voice low and slightly hoarse. “But if you want to talk, I’ll listen.”

Yu Yue lowered his eyelashes without saying a word, and his eyelashes trembled.

The next moment, he lifted his head, and his lips lightly touched Xu Yuanzhe’s lips.

In the freezing cold, the lips of both were not warm, even somewhat cool, but still extremely soft.

Unless it was a special situation, Xu Yuanzhe always liked to give Yu Yue enough initiative. Although there were often times when emotions were hard to control, Xu Yuanzhe could always endure it. Initially, when he started dating Yu Yue, he was afraid that any excessive actions would scare Yu Yue, afraid that Yu Yue would find it disgusting, afraid that Yu Yue wouldn’t like him.

So, at this moment, Yu Yue grabbed the hem of Xu Yuanzhe’s clothes, tilted his head slightly, and kissed him.

The hands with the rings clasped together gradually became warm.

The aurora took almost half the night to appear.

Yu Yue fell asleep leaning on Xu Yuanzhe’s shoulder, one hand held by Xu Yuanzhe, the other pinching the champagne-colored rose, swaying precariously.

The two sat side by side.

Xu Yuanzhe also lightly pressed against Yu Yue’s head, quietly gazing at the pitch-black night sky.

It seemed that the aurora wouldn’t come tonight.

But it didn’t matter.

He knew that whether for him or for Yu Yue, the aurora was not really important. The scenery along the way is sometimes cloudy and sometimes clear; it is impossible to truly take everything into view. They just wanted to make up for those five years, to enjoy the companionship of this moment, even though they both knew that those five years could never be made up.

In the silence, Xu Yuanzhe raised his eyes and saw a faint light suddenly appearing in the sky.