I nodded like a pecking chick, my breathing growing rapid as well. Could this be my wife hinting that I could kiss her? Wasn't that asking too much? I had never dared imagine this could be real! And she had asked so directly!
My wife kept her eyes closed, her head slightly raised. She really looked like the heroine in a TV drama waiting for a kiss. This was my wife, my little sister-in-law! If I still didn't dare step forward after this, could I still call myself Xia Yitian? My heart pounded like a drum, and my whole body burned as though it had caught fire. I felt the falling snowflakes melt into water the moment they touched me. The sensation of ice and fire drove me to act.
I took a step forward, wanting to gently pull her delicate body into my arms. But to my surprise, the next moment, she suddenly vanished!
"Wife!" I hurriedly searched all around, but where was there any sign of her? She had disappeared without a trace!
Disappointed yet carrying a sliver of hope, my heart still showed no sign of slowing down. Everything that had happened just now had not been a dream. Her final words—"kiss me"—continued to echo in my mind, making them impossible to forget.
To cool this restlessness, I walked into the city, but I never managed to recover. I was hopelessly immersed in this extreme emotion. I came to regret it.
My phone rang. Xia Yunxuan was calling me.
"Yitian, the authorities are being extremely resolute. Today, Grandpa was alone and unable to hold back the tide, and he worked himself ragged trying to keep the Arcane Sect from reaching this state. He must be feeling unwilling to accept this outcome." Xia Yunxuan sighed over the phone.