Chapter 18 That Day
[At the age of 18, you are already an experienced Molten Knight, often teaming up with Firefly to complete the most dangerous missions, but the impact of the Zerg is immeasurable, and there is always a dark cloud over Grammer]
[The false peace was ruthlessly torn apart by the Zerg Swarm. The existence of the Molten Knights could not bring peace of mind to the residents, and the voices of anxiety in the city began to increase.]
[It’s midsummer again, and this is also the seventh year you’ve lived with fireflies. It took you seven years to meet fireflies, and another seven years to accompany them. Sometimes you often feel that you have a special affinity with the number seven.]
A familiar hand gently covered my eyes, and I could even feel the nervous breathing beside my ears.
"3, 2, 1~"
"Happy birthday!"
Liuying let go of her hand with a "pop", and what appeared before An Ming's eyes was a cake with eighteen candles lit and the girl's sparkling eyes.
"Don't just look at me, make a wish quickly~!"
Liuying's beautiful cheeks looked particularly charming under the candlelight. The girl's shy eyes dodged a little, but more of them were her sincere blessings to An Ming.
"Thank you," An knew that there was no need to thank him, but he still said it subconsciously, closed his eyes and made an eighteen-year-old wish in his heart.
——I hope to be with Firefly forever.
"call--"
The candle was blown out gently, leaving only the firefly's sparkling eyes in the darkness, and her happy mouth could also be seen in the darkness.
The lights in the living room were turned back on. Liuying held a large gift box and pushed it against An Ming's face. She said with a smile, "Congratulations to our classmate An Ming for officially becoming an adult."
"Don't you say that I will always be a little boy in your eyes?"
"Well...but if he's a little boy, he can't do adult things," Liuying put her index finger between her lips and showed a naughty smile.
An Ming was sweating again, wondering which novel had corrupted his little firefly this time? The author was doomed to die!
"Pfft, what are you thinking about?"
The smile in Liuying's eyes became more intense, "Of course, the only thing adults can do is to open Molten Knight together~"
"Can Molten Knights also duo-queue?"
"It seems impossible..."
Liuying puffed out her lips. Actually, she wanted to ride the Iron Horse with An Ming, but the current technology really couldn't do that.
An Ming smiled as he cut a piece of cake with more fruit for Liu Ying. "Come to think of it, you've been celebrating my birthday for all these years, and I don't even know how old you are."
Liuying stabbed a strawberry with a fork, her beautiful eyes trembling slightly, and she said softly: "No one has ever told you that you can't ask a girl's age casually."
The pair of eyes that sparkled like fireflies only flickered for a brief moment, and Liuying brought the strawberry to An Ming's mouth, "I don't remember the day I was born. For me, it was not a moment worth remembering."
"But I remember the day I was reborn. It was the day I met you. That's when I truly felt 'alive'," Liuying never hid her feelings in her heart, and there has never been any estrangement between her and Anming.
Just as it was once done, it will all be revealed to the other party.
"What a coincidence, that day was also the day I was reborn."
An Ming bit off a strawberry and looked at Liu Ying tenderly through the flickering candlelight, "From now on, this will be our common birthday."
Liuying pursed her lips tightly and nodded vigorously.
"Ok!"
She threw herself into An Ming's arms, trying not to cry by holding back the tears in her eyes.
After nightfall, the two of them talked to each other for a long time on the bed, face to face, until they were so close that only each other's face was in their eyes.
"An Ming, I want to ask you a question."
Under the bright moonlight, Liuying's cheeks flushed with an attractive blush, as if she had made a great decision before she said, "What does like... mean?"
The girl was too shy to look directly into the boy's eyes, but the next moment she felt the warmth of her hand being wrapped in warmth. She raised her eyes and saw An Ming looking at her tenderly.
Nothing has ever changed.
"Love is wanting to eat cake with you, looking at your profile before going to bed, and even thinking about your face when I walk."
"I want to hold your hand, hug you tightly, and spend the rest of my life with you."
“Maybe this is what love is.”
Every time An Ming said something, Liuying's cheeks became redder, until they were completely red. Her shy eyes dodged back and forth like a deer.
"So cunning~"
This is not an answer at all, it's clearly a confession!
Even if Liuying was slow-witted, she could still feel the meaning contained in it. The shy girl had never experienced such a scene before, and she buried her head in An Ming's chest and made a shameful "woohoo" sound.
"You're kidding! That's not even an answer!"
Liuying raised half of her pretty face in An Ming's arms and said with a blushing face: "You have learned to bully your sister, oooo..."
"I'm just telling the truth."
An Ming gently hugged Liuying's soft waist, which made the girl's cheeks even redder, almost to the point of fainting.
Liuying pursed her lips and whispered, "I don't know...if I like you." Saying these words seemed to have taken up all her courage.
Genetically modified humans have no emotions. Born as weapons, all they need is to complete the empire's mission. Liuying never knew what love was before she met An Ming.
Later, during every day she spent with An Ming, she, who had never known love before, could vaguely feel something.
Just staring blankly at An Ming's sleeping face, I would also smile happily.
I want to share the joy of the first bite of cake with An Ming, so that he can enjoy the sweetness together.
When An Ming is in danger, he will rush to support him at all costs. Even if he is covered in wounds, he will still stand in front of him without hesitation.
Are these what “likes” are?
If this is what is called liking, this is what people call "love".
"But I thought..."
Liuying took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to look An Ming again. Her gentle eyes seemed to be able to see the laughter of the two of them on countless summer nights.
"I must like An Ming!"
Liuying finished speaking in one breath, waiting nervously for An Ming's reaction. Her two little hands didn't know where to put them, so they timidly huddled behind her back, becoming a tangled mess.
The familiar temperature enveloped her whole body, and it was a scent that made her feel at ease without the need for confirmation.
"It was a morning when dark clouds covered the sky," An Ming hugged the firefly tightly, and smelled the familiar faint fragrance on his nose, "I was about to die when I met you who fell from the sky. It was the first time I saw your face under the sun."
"At that moment, I received the redemption of my life."
"Fool!"
Sparkling tears fell from Liuying's eyes, and she reached out to touch Anming's cheek, "It was you who was shouting 'Don't die' there, so I could meet you again as Liuying."
That day was an unforgettable and important moment for both of them.
Firefly brings the sunshine of life to Anming, and Anming brings the sunshine of the soul to Firefly.