My eyes went wide. For a moment, I felt the sky spin and the earth whirl, my whole body drifting as if I had ascended to paradise. The touch of her lips left me feeling as though I were riding the clouds, and it had caught me completely off guard. I didn't know how to react—or whether I should say something, or how to respond to her.
So, in that instant, I was utterly stunned. An experience I had never had in my entire life had happened beneath this peach blossom tree.
My wife had kissed me by force.
That ache, that grievance, made tears spill uncontrollably from my eyes. Twenty years had passed, and my wife had finally acknowledged me. She had finally taken this step. My heart felt heavy, yet I also felt a trace of disbelief.
The ethereal, the flowers in the mirror and moon reflected in water—none of them seemed enough to describe my drifting emotions.
The delicate fragrance from her body seeped into my breath, leaving me intoxicated, as though a single instant had become eternity. Yes... I remembered. At a time like this, I should have wrapped my arms around her!
Yet even if I was a ninth-stage Earth Immortal, what use was it? In front of my wife, she would always be supreme, while I was merely a clumsy child. Before I could reach out to embrace her, she had already left my arms. Tilting her head, she smiled and said, "Well?" What the hell was that?
I didn't know how to answer, but seeing her act cute made my heart seize up. The words slipped out: "Sweet..."
Just then, my senses finally leaped back from the raging storm, and I suddenly turned toward the doorway.
Zhao Qian was standing there at that