When Bright Moon Encounter the Dark Clouds

I saw him about to get up, and I could not hold back anymore.

I grabbed hold of his arm, and he turned to me immediately. The anger in my heart was roaring while I also felt somewhat aggrieved. My eyes were somewhat teary as I asked him, “What was the meaning of that? Are you just going to ignore the fact that you kissed me? What are you thinking? This doesn’t mean that I like you, okay? After all, I’m not the one that kissed you…”

Then I saw a fiery passion burning within his eyes.

Before I knew it, he had come in for another kiss, shoving the words I was about to say back into my throat. He pulled me into his embrace and kissed me with even more intensity. His tongue came into my mouth and moved with a sense of urgency, like a hungry wolf that had been starving; it was exactly as Zhuang Yu had described. I felt my whole world turning upside down while feeling somewhat giddy, but for some reason, I also felt like crying with tears at the brink of overflowing.

His hand caressed my back gently, but he seemed to be holding himself back at times. My brain was shouting for more oxygen as the kiss reached a level of climax, and before I knew it, I was on his lap, hands completely controlled by him.

The kissing finally stopped when a waiter came into the tent. I immediately bounced up from his lap, but his hands still clung to me, not willing to let go. He looked up at me with his somewhat teary eyes.

Immediately after the waiter left with an awkward smile on her face, I shot a question at him while feeling somewhat irritated. “What’s the meaning of this then?”

“Tan Jiao… I like you. That’s what’s in my heart. I’m sure you’ve noticed this as well. I just can’t hide my feelings for you. Everything you do is so cute, and you’re the perfect girl I’ve dreamed of. However, I just can’t ask you to be with me. I don’t know what will happen in the future, no one does. I can’t provide you with a good life and...I have something I must do. In fact… I might not stay in Dali for too long. I can’t be with you, so I won’t hold you back.”

A mixture of joy and anxiousness filled my heart as I listened to him. In the end, my heart sank while I trembled in fear. Yet I also felt somewhat reluctant to give up. While putting on a nonchalant look, I asked, “The thing you must do is related to Wu Miao’s case, right?”

Wu Yu let go of my hand and searched for his cigarette. As if a terrible memory had been drawn out, he looked gloomy and was unable to find a cigarette for a moment. After finally finding one, he lowered his head and took a deep draw while lighting the cigarette.

I had only done a search on Wu Yu previously, so I could not find anything. But I knew now what had happened to him. I knew the events that had caused this arrogant man to become a dirty-shabby-looking laborer; the thing that had brought him down from cloud nine.

“I read about it on the internet. It happened about a year ago, roughly a month after we got down from that ship. What Wu Miao encountered was a very cruel serial killer. She was the fifth victim.” I paused for a while and said with reluctance, “A month later, your mother drowned herself because of the incident. And just like that, you lost everyone you loved dearly.”

“Stop Tan Jiao. Everything is in the past already.”

It was apparent that the deep wound in his heart had not healed.

“You gave up on your job, your identity, and your future, just so you could hunt down this killer?” My tears overflowed slowly, and I said, “But it’s fine. I can understand why you’re doing this. I can accompany you to find the killer. I can also leave this town with you.”

“You can’t understand how I feel.” His tone was very calm. “Only those that have experienced such pain can understand the never-ending torment.”

I fell silent and looked at him with my teary eyes.