Basking under the gentle rays of the midnight moon, Noah lay on the cool grass with his eyes fixed on the moon. Despite having such an important day the next day, Noah did not seem much bothered about it.
'This is the last day I would spend in this body. Maybe we should find a place to bury this body.' Noah thought as he looked at his hands, 'She would have to say goodbye to her son for the last time.'
A frown appeared on his face, thinking how difficult it might get for the woman after remembering the day when she first got the news about his death.
"What are you thinking?" the gentle breeze carried a beautiful voice to his ears, breaking his thoughts. Noah turned and saw Xin Yan standing behind him, her eyes glancing at him with a gentle smile, so warm that it caused all of his worries to vanish like it was some magic.
He watched as her beautiful nightgown fluttered in the air, carving the beautiful image of her beautiful appearance in his mind.
"About you!" the words came out of Noah's mouth without him even realizing, even after a few seconds of saying those words, he did not realize what he had just said.
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It was only when he saw her eyes trembling with zealous and earnest emotions. Taking a deep breath, she calmed herself and looked at Noah before walking forward and taking a seat beside him.
With the shift of air, as Noah took a breath, a calming smell of lilies washed over him.
"I... want you to... use Tian's body to help you in the creation tomorrow." Xin Yan's words were nothing Noah would have expected to come from her. He could not think of any reason that would cause her to decide this.
"Why...?" It was the only word that could come out of his mouth.
"Up until now, a couple of days ago, I was just thinking about entering deep seclusion until someday Long Tian would come to find me." Xin Yan started speaking with a self-deprecating chuckle on her face. "The world is a bitch to kick the reality in my face. Long Tian would not just pop up in this body magically.
I don't think I can ever be able to bear letting this body of his get buried. Who knows if, by the time he comes back, I will even be the same mother he knew.... I... I..." Xin Yan's voice quivered as she tried to wipe the tears from her face, but they would not stop coming back.
*Thump!*
Seeing the state Xin Yan was in, Noah moved forward and enveloped her in a tight hug. In her shock, Xin Yan stopped breathing, let alone crying; she looked around with a lost look on her face.
"There is no need to think much; you would always be the same person, and when I say you are a great mother, I mean it. I am sure Long Tian also knows that, and there is nothing you can do that would change that." Noah traced his palm on her back to calm her down; Xin Yan melted in Noah's embrace hearing his words.
"You should know that your son is not this body but the soul who lived inside this body. The boy you spent years chasing after, loving, and caring for..." With each word Noah spoke, Xin Yan recalled the time she spent with her son.
"You are right!" Xin Yan wiped her eyes before moving backward, her eyes flaring with determination and love. "There is no need to think too much about it. No matter how he would come back, he would always be my son."
Noah nodded hearing her words, but she was not done speaking. Tilting her head, Xin Yan looked at Noah with love and affection. Raising her hand, she placed it on her cheek, caressing it with tenderness. "Who would have thought that I would fall in love with the person taking over my son's body, not that I regret falling for you. Noah, I want you to use this body tomorrow, and I also want you to...."