When Qi Leren was younger, like every boy, he imagined what it would be like when he walked into the wedding hall. There are wedding banquets, guests, master of ceremonies, music, dresses, wedding rings, and a bride who falls in love with him.
But life is a miracle composed of countless uncertainties. I am afraid that even though he exhausted his imagination at the age of eighteen, he would never have imagined that he would hold a wedding with such a person in such a place.
But this is the best wedding, because this is the person he loves the most.
Near the Purgatory Fire Lake in the depths of the underground ant city, the special geology makes it full of various lava caves. They are in one of the caves—the one that the Qi Le people took Ning Zhou to rest after they found it.
For several months, nothing has changed here. The fluorescent mushrooms growing on the walls, and the noctilucent moths flying by from time to time, everything is so familiar.
Qi Leren's body is still weak. Although he can open half of the domain, he can't use it for a long time. He just picked seven beautiful white roses out of it, and then began to direct Ning Zhou to arrange the cave, but here There is really nothing to decorate, and no matter how you dress it up, it is still a light-year away from a qualified wedding hall.
But the two of them didn't care. The Qi Le people smiled and directed the young demon king around, and even asked him to dig two large pits side by side in the cave, leaving a one-meter-wide corridor in the middle. The magma was attracted and dumped in the pit, so that they could walk through the magma and walk to the master of ceremonies.
The master of ceremonies is a big black bird, which is Ning Zhou's speech eagle. It was caught by Ning Zhou for emergency training for the wedding master of ceremonies, but it repeatedly fled to Qi Leren and asked him for rations. Qi Leren laughed. Teased it until Ning Zhou caught it aside again.
I didn't have a wedding ring ready, so I took an engagement ring to make do with it, and of course I didn't need to think about the dress. Neither of them had any preparations, but Qi Leren found a more formal suit from the inventory—once Chen Baiqi was in a good mood to take him shopping I bought it by the way, saying it was enough for her and Sissy's breakfast, and this was the first time Qi Leren wore it.
Ning Zhou wore the uniform of the Holy See, and he was really handsome. Qi Le people praised Ning Zhou so much that he blushed, and then changed the subject: "Why don't you wear those jeans?"
"No." Ning Zhou subconsciously said the words of rejection.
Qi Leren felt a little surprised for a moment, but when he came back to his senses, he realized why he was surprised: because Ning Zhou almost never refused him anything.
For a person like Ning Zhou who rarely expresses himself or expresses his emotions frankly, it is really not easy for him to say no. This also means that Ning Zhou regards him as the closest person to him, and he can Stop hiding your emotions.
Qi Leren breathed a sigh of relief. If you like it, you can tell it, and if you don't like it, you can tell it, because that is your closest lover, and you should tell him everything.
It's great that Ning Zhou can say it.
Qi Leren smiled softly and frowned: "Okay, okay, you don't want to wear it if you don't like it, anyway, this outfit looks good too."
Ning Zhou hesitated instead. He took a look at the ripped jeans, and finally said seriously: "I'll see through them."
"Don't force it, I'm just kidding, you can wear whatever you want." Qi Leren hurriedly said.
But Ning Zhou changed into it decisively. The shirt in the Vatican’s uniform couldn’t match up with these trousers. People from Qi Le gave him a T-shirt, and then happily put it on.
Ning Zhou, who was wearing low-slung ripped jeans, was obviously a little cramped. He always wanted to lift his pants, but he stretched his hands halfway and put them back silently.
After laughing enough, Qi Leren waved his hand: "Okay, I'm very satisfied, change it, just wear what you like."
"Just this one. I want to wear the clothes you like." Ning Zhou said.
"Really?" Qi Leren asked with a smile.
"Yeah." Ning Zhou nodded.
Qi Leren sat on the stone and hooked Ning Zhou.
Ning Zhou leaned over and listened carefully to what he had to say.
Qi Leren quickly made a move, wrapped his arms around Ning Zhou's neck, and gave him a sneaky kiss.
Without any words, the gentle sweetness has already filled my heart. He tried to let go of the battle not long ago, and temporarily stopped thinking about the sadness. The more desperate he was, the more he needed the power of hope, so he immersed himself in the joy of this wedding wholeheartedly, using his imagination to describe looking forward to the future.
After inheriting Twilight Township, he can't leave there for a long time, otherwise the three original forces of Twilight Township will lose their balance. So after the wedding, he had to go back, back to Twilight Land, and rebuild that homeland. He still had a lot to do. After inheriting a part of Twilight Land, he must intervene in the work of the Tribunal and learn to manage and protect this homeland. These are areas he is not familiar with. He must relearn and try to make himself reliable.
He can no longer rely on others, he must become a person worthy of everyone's trust.
No matter how many difficulties lie ahead, they can overcome them together, so he is fearless.
As night falls quietly, in this sunless underground world, a couple is about to enter the palace of marriage.
The magma from the lake of fire was introduced into this underground cave by a ditch, and the fiery red color illuminated the dark cave, and the noctilucent moths flying from the depths of the cave were attracted by the light, and rushed towards the magma one after another, being burned to ashes .
"Take it." Qi Leren handed the white roses to Ning Zhou, and he took the bunch of red roses that Ning Zhou gave him.
Ning Zhou held up the flowers silently, and didn't express any opinion on this nonsense wedding ceremony.
In this shabby to nothing wedding ceremony, everything was simplified to the extreme, even arbitrary. Yuying acted as the master of ceremonies, and Qi Leren hummed the wedding march himself, holding Ning Zhou's hand and walking across the road in the middle of the magma.
Along the way, the two kept looking at each other with smiles on their lips and brows.
Yuying paced impatiently on the stone platform until the two came to it.
It cleared its throat, yelled "ah" a few times, then tilted its head: "I forgot the words."
Qi Leren laughed out loud on the spot, and pushed Ning Zhou: "Can't you control it to speak? Hurry up."
Ning Zhou stared at the useless bird silently, with a little disgust in his eyes.
"Forget it, I'll come!" Qi Leren, who never expected a newcomer to be a guest host, volunteered, holding a rose in one hand, and Ning Zhou's hand in the other, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Ning Zhou, what are you doing?" Whether you are willing to marry the man in front of you, no matter how many difficulties lie ahead, you will work together, never leave, and live and die together.”
Ning Zhou stared into his eyes, and there was a ripple in the eyes that had amazed him countless times, it was a layer of tears soaking the blue eyes:
"... I do."
Qi Leren smiled: "Ahem, Mr. Qi Leren, um, yes, it's me. Are you willing to marry this man in front of you, no matter heaven or hell, no matter life or death, you will always be with him until Death will separate you."
Immediately afterwards, he said: "Of course I would! We will be together forever! Everyone has witnessed it, and they all wish us happiness."
In this empty cave, those who left seemed to have come here to witness the wedding of two people in purgatory.
It doesn't matter right or wrong, crime or punishment, should or shouldn't, it's just two souls who have experienced countless hardships come together, this is what love is like.
"Now you can kiss!" The big black bird who acted as the master of ceremonies finally remembered a line and shouted standing on the stone platform.
Qi Leren smiled, put his arms around Ning Zhou and kissed him, but cold tears touched his lips.
Qi Leren opened his eyes in surprise, looked at Ning Zhou who suddenly burst into tears, and comforted him while wiping the tears on his face: "It's okay, it's all over, everything will be fine. Wait a while Si Lin and I asked for leave for a while, let's go to the polar region to see your penguins, okay? After two years my strength has improved and I can condense my avatar, we can travel around the world, and I can accompany you wherever you want you… "
Ning Zhou buried his face in his neck, his shirt was wet with silent tears.
This silent sadness finally made Qi Leren realize that it was unusual, and he asked nervously and perplexed: "What's wrong, Ning Zhou?"
"I'm sorry." Ning Zhou could no longer restrain the pain at this moment, he held Qi Leren's hand tightly, saying sorry over and over again.
Qi Leren wanted to break free from his hand and pat him on the back comfortingly, but found that he couldn't move.
Because of his stiffness, the red rose fell from his hand and fell on the cold ground, in a state of embarrassment.
At this moment, he suddenly realized something. Those questions that he didn't dare to think about were once again placed in front of him, forcing him to face them.
How on earth did he survive? Why did Ning Zhou rush to the underground ant city to complete the task of killing the demon king? Why didn't they go back to Twilight Land after completing the mission
"Ning Zhou, what do you want to do?" the flustered Qi Leren asked tremblingly.
Ning Zhou let go of his hand, and a thin barrier separated them.
Ning Zhou, who was standing on the other side of the barrier, avoided his sight, and said lightly, "The illusionist will come to take you back to the Twilight Land, I... I have to do something, I'm sorry, but I have to go."
"What's the matter?" Qi Leren asked relentlessly, "No matter what you do, let me go with you!!"
Ning Zhou shook his head and said in a low voice, "I am enough in hell."
Footsteps came from the depths of the cave, and a large group of demons appeared in the cave. They stood aside respectfully, but remained silent. They respected his lover as king.
Qi Leren was trembling all over. He already understood what Ning Zhou wanted to do. He wanted to go back to the Demon Realm and walk on the road that the old Demon King had walked.
Even scarier than that path. He has his own domain of destruction, plus the domain of the demon world left by the old devil king. Once these two domains are completely integrated, he will only be stronger and more terrifying than his father.
Absolute power brings absolute destruction.
Either he is completely swallowed by the source of destruction and becomes the new king of the demon world, pulling the human world into endless flames of war; or, he uses his remaining reason to destroy the entire demon world and himself.
Ning Zhou had already turned around and walked in the direction of the demons.
The world was turned upside down at this moment, and the sweetness and happiness before the moment were torn into pieces in a blink of an eye. Regardless of the severe pain coming from the half-field, Qi Le people forcibly broke free from the restraints, rushed to the barrier like crazy, beat hard, and shouted hoarsely. Shouted: "Ning Zhou, you bastard! We just swore, no matter heaven or hell, I will be by your side! Why do you want to go alone?!"
Ning Zhou's leaving footsteps stopped, but he didn't look back. The figure that was about to disappear in the dim light was as lonely as a dream that was about to disappear.
He's leaving, he's losing him, he's losing him!
Qi Leren's sanity was instantly destroyed by this cognition, and he cried uncontrollably while breaking down emotionally, while beating the barrier desperately, but the gap of a realm made him unable to break free at all. He tried his best to persuade him to stay, because he knew how terrible this parting would be.
"Bastard! Liar! Coward! If you dare, let me out!! Why do you want to go alone!!!"
Ning Zhou went to the devil world, and he returned to the land of dusk. There are thousands of mountains and rivers between them.
Ning Zhou just stood there quietly, neither walking away nor looking back, as if he had never heard of it.
Qi Leren knelt down in front of the barrier, looking at him, looking at him, looking at him through the thin barrier and the tears in his eyes.
One is reluctant to take a step forward, the other is reluctant to look away, and they are reluctant to each other.
Qi Leren's choked sobs echoed in the air, the sobbing sound touched the pain deep in the heart, crying to the point of breaking every lover's heart.
"Ning Zhou... you wait for me, you are not alone, you will never be alone! I will find you! I will bring you back from hell, I will not... I will never let You stay in hell alone!" Qi Leren shouted at the back with all his strength.
Ning Zhou's figure trembled, and he finally took a step forward, wanting to escape from this place that was so gentle that it was about to swallow him, he was afraid that he would lose the courage to leave.
Qi Leren put his hand on the barrier, looked up at his leaving figure, and poured out his love with sobs:
"I love you, I love you, I love you!"
He said it three times, every word was cutting open his chest, showing the heart full of love to his lover, the love was desperate, and the pain was also desperate.
Ning Zhou suddenly turned around.
Seeing the hope, Qi Leren looked at him with pleading eyes, his lips moved, and every move was a silent love language.
He knew that Ning Zhou was also reluctant, and he shed tears silently for this parting, and the pain at this moment would only be deeper than his. When responsibility and love were on the same scale, he had to make a cruel choice, whichever one would make him miserable all his life.
He strode towards him, and the demon behind him panicked for a moment, for fear that he would be shaken by love at this moment.
Ning Zhou returned to the front of the barrier, knelt down on one knee, and stuck the barrier with his hand, his and Qi Leren's hands stuck together - separated by a thin barrier.
Qi Leren couldn't stop his tears no matter what, he begged bitterly: "Let me go with you."
Ning Zhou shook his head slowly but firmly.
They all knew that it was impossible for the people of Qi Le to leave with him, he had his responsibility, and Twilight Town was still waiting for his return. After all, it is impossible for them to put everything aside to pursue the happiness of two people, not to mention that such happiness is destined to make them bear a lifetime of guilt.
They just stared at each other quietly, just like they did countless times when they looked at each other.
In those steel blue eyes, in those dark brown eyes, there is too much pain of parting.
But they are all so determined, so determined that they will not compromise.
Qi Le people understand Ning Zhou's persistence. This man has never changed. Even if he awakens the source of destruction, he still protects this world with his life. For this reason, he dares to challenge the top power among domain-level masters with his semi-domain body The Demon King, and because of this, he is willing to go to the ever-changing Demon Realm in this extremely dangerous situation.
- I hope you will always stand in the sun.
Ning Zhou once said this to him, and he still does it to this day.
He wants to leave his lover in the light and go to the dangerous devil world alone. The power demon king who has been in the devil world for many years will never let it go. She will not sit and watch him grow. He is like a person standing on the edge of a cliff. If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss.
Qi Le people understand all this.
But he couldn't accept it.
He will never be able to accept that he just wants to fight side by side with the one he loves.
After all, he is too weak, he is always chasing Ning Zhou's pace, and is carefully protected by him under his wings. He tried hard, but this hard work was not enough to change everything. He couldn't help Ning Zhou, and it was so difficult even to protect himself.
Ning Zhou's eyelashes trembled, and he raised his head, ready to get up and leave.
Qi Leren raised his head and said, with tears in his eyes: "At the wedding, the couple should kiss, and you still owe me a kiss."
So they had a kiss.
Without the softness and warmth of the lips, there is only a layer of icy barrier.
But this may be the most tender kiss, full of the reluctance and longing of a couple of lovers, it is the most incredible emotion in human nature, sprouted in an unrepeatable accident, and gradually peeled off in countless trials of blood and fire It breaks the worldly prejudices and reveals the purest light, which is so tough that it cannot be split, but soft enough to make people want to cry.
They never chose to be together because of the joy that this love will bring, and even the pain of this relationship is so strong that it can almost repel anyone. But for them, even though this love is accompanied by so much torture, they still try their best to be together.
Because that is love.
Ning Zhou tapped the barrier lightly, and said three times softly: "I love you;"
"I love you;"
"I love you."
He said it three times in total, just like Qi Le people did.
Qi Leren put his head on the barrier, weeping silently.
"Leren, goodbye." Ning Zhou whispered
"But I don't want to say goodbye to you." Qi Leren choked up and shook his head, the huge hole in his heart seemed to swallow him whole.
But there is always a goodbye, there is always a parting, they have their own responsibilities, their own battlefields, so cruel that fighting side by side is a luxury.
Ning Zhou got up and walked towards the darkness, with Qi Leren's last words in his ears:
"Ning Zhou, you wait for me! I will bring you back to me, definitely!"
sure.
Then never separate again.