Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

You tilted your head back, a smug expression quickly spreading across your face: "That person, that's me, hehehe..."

"The kitten's tail is practically wagging in the air." Laughter spread across his lips, and Qin Che gently flicked your forehead.

"Oh dear! You almost made me forget what we were doing! We were just saying we were going to plant trees, right? I saw a shovel and a bucket by the campfire, let's go get them!"

After uttering those words, you grabbed Qin Che's arm and turned to walk out of the woods.

Qin Che smiled helplessly: "Don't just look at me, watch where you're going, or you'll bump into a tree."

"You're holding my hand, right? You watch the road, I'll watch you, we'll work together, hehe, we won't bump into anything..."

Qin Che has always been helpless against your self-righteous nonsense, so he can only pull you closer to him.

Borrowing tools for planting trees, you and Qin Che found an open spot in the woods and buried the seeds in the soil.

"It seems like it takes a very long time for a tree to grow from a sprout to a sapling and then to fully mature." You stare at the mound of soil where you buried the seeds and pour water from the bucket around them.

Qin Che nodded: "Judging from this, it will take at least ten years."

Looking at the pile of damp soil, you could see obvious regret in your eyes: "More than ten years is too long... I wonder if I will ever have the chance to see what it looks like when it grows up."

"When it grows up, won't it be just like the surrounding trees? You can see it now if you want." Qin Che's voice slowly and deliberately entered your ears.

You rolled your eyes slightly: "Qin Che, look me in the eyes... I take back what I said about you being poetic." You turned your head, your gaze returning to a mound of earth. "We planted this together; it can't be the same as the surrounding ones!"

Qin Che straightened up and gave you a meaningful look: "The tree we planted together is indeed different from other trees..." He paused, then repeated with emphasis, "After all, it was... planted... by us..."

"Stop! Don't repeat it..." You felt a slight heat on your face again, and you always felt that there was something hidden in his words, as if he was implying something else.

Shake your head, forget it, stop overthinking!

"If you want to see it, we can come back for another trip." Qin Che raised his hand and tucked a strand of your hair, which had been ruffled by the wind, behind your ear.

"More than ten years later?"

"Yes, more than ten years from now." Qin Che nodded seriously.

"But there have been too many uncertainties over the past ten years: diseases, wandering entities, people who steal our Ether Core, and all your enemies, big and small..." You listed all your worries.

Qin Che smiled, his deep, pleasant voice echoing through the woods: "But don't you think we'll separate?"

Your gaze met those bloodshot eyes: "Of course! We...we will never be apart! Not just ten years, a hundred years, ten thousand years, forever! We will never be apart!"

"Make a pinky promise with me." You extend your pinky finger to Qin Che, "You must come again next time."

Qin Che smiled and extended his little finger, hooking it with yours.

"Yes, we have an appointment."

Seeing the man in front of you willingly doing this childish thing with you, it's impossible not to be moved.