Love cannot compare to long companionship, and feelings cannot compare to knowing someone deeply. A thousand friends are not as good as one confidant.
Over the years at Beihua Normal University, Li Peifeng was like a little bee strolling through a vibrant garden of flowers, having seen all kinds of blooms and tasted all kinds of nectar.
He had played enough of the games of love between men and women.
In other words, he was tired of it, had seen through it, was disappointed, and found it tasteless.
Intermittently enjoying flirting while consistently enjoying being single. This is the principle Li Peifeng adhered to.
As for Wu Wenyue's feelings towards him, Li Peifeng was very clear from the start and was quite moved.
As for why not develop it further...
He could, but there was no need.
Sleeping with a confidant, marrying a lover, and starting a business with friends are all life's taboos—doing them leads to probable regret.
To seek a brief thrill, turning a lifelong companion into a lover who lasts only a few months, and then becoming strangers as you drift apart... is unwise.
There might be a chance for lifelong companionship, but the odds are too small, and Li Peifeng dared not gamble.
Furthermore, he was very sure Wu Wenyue shared his thoughts, and she also dared not gamble.
So the two continued to interact this way, with a tacit understanding, never crossing any boundaries in their words or actions.
But today, Wu Wenyue broke the boundary with a move akin to a ferocious she-wolf biting a little yellow duck, followed by another move that effortlessly toppled Mr. Li, with countless more to follow.
"It's over, we're Barbecued, defenses are down!"
"What the hell is this broken perfume of yours? It's causing such trouble!"
Despite a series of reluctant resistances, Li Peifeng could not withstand the fact that the die was cast.
Mr. Li considered himself a seasoned hunter, having captured countless prey and experienced countless hunting nights.
But tonight, he felt he would never forget that the roles of hunter and prey between them weren't so clear.
The other side was like a she-leopard from the prairie, muscular and long-limbed, lurking for a long time and finally finding the chance to launch a deadly pounce at him, the primitive man.
He was forced to fight back, and so began a life-and-death battle, with bodies intertwined, using hands and mouths as weapons.
They punched, bit, blood entered the mouth, gushing out crimson warmth, without words, only heavy breaths and fiery, murderous glances exchanged.
When those long-suppressed emotions burst forth, they did so wildly and unrestrainedly.
...
The next morning, a beam of golden sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains.
"Get up!"
The energetic Li Peifeng was the first to wake. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and nudged the woman beside him: "Today we return to school, the teachers are working, and the lab is open. Aren't you going to check-in?"
"..."
Wu Wenyue slept soundly and did not wake despite several nudges, only murmuring in her sleep: "Volges, today is your dying day!!"
"?!"
The sheer amount of information made Li Peifeng wide awake, cautiously asking: "And then?"
"Li Peifeng, enough of this nonsense, draw your sword!"
Wu Wenyue snapped with her eyes closed, sounding impatient: "After this battle, we'll go to the Nether Sea, you promised to propose to me..."
"Nether Sea?! Proposal?!!"
Li Peifeng felt chills run down his spine; what was happening? Was Wu Wenyue dreaming of some time travel adventure? Because of the perfume?
This is your trait too? Breath of the Nether Sea?!
"...I, I do."
At this moment, Wu Wenyue's eyes remained tightly shut, her expression pure bliss.
Li Peifeng was dumbfounded: "This fast? Just fighting a BOSS a moment ago, and seconds later, I'm proposing?"
"Hey! Wake up!"
Li Peifeng shook Wu Wenyue with increased force, fearing if she didn't wake up, the children would soon be buying soy sauce, and suddenly becoming a father would be too much...
"Um."
Disturbed, Wu Wenyue slowly regained consciousness, her eyes slowly opening. She was bewildered by the scene before her for over ten seconds before returning to normal, though not entirely so.
Wu Wenyue hadn't completely detached from the dream, displaying an expression somewhere between half-asleep and half-awake, full of wistfulness and regret.
"So, in the end, we didn't reach the Nether Sea, and you didn't propose to me... That was just a dream, right?"
"Life is a fucxking movie!"
Li Peifeng said seriously, "Bro, life is like a play and like a dream, things often go against our wishes, that's normal, who cares!"
Now Wu Wenyue was fully awake, and with a grumpy demeanor, said, "You disturbed my sweet dreams! Get out!! I want to go back to sleep!!"
"Don't!"
"Can you tell me from the beginning what exactly you dreamed of?"
Wu Wenyue wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, closed her eyes, and answered evasively, "Not going to school this morning, I only went to bed at two thirty last night, you're such a beast... before I'm fully awake, hurry up and get out, I need more sleep."
"Alright."
Li Peifeng checked the time, planning to get dressed and wash up, but just as he was about to get out of bed, he found a hand reaching out from the blanket grabbing his arm.
"..."
"Hmm?"
And so, Li Peifeng quickly took off his clothes and slipped back into the blanket...
An hour later, under Li Peifeng's questioning, Wu Wenyue, with a flushed face and dreamy eyes, began to recount that bizarre dream.
"I dreamt that the two of us entered a magic world, you as my knight, and I as your ranger. Together we roamed and adventured across that continent called Narnia. Many years later, some called us the Dawn Duo, some called us the liberators of human nations, and others called us travel companions crowned with countless honors..."
"We saw the morning roses on the Rift Ridge Grassland; witnessed the twin moons shining at night in the Wasteland; allied and befriended with countless races like humans, elves, dwarves, trolls, and murlocs; we led a great army to the summit of the Frosty Snow Plateau, which was made up of only snow, mountain eagles, and dead silence, and extinguished the icy flames of the Ice Giant Dragon; we leveled the bone lair and beheaded Volges; we sang Earth's music in the taverns of Lion King City and danced and sang with adventurers..."
Saying this, Wu Wenyue's gaze was somewhat bewildered: "This dream is so vivid, I even remember the place names and people's names in it."
Li Peifeng dared not let her think further, urging, "Then? Is there more?"
Wu Wenyue rubbed her temples: "Then, you brought me to the Nether Sea, where in the witness of countless people and the Nether Sea, I heard those three words..."
Wu Wenyue hesitated to speak, seemingly using her eyes to suggest that the other party say it out loud.
"Which three words?"
Li Peifeng speculated, "Could it be—Wake up?"
Wu Wenyue surprisingly wasn't angry, she smiled: "Having been with you, I suddenly felt I gained a new understanding of life, this life full of imperfections and monotony... is beautiful!"
I think you've taken so much that you don't even remember your own last name!
Li Peifeng glanced at the Essence of the Nether Sea hidden behind the monitor on the computer desk, falling into deep contemplation.
Undoubtedly, this bottle of perfume is very magical.
If smelled for a short time, it seems to only affect a person's emotions; if smelled for a long time, it can create a living dream, bringing the person who smelled it into Abbas's world, embarking on a magical adventure with the user of the perfume.
This adventure seems to deepen the emotional connection between the two. The only regret is that the perfume user can't participate in the dream, and is even completely unaware of it.
But it shouldn't be like this, the sharing Abbas talked about shouldn't exclude the perfume user, unless my way of using it is still incorrect.
"Perhaps, drinking it might allow me to enter the dream with the other?"
Li Peifeng mulled over wildly, while Wu Wenyue couldn't take her eyes off his face, eventually reaching out to touch it, showing a look of intoxication.
Face richly expressive and genuine, delicate skin texture, harmoniously proportioned features!
This face, a live collaboration edition from Nuwa and God!
How annoying, why do I feel like he looks even more handsome after waking up, could it be because of the whipping...
"Classmate Wu Wenyue, you're putting on such a lovestruck face now that it makes me think you're just drooling over my good looks!"
Seeing the suspicion mixed with disdain in Li Peifeng's eyes, Wu Wenyue discreetly swallowed her saliva and chose to change the topic.
"What do you really think about transferring to a PhD? Why did you suddenly change your plans?"
"Ring, ring~"
The phone on the bed suddenly rang, Li Peifeng picked it up, the screen displaying three characters—Zhao Qingge!
"No more talking, I have to go!"
Li Peifeng's expression changed, quickly dressing and getting up.
"Transferring to a PhD isn't difficult, but I'm afraid I'll end up transferring to an urn!"
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