Chapter Five: Together Through Thick and Thin

  Tang Hao held a movie ticket, this was his first time accompanying a girl to the movies with only one ticket. He remembered that in the past, he and Lin Yundan liked to watch horror movies together, and Tang Hao also enjoyed the feeling of Lin Yundan hiding in his arms.

  When watching with Yun Xi, when Tang Hao was still frightened by the sudden ghost shadow, Yun Xi said disdainfully: "Don't be afraid, this kind of ghost can be solved with a blow." Tang Hao looked around at the couples who were all huddled together and suddenly felt no interest.

  Yun Xi urged Tang Hao to go shopping on the pedestrian street again. Lin Yun Dan suddenly appeared in front of him, stepping on the stone slabs of the pedestrian street one step at a time, afraid of stepping on the edge of the slab. Lin Yun Dan suddenly turned her head and shouted: "Hao, come quickly, look at that piece of clothing, does it look good? Do you want me to try it on for you?"

  "Alright!" As soon as Tang Hao finished speaking, everything in front of him dispersed.

  "What's wrong?" Yun Xi asked in confusion. Tang Hao shook his head, "Nothing."

  Yun Xi suddenly exclaimed as she saw a vendor selling roasted skewers by the road: "I want to eat!" Tang Hao shook his head helplessly, "You glutton! How many skewers do you want?"

  "Ten strings! Not twenty strings!" Yun Xi said without thinking.

  Tang Hao had no choice but to buy twenty strings, pack them up and prepare to take them home for Yun Xi to eat. But then Yun Xi suddenly shouted: "I want to eat now! If it gets cold, it won't taste good."

  Tang Hao bitterly smiled and said: "Elder sister, I really can't eat so much!"

  Yun Xue said domineeringly: "I don't care, can't you do something small for your girlfriend?"

  Tang Hao finally ate twenty skewers of barbecue and rubbed his belly, also hearing Yun Xi's satisfied humming sound.

  Yun Xi suddenly said: "Look at the clothes over there, they're so beautiful! Let's go try them on." "Get out!" Tang Huang shouted without thinking.

  In the end, in order to prevent Yun Xi from forcing himself to wear women's clothing, Tang Huan took Yun Xi to an amusement park. However, as soon as they entered the amusement park, Tang Huan felt a strange sense of melancholy, remembering that it was here that he had established his relationship with Lin Yun Dan. The smile Lin Yun Dan had left behind seemed to still be lingering in the air, but ultimately, things were no longer the same.

  Tang Hao sat on the roller coaster, as if Lin Yun Dan had returned to his side, looking at him with a mixture of excitement and fear.

  Tang Hao secretly slapped himself in the face, "Lin Yun Dan has already abandoned you, don't be shameless again, don't forget, you have to make her regret it for the rest of her life."

  The roller coaster started moving, and Yun Xi suddenly cheered up. Tang Huan asked curiously: "You can fly, why do you still like this?" Yun Xi cheered: "I didn't expect that without magic powers, experiencing this kind of thing is really thrilling!"

  Now that he knew Yun Xi liked it, Tang Hao tried bungee jumping again. To say the least, he would never have dared to do so before, but was forced by Yun Xi. Tang Hao looked at the water pool below and his legs started shaking.

  "What's the ink trail! Hurry up!" Yun Xi urged, Tang Hao said nervously: "Let me think for a while."

  But he didn't know how long he had been hesitating, Tang Huan still didn't dare to jump, Yun Xi was also getting impatient. Finally, a girl in the queue on the side laughed and said: "Look at that guy, he's so scared that he's talking to himself."

  Tang Hao somehow found the courage and finally jumped down.

  ……

  Tang Hao's legs had gone soft from playing so many games, and he could feel Yun Xi excitedly frolicking inside his body. Tang Hao sat down weakly on a bench by the side of the road, twisting his feet, but Yun Xi was still not satisfied.

  Suddenly, several screams came from the haunted house in front, and several university students around twenty years old ran out screaming. Then, a person wearing white clothes, with a white hat on his head, dressed like Bai Wuchang, also ran out.

  Tang Hao shook his head helplessly. The girl was already scared like this, but he still didn't give up and even came out to scare people.

  "White Impermanence" suddenly shouted out of everyone's expectation: "Didn't I say no beating up the staff, you all stop right there."

  Yun Xi saw the scene in front of her and smiled: "Looks like it's going to be interesting, let's go take a look too?"

  Tang Hao shook his head, "Not going."

  Yun Xi's face turned ugly as he shouted: "Come on in! You're a big man, you can't be afraid of this, can you?" Tang Huang still shook his head.

  Yun Xi said angrily: "You are now my boyfriend!" Tang Hao was impatient and shouted: "I said I'm not going, so I won't go!"

  Yun Xi felt like crying, "If you're not going, then don't go! No need to be so loud!"

  Tang Hao came back to his senses, "Sorry, as soon as I entered, I couldn't help but think of the past. That's where we promised to be together for life."

  "Are you still unable to forget her?"

  Tang Hao sighed, "Eight years of feelings can't be forgotten just by wanting to."

  Yun Xi wasn't calling out to go play anymore. Yun Xi saw that Tang Huang wasn't speaking, so she said to him, "You go run up that mountain."

  "Why?" Tang Hao asked in puzzlement

  Yun Xi mysteriously said: "You'll know when you go up."

  Yun Xi said: "In the past, when I was wronged by others, I would run to the highest peak outside the palace... and shout out all the unhappy things in my heart. You can try it too."

  Tang Hao hesitated for a moment before finally shouting out loud, "Yun Dan, I will definitely make you regret this." The deeper the love, perhaps the deeper the hatred.

  After shouting loudly, Tang Hao let out a breath of relief, "Indeed, it feels much better now."

  Yun Xi also shouted in her mind, "Tang Hao is a big fool!"

  Tang Hao said with a bitter face: "Can't you say something more pleasant?"

  Yun Xi continued shouting: "I hope Tang Huang has a new beginning and no longer indulges in the past!"

  Tang Hao smiled and said, "Let's continue playing."

  For the next period of time, Tang Hao didn't think about past events again and wholeheartedly accompanied Yun Xi in playing around, as if he had become a 15 or 16-year-old student once more.

  The sky finally darkened, Tang Hao knew that he didn't have much time left to control his body, so he returned home and started cooking dinner.

  Yun Xi suddenly said, "It's almost time to change back, what are you still cooking?" Tang Huan smugly replied, "Let me show you what delicious food is." In fact, during the days when the two were merged into one body, Tang Huan usually just had instant noodles for breakfast, went out to eat at noon, and followed Yun Xi in eating snacks and ice cream at night, without ever having a chance to calm down and cook a proper meal.

  Yun Xi was slightly excited, "Don't be too good to me, or I might really fall in love with you." Tang Huan said casually, "Actually, I have an ulterior motive. I just want you to eat more and take a longer bath when washing up."

  "Get out!" Yun Xi cursed, but there was no anger in her tone. Tang Hao didn't know when he had started talking to Yun Xi so casually, but what he did know was that being with Yun Xi made him very happy.

  Days passed day by day, Tang Huan got used to accompanying Yun Xi shopping during the day and watching Yun Xi making a ruckus at home in the evening. Tang Huan had already gotten used to waking up wearing women's underwear, and Yun Xi also fell in love with Tang Huan's cooking. So many days passed like this, anyway, the one-month deadline was approaching soon.

  The two people's quarrels became less and less frequent, and Yunxi also rarely looked for things to eat, but often stared blankly at the things in the house.

  Yun Xi folded Lin Yun Dan's clothes neatly and put them back in the wardrobe, then she took Tang Hao's clothes and washed them in the basin.

  Tang Hao didn't know what had happened and said: "Never mind, I'll just wash myself."

  Yun Xi didn't show her usual playfulness, but instead said calmly: "Just let me take a bath this one time, it's probably the last time anyway."

  Tang Hao said in a low voice: "Are you going to be okay?" Yun Xi nodded, "I can come out tomorrow."

  Tang Hao sank into thought for a moment, "Then can your promise be fulfilled?"

  Yun Xi got angry, threw the washing basin to the ground and shouted: "Cultivation! Cultivation! You're only thinking about cultivation! When I'm leaving, won't you think of anything else? When I'm gone, don't you have any feelings at all? Was this month just you really working for me?"

  Tang Hao didn't have the nerve to say: "I also don't want to part with you, but you are a noble fairy, how can I possibly ask you to do anything for me."

  Yun Xi calmed down, "If you knew that I defied the heavens and changed my fate for you, only to suffer heavenly punishment and have my soul scattered, would you still want to follow the path of cultivation?"

  Tang Hao nodded: "No way, if so, I will not let you do such a foolish thing." Yun Xi listened and showed a happy face, but Tang Hao continued: "I'll think of other ways."

  "Does she really mean that much to you?" Yun Xi sneered. "If I said I was willing to use my hundred-year lifespan to accompany you for a lifetime, letting you forget her, would you give me this chance?"

  Tang Hao was taken aback for a moment, and Yun Xi continued: "Being with you makes me really happy. I like going shopping with you, I like going to the amusement park with you, I like shouting loudly on the mountain with you, I like eating the dishes you cook, I like seeing your embarrassed expression every morning when you wear women's clothes... I know that human life is very short-lived, and I also know that watching someone you like die is a very sad thing. But it doesn't matter, let me bear everything. As long as you say one sentence: 'I like you.'"

  Tang Hao was somewhat choked with emotion, but ultimately spoke out, "I really like you, however, even if it's Yun Dan, she has already given me a feeling of being out of reach. Let alone you. I like you, but I've never dared to ask for anything, just hoping that you can recover soon and do what you like."

  Yun Xi said with a smile: "Then you are willing to let go of Lin Yun Dan." Tang Hao replied: "I don't want to deceive you, I can't say that I will definitely let her go, but I will try my best for you and put her down."

  Yun Xi wrapped her arms around herself again and transformed back into her adorable self. She closed her eyes and called out, "Alright, my good husband."

  Tang Hao hastily shouted: "The washing powder foam is all over the clothes!" Yun Xi smiled and said: "I don't care, I just want to hold you."

  Tang Hao smiled, what eternal life, what divine magic, as long as one lives happily, nothing else matters. If one obtains immortality, even if invincible in the world, if not happy, then what's the point?