Imprisoning the Black Moonlight

This was Yao Gongyue's first birthday celebration away from her mother and aunt. She disliked grand gestures and feeling embarrassed, so she absolutely refused to have a party. Nuohan had no choice but to compromise.

"Moon, how about you invite a few of your close friends over to your house for your birthday celebration?"

"No!" she said, walking ahead in a seductive manner. "Besides Yulili, I don't have many friends, but she has to work part-time at night to earn money. I can't hold her back, can I?"

"Today is the first time we've celebrated your birthday together, and I don't want to make you feel bad." The man strode leisurely behind her.

At the crossroads, walk forward, exit the school gate, turn left, and return to the dormitory.

Just as Yao Gongyue was about to turn towards the dormitory building, the man grabbed her from behind and spun her around halfway. "Let's go home!"

Upon entering the apartment, she found the maid had already left. She kicked off her shoes and sat barefoot on the sofa.

"I feel that celebrating a birthday is not about the formalities, but about the mood. When you're in a good mood, everything is fine. I think the best mood I could have today is lying down, eating ice cream, and watching TV."

Nuohan bent down to put her shoes away, then took out floor socks and put them on her feet. "Okay! I'll watch with you."

"Okay!" The girl quickly pulled out her tablet from her bag. "Then go get me some ice cream, strawberry flavor. I'm looking for a show... No, I'm not watching any shows today. I'm going to find that horror movie I really want to watch..."

She is timid, but very curious.

I'm too scared to watch horror movies, but I can't resist the recommendations online, so I've saved a lot of horror movies that I want to watch but am too scared to watch. I originally planned to wait for Yuli to have time so I could watch them with her, but now it seems that my boyfriend is much more cost-effective than my best friend.

Nuohan brought over a small tub of ice cream and handed her a spoon.

"You've just recovered from a cold, so you can't eat too much. The box is too cold, so I'll hold it for you. You can just scoop it out yourself!"

The movie's theme song had already started playing. She paused the game, pulled the man to sit beside her, and, still not satisfied, slipped an arm under his armpit.

"Alright, you can watch it now."

Throughout the hundred-minute movie, the man didn't find anything scary about it. He just sat there, and had to turn off the sound when she screamed and then turn it back on when she calmed down, acting as a tool the whole time.

In the end, the truth is revealed: the ghost mother, to protect her child, sacrificed herself without complaint, even as her soul dissipated. She clutched a box of tissues, wiping away tears as she wept…

"Okay, from now on we won't watch this kind of thing, we'll watch comedy instead, okay?" The man helplessly wiped away her tears, truly unable to understand why she was so emotional.

"Waaah... Why aren't you crying?" Yao Gongyue's eyes were as red as a rabbit's, looking pitiful as she looked up at the man whose expression remained unchanged.

A barely perceptible smile flickered across Nuohan's dark eyes. "I'm fine!"

What he really wanted to say was that, having lived two lives, the only time he had ever shed a tear was on Koh Rong Samloem Island, when his heart was brutally ripped out. There was nothing in the world more heartbreaking than unrequited love. Compared to his life, what did those things in the movie amount to?

Yao Gongyue looked at him resentfully, "You're so cold-blooded!"

Nuohan, "..."

"It's nine o'clock. Do you want to take a shower and go to bed early?"

"No." She turned off the tablet and stood on the sofa. "I was so upset watching the movie just now. I need to calm down and adjust."

"How do I adjust it? Baby?"

"I need to go back to my dorm to video chat with my mom." Without a second's hesitation, she jumped off the sofa and ran towards the door.

"No, I have to see my mom right now. A child with a mom is a treasure. I am the happiest baby."

Nuohan was filled with regret. If he had known she would pull this stunt, he would never have let her watch this lousy movie. He had wasted his time watching his sweet and gentle wife back in the dormitory.

"The moon." The man's tone was clearly aggrieved. "You promised to spend your birthday with me, but I haven't even given you a present yet. Come on, don't go, okay?"

"No, I have to go back. How about I give you your gift now?"

She was already wearing her shoes and standing at the door, looking like she was determined to leave.

The two had just started dating, and Nuohan didn't want to upset her, so he could only go along with it, letting out a long sigh, "Okay, wear this, I'll take you home."

He pulled a jade bracelet from his pocket; it was a vibrant green, and you could tell at a glance that it was a top-quality piece.

"I once carried out a very dangerous mission, which was extremely dangerous. When I ran out of ammunition, I was in hand-to-hand combat with my opponent. Just as he was about to slit my throat with his knife, I grabbed a rock and smashed his head in.

Isn't it a coincidence? That stone turned out to be a jadeite rough. My teammate knew it and took me to a nearby village where they traded jadeite. They found this bracelet and a bracelet core there. I had it carved into a Ruyi pendant and put it in my mother's urn.

As for the bracelet, I left it at the temple. I brought it with me when I came here this time, and unexpectedly, it really met its destined owner.

"The moon saved my life. Now, I'm giving it to you. From now on, will you save my life?"

His voice was hoarse, and his dark eyes were fixed on the girl he had loved for two lifetimes. He had so many suppressed emotions, and once they erupted, they would burn him so much that he would have difficulty breathing.

"You...you're as strong as a bear, why would you need me to save you? I'm just a weak fairy, I'm counting on you to protect me!"

A man who isn't good at sweet talk, unsure how to express his surging excitement, simply pulls the person into his arms.

"Don't worry, as long as I have a breath left, no one can bully you. When I said 'help,' I meant to beg you not to leave me. In this life and the next, please don't abandon me, okay? Without you, I don't know why I should live, or how I can go on living. Please don't abandon me..."

He was like a big dog that had been abandoned by its owner many times. Even though he finally found his way home, he was still worried all the time that he would be abandoned again.

Yao Gongyue seemed to sense his sadness as well, though she didn't quite understand where this intense emotion came from.

She tugged at his shirt from behind with her small hand and said sweetly, "Nuohan, I'm not someone who treats relationships casually. Since I chose you as my boyfriend, I won't break up with you easily, unless you make me feel uncomfortable, unreliable, or you fall in love with someone else. Otherwise, I won't leave you. You're such a good boyfriend, who would be crazy enough to leave you?"

The girl waved the richly colored bracelet in front of him. "It's so beautiful, I love it. Nuohan, for my nineteenth birthday, the best gift I received was you, my boyfriend, and the second best gift is this. I'm so happy!"

Overjoyed, the man tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and took several breaths to suppress his almost bursting emotions. He then held her in one arm and spun her around several times.

"Moon, my darling, thank you."

Thank you for accepting me. Thank you for letting me have your kindness.

Even if I could do it all over again a hundred times, I would still resolutely choose you, the best person in the world. No one else can do it.