Chapter 1511 - 1508: The Girl Named "Dong

"It's okay now, no matter what happens, I will protect you."

Whether it was because she heard Ye Qiu's words or because Ye Qiu suddenly hugged her tightly, the girl stopped struggling.

"Really?"

The girl finally spoke.

Hearing the girl's voice, Ye Qiu was very happy and hugged her tighter.

"Of course!"

The girl also hugged Ye Qiu tightly. The two of them just held each other without moving.

After a while, Ye Qiu seemed to remember something.

"Do you have a name?"

The girl didn't answer; here, she was alone, so no one could have given her a name, right?

"Then how about I give you a name?"

Although she didn't speak, the girl looked very expectant.

"Let me think..."

Here, besides snow, there was nothing else. Apart from cold, Ye Qiu couldn't think of anything...

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Ye Qiu's mind.

"Dong!"

"From today on, you'll be called Dong!"

"Dong?"

The girl repeated Ye Qiu's words, perhaps not understanding the meaning of the word.

"That's right, Dong!"

"Dong!" The girl repeated the word again. Though she didn't understand, the girl was very happy, repeatedly saying the word.

"Dong, Dong, Dong, Dong!"

"In our country, there are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Spring is the season of revival, summer is the hot and vibrant season, autumn is the season of harvest and decay, and winter, just like where we are now, is the very cold season."

"My name is Qiu, because we met in this snowy land, you'll be called Dong."

Ye Qiu didn't know if the girl understood his words, but seeing how happy she was, it didn't matter if she understood or not.

"Dong, have you always lived alone?"

"Hmm..."

Though it was an expected answer, Ye Qiu still felt very uncomfortable. Being alone all the time, what kind of feeling is that? If it were him, he would have perished long ago from loneliness.

"Dong, are we now inside your heart?"

"Heart?" Dong didn't seem to understand the meaning of the word.

Ye Qiu asked Dong in a different way, "Dong, do you know where we are?"

Dong shook her head, looking innocent.

"Then, do you know what we should do now?"

Dong seemed to understand and pointed to the sky.

Ye Qiu followed the direction Dong pointed, seeing only the starry sky, but there must be meaning in Dong pointing at the sky. Assuming Dong was the Profound Celestial Ice Sword, then surely there must be a way to return to the outside world, and the most important thing was Dong.

While Ye Qiu was carefully observing the sky, "Ye Qiu, I'm waiting for you."

That voice appeared again, and upon hearing it, Ye Qiu was shaken to the core. Whose voice was it?

"Dong, was that you speaking?"

Ye Qiu turned around and looked; apart from Dong, there was no one else, but the voice was very familiar.

Dong shook her head again.

Tears began to flow uncontrollably from Ye Qiu's eyes, he felt very sad, but nothing came to mind, clearly feeling so sad yet unable to remember anything.

"Warm things..." Dong suddenly spoke.

"What? Dong, what did you say?"

"Warm things..." Dong said again.

"Warm things?" Ye Qiu began to ponder the meaning of this phrase...

That's right, to unseal the Ice Sword, Black Panther seemed to say a price was needed.

Ye Qiu recalled the conversation with Black Panther, "The Profound Celestial Ice Sword has been sealed in the Land of Extreme Cold for years, absorbing the extreme cold aura brought by the ice. The power of the Cold Profound Celestial Ice Sword is sealed by this extreme cold aura. To unseal it, the warmest things are needed to melt away the ice aura."

My warmest things...

Ye Qiu remembered, he had used his memories as the price to melt the extreme cold aura, which is why he couldn't recall past events...

"Dong."

Hearing Ye Qiu call her name, Dong looked at Ye Qiu with a puzzled face.

"Dong, do you have that warm thing in your hand?"

Dong nodded.

Ye Qiu roughly understood how to return.

Dong pointed to the sky, saying, "Warm things."

It turned out that those twinkling stars in the night sky were my memories, my most precious memories. That's why seeing these stars made me feel so at ease.

If memories are the price, then when morning comes, the stars will disappear, and then I can return to the real world.

Ye Qiu gazed at the starry sky, so beautiful, so dazzling, so brilliant...

Tears couldn't stop flowing from Ye Qiu's eyes, but his face was full of happiness.

Seeing Ye Qiu crying, Dong approached him.

Seeing Dong worrying about him, Ye Qiu lay down, then signaled Dong to lie down as well.

Dong didn't lie on the snow like Ye Qiu but lay on Ye Qiu's chest. Ye Qiu held Dong in front of him to prevent her from slipping.

The two quietly admired the wonderful starry sky.

Dong felt Ye Qiu's tears still flowing but didn't know how to comfort him, so she simply lay in his arms.

Time passed bit by bit; in a little while, the sun would rise, and the starry sky would vanish without a trace.

Thinking these thoughts, Ye Qiu felt even worse, powerless to watch his and his beloved memories disappear.

Dong suddenly moved in his arms, Ye Qiu thought she was going to struggle again, but Dong just turned herself towards Ye Qiu, both lying face to face, holding each other, a bit of an odd movement. Since no one was watching, Ye Qiu gave it no thought.

"Warm things..."

Dong said the phrase again, but Ye Qiu still didn't understand what she meant.

"Warm things..."

The voice was louder this time as Dong saw that Ye Qiu wasn't responding.

"Those stars are the warm things I can give you, they are also my most important things..."

Dong seemed dissatisfied with Ye Qiu's answer, moving restlessly in his embrace.

"Warm things... Ye Qiu..."

Ye Qiu didn't understand Dong's meaning.

Gradually, different lights began to appear in the sky. Ye Qiu knew dawn was approaching.

"Ah ah ah ah ah..."

The Dong in his arms continued to move around.

"Just a little longer, just a little longer and we can leave!"

"No, no..."

"No what?"

"Warm things..."

"As soon as it's dawn, we can..."

Before Ye Qiu could finish, Dong shouted.

"The warmest thing is Ye Qiu ah ah ah ah ah..."

Ye Qiu didn't know what was happening, Dong's body began to glow, and Ye Qiu realized that the light he saw wasn't the approaching dawn but Dong's body starting to shine.

Ye Qiu hurriedly lifted Dong up, and the two stood again on the snowy ground, Ye Qiu just watching the glowing Dong.