Talking about trivial matters between them was rare. Deciding on food and clothing made them feel as if they were just living a calm and ordinary life.
Changyi felt like being with her right now was as comfortable as back when he lived leisurely in the sea. After being fished out onto the shore, Changyi had not experienced such a feeling in a long time.
Ji Yunhe's face under the candle flame looked so soft and gentle, and she maintained a smile when she spoke. Changyi knew she was feeling the same way as him right now. He looked at her lips, listened to her words, and suddenly lowered his head and kissed her.
Ji Yunhe was startled and her needle poked him in the chin. She immediately tried to look at how much damage she did to him, but Changyi did not care about the small sting of the needle at all.
He pushed down her arm with one hand, and held the back of her head with the other, gradually deepening his kiss. At first, Ji Yunhe struggled a little to see his chin, but she soon gave up and kissed him back.
The candle flame danced and flickered for a long time before Changyi finally released her. Her breathing was now messy and chaotic. Both of their lips were slightly red from the kiss. They gazed at each other...
"Changyi." Ji Yunhe was the first to break the silence, but Changyi placed a finger on her lips and stopped her from saying more.
"Yunhe, it's always you who speaks and acts first. Let me take the initiative this time." He picked her up, walked to the inner room, and placed her on the bed.
"Ji Yunhe, I want to break a rule." Changyi was someone who always followed the rules, so when Ji Yunhe heard this, she decided to make it difficult for him.
"You are the venerable Lord of the North, how can you break the rules?"
Changyi stopped and blinked, obviously not expecting this response from her. After thinking about it, he surprisingly felt like Ji Yunhe was right. So he actually straightened up.
"Then you rest here for a while..."
Before he finished his sentence, Ji Yunhe grabbed his collar and pulled him back over her. Breath to breath, skin to skin, the mood that had been dimmed by her intentional hard-to-get immediately burst out again.
Changyi struggled to use his last bit of reasoning to sit up. But Ji Yunhe pulled on his lapel and would not let go.
"So am I really resting?"
"Mhm," Changyi nodded.
"Rest. It's been a tiring day." Ji Yunhe looked at his red ears and smiled.
"Really?"
"Really."
"Not together?"
"No." Changyi wanted to turn his head to look elsewhere.
"We can wait some more..."
Ji Yunhe came up to his ear and whispered, "No more waiting." Her voice stirred up all the irrational desires inside him.
"I, Ji Yunhe, have always enjoyed breaking the rules."
Between their breaths, her other hand reached out and untied the bed curtain. It fell down and covered them, isolating their passion from the world outside. The red candle burned, dripping a bit of wax onto the wedding robe sitting across the table… This was destined to be a beautiful night.