"Meet... meet the parents?! Isn't this too soon?"
Hearing that they were going to meet the parents, Bai Xiuxiu's eyes flashed with astonishment. For a moment, she was at a loss, feeling that things were moving a little too fast.
"Too soon? We've known each other for eleven years already. Is that still too soon?"
Seeing her stunned expression, Chen Ming's eyes flickered with thought. Were they really moving too fast? They had known each other for nine years. Back on Blue Star, people met the parents after dating for a year, half a year, or even just a few months.
They had been together for nine years already. That should count as a long time, right?
"Nine years... Have we really known each other for that long?"
When she heard that they had known each other for nine years, she froze for a moment. Then, a thoughtful look flashed through her eyes as she recalled all the time they had spent together.
"That's right, Xiuxiu. We've known each other for nine years now. Did this little dummy already forget?"
Chen Ming confirmed it, resting his chin on her shoulder as he quietly admired his wife's beautiful face.
"Nine years... These nine years have felt more wonderful than the fifty thousand years before I took human form."
Bai Xiuxiu recalled how her mother had given birth to her, and how she had been blessed by Poseidon, the first-generation Sea God. When her cultivation had reached fifty thousand years, she had gained the intelligence to speak.
After that came the days of playing in the sea, day after day. She felt that the time she had spent with friends like Chen Ming, Di Qiu'er, and Lan Mengqin had seemed both very short and very long.
Short—so short that it did not