After returning from Gucheng, Wen Muqing remained silent throughout the journey.
It wasn't until the evening that Wen Muqing appeared in Ren Chuqing's room.
"I can't sleep," he said to her.
Ever since she had given him the sleep-inducing incense, he hadn't experienced insomnia for a long time.
But today, as soon as he closed his eyes, the scene of her rushing towards the pond sprang to his mind. In that moment, his heart felt an emptiness so terrifying; he feared that if she dashed off like that, he would never find her again.
Ren Chuqing was momentarily startled, but then she seemed to understand and smiled, lifting a corner of the thin blanket on the bed, "Then come over."
When he was a child and couldn't sleep, they would always sleep in each other's embrace like this.
Wen Muqing got into bed, wrapped his arms around Ren Chuqing, and buried his face in her chest.
