Light Goddess Butterfly and Clear Sky Hammer

"Lexuan." Lin Ciyan called to her softly.

She raised her eyes to look at him. In the man's eyes, candlelight was reflected, and so was she. His gaze was as deep as two lakes filled with moonlight, all the emotions hidden beneath their surface...

Waiting, longing, pressure, and the yearning he had suppressed for three days...

A diligent god of rain had unleashed his secret rainmaking art, and in that instant it all came pouring forth, turning the parched hollow into a lake.

Then... stirring it into shimmering ripples.

"It's been a long time since it was like this." Her voice was soft, as if she were speaking to herself, yet also as though she were sharing a little secret she had kept hidden for a long time.

He lowered his head and kissed her lips again.

This time, Zhang Lexuan did not close her eyes. She looked at Lin Ciyan so close before her, her hands slowly moving up from his chest to loop around his neck. Then she tightened her hold and pulled him down against her.

Their breathing gradually quickened. Their body heat passed through their clothes, and their breaths mingled in the candlelight.

The night flowed on like that. Outside the window, the breeze from the lake brushed softly past, while the candle flame flickered for a long time.

Late at night, the lake breeze outside the window stopped. At some point, the candle on the stand had burned out, leaving only a small ring of hardened white wax tears on the metal base.

The only light left in the room came from a few strands of starlight filtering through the window lattice. Moonlight spilled through the gauze curtains onto the bed, coating her bare shoulder in a faint layer of silver.

His fingers gently brushed