There was probably nothing happier in the world than holding the girl you love in your arms.

I hugged Lin Yixin tightly as she pressed her wet, warm lips against my own, quietly basking myself in this moment of ecstatic sweetness. She was still so inexperienced in the art of kissing that it was amusing; her tiny tongue clumsily attempting to respond to my ministrations and her wet tears dripping on my cheeks.

I could feel her shivering slightly in my arms. A while later, she started sobbing while our lips were still pressed together.

She had definitely endured too much in the past couple of months.

……

A while later, I put my coat around her and asked, "Are you cold?"

"What do you think?" said Lin Yixin while looking at me from above. Her long eyelashes were already covered in snowflakes, and some of it fell on my face when she blinked.

I said again, "I missed you so much!"

"Mn."

She made a noncommittal noise and kissed me again.

It was at this moment a deliberate coughing sound came from the living hall, and Lin Yixin jumped to her feet as if she was electrocuted. Helping me to my feet and pushing...