You're here!
Hearing those three words, hoarse and filled with infinite desolation, the tearing sensation that Nangong Qianyu had felt before once again gnawed at her heart.
No!
To be precise, it was more turbulent and suffocating than before.
"Mmm! I... I'm here!"
She hugged the young man tightly from behind, resting her head gently against his back, her slightly trembling eyelashes closing.
Nangong Qianyu's voice also trembled slightly, but she was clearly suppressing it.
Their souls had merged, and she knew everything.
Precisely because of this, she also knew very well what the young man she was holding was thinking at this moment.
Chaos!
This was the emotion he transmitted to her through their souls.
Ye Ming's state of mind was utterly chaotic now.
He had even fallen into a state of confusion.
Whether it was the path he was to take in the future,
or the news he had received from Ye Qingzhu,
and the destiny that had already been arranged for him.
Under the weight of all these accumulated events, even the strong Ye Ming felt exhausted.
"It's alright! I'll just calm down!"
Ye Ming also closed his eyes slightly, placing his hand over Nangong Qianyu's. He tried his best to make his voice gentle.
However, for the two whose souls had already merged, how could any of his actions be hidden from the other?
"Okay! Then I'll stay with you!" Nangong Qianyu said softly, "If you want to calm down, then I won't speak. Holding you like this is quite nice."
And so, the two stood at the peak of the mountain, indifferent to the biting mountain wind that brushed against their cheeks.
The vast world seemed to contain only the two of them.
Ten minutes later.
The climbers who had been observing the situation from halfway up the mountain withdrew their gazes. Their initial excitement of watching a spectacle gradually wore off.
After all, watching two motionless people was truly boring.
Then, they dispersed one by one.
The young girl who had been preparing to stop Ye Ming from doing something "foolish" still watched the two, a trace of worry flowing in her bright eyes.
"Jingyao! Stop looking, let's continue climbing!"
At this moment, the man named Luo Fu could no longer sit still. Seeing the girl who still had no intention of leaving, he couldn't help but speak.
"I won't go today!" Xu Jingyao shook her head, not even retracting her gaze. She replied, "You go by yourself!"
Clearly, she was still worried about the two.
"Wh... what?"
Hearing this, Luo Fu's expression instantly turned gloomy.
He had gone to great lengths to ask the girl in front of him out. Yet now, this small incident had completely disrupted his plans.
How could he accept this?
"Jingyao! Don't be so kind, okay!"
Luo Fu pointed at the youth at the summit and said angrily, "He's just a good-for-nothing who wants to escape reality by dying. Why are you worried about him? Besides, someone is already stopping him, what does it have to do with you?"
As he spoke, he grabbed her arm, intending to drag her away forcefully. "Let's go! You don't need to waste your time on that loser."
"Let go!"
Seeing Luo Fu's barbaric actions, Xu Jingyao's expression became serious. She immediately pulled her arm away and said coldly, "Luo Fu! What I do is none of your business!"
Her arm seemed to have been hurt by his rough movement. She rubbed it gently and continued, "The only reason I'm willing to come out with you this time is out of respect for Uncle Luo. You know very well what you've done. So..."
By the end, Xu Jingyao's tone had completely changed, even carrying a hint of disgust. "Don't force me to completely sever the relationship between our two families."
Xu Jingyao's words undoubtedly shattered all of Luo Fu's pleasant fantasies.
However, he was powerless against the woman beside him. After all, her family's influence was superior to his own.
"Damn it! It's all because of you!"
Finally, Luo Fu's gaze, filled with extreme resentment, fell entirely on the young man at the summit.
In his eyes, all of this was caused by the other person.
Little did he know that even if this accident hadn't happened, the woman beside him had no intention of completing this climbing trip with him.
...
At the summit of the mountain.
"Qianyu! Is my destiny truly predetermined?"
After finding solace in each other, Ye Ming's extremely complex emotions finally had a small space, allowing him to catch his breath.
"I don't know!"
Nangong Qianyu replied softly, following her heart, "Although I don't know, I don't believe anyone can completely control another person's destiny!"
Even though, from the current perspective, Ye Ming's life so far was progressing steadily, just like that predetermined destiny.
"Ye Ming! Do you think our meeting is also a part of that planned destiny?"
"What about Sister Jun Xue! Sister Yue Mian! Sister Dolliasa! Are they all predetermined?"
"Are we now teaching immortal cultivation knowledge through live streams, also within the trajectory of destiny?"
"I... I don't believe anyone can do this!"
Nangong Qianyu shook her head repeatedly, constantly negating the so-called predetermined destiny.
"But! If we ignore the process and look at the results, doesn't it become the same as known destiny?"
Ye Ming chuckled self-mockingly, feeling that everything was so... ridiculous.
"Then do you think the process is important?"
At this moment, Nangong Qianyu released her hands from behind and turned Ye Ming's face towards her, their profiles falling within the center of each other's vision.
"The process?"
Ye Ming looked at her red, swollen eyes and instinctively reached out to gently wipe the frost from the corners of her eyes. His entire heart began to ache.
It seemed that after hearing Ye Qingzhu's words, he had overlooked the incredibly important process.
Although everything he had done so far aligned with the predetermined destiny, if he himself denied the process within it.
Then, wouldn't the existence of Nangong Qianyu and the others be meaningless?
"No! How can it be meaningless?"
Ye Ming cried out in his heart, "My name is Ye Ming! Not Su Ming!"
"From now on, there will only be Ye Ming in this world, and to hell with fate!"
"Even if it was all driven by destiny from the very beginning, from this moment on, I will make it change course completely!"
As a wild thought grew rampant in Ye Ming's heart, his cluttered state of mind was instantly engulfed.
"Qianyu! Thank you!"