True fulfillment between two people was never a fleeting physical embrace, but the mutual rush toward one another that belonged only to lovers.
Only two people whose hearts were in harmony, who loved and stayed together, could break through the boundaries between flesh and soul. Like the yin and yang fish of taiji, they intertwined and flowed, with you in me and me in you, blending completely without distinction.
They reached a state of perfection beyond the description of words.
It was not the greedy possession of desire, but the mutual fusion of love.
At this moment, all the distance created by ten years apart, all the barriers of time, melted away.
Bai Ye and An Xiaotong seemed to have returned to ten years ago, reliving the joyous flutter of a boy and girl's first kiss and embrace.
Bai Ye could clearly feel their souls fitting together. He felt her tenderness, her resilience, and the loneliness and longing she had endured for ten years.
At this moment, he was like a traveler who had wandered for half his life and finally found his way home.
An Xiaotong's skin quietly grew hot all over. Gentle warmth slowly spread through her limbs and bones, while a fine, soft itch enveloped her body—tender and lingering, spreading into every corner of her soul.
Her heart was filled with a fullness and peace she had never known before.
All intimacy and embraces were merely superficial. Only when he and she relied upon one another in flesh, connected in soul, and merged in love could they surpass every perfection in the world.
All manner of beauty was beyond words.
How could love possibly be the same with just anyone?
After ten years apart, the moon was finally full again; beneath golden halls, they returned to old