Maria Lin’s eyes were clear and sincere. For a moment, the clarity in her eyes made Charlie Wade feel a jolt. When their eyes met, Maria Lin instinctively thought of looking away, but she quickly gave up the idea.
At this moment, she chose to let her shy and gentle self retreat slightly, and let her brave and determined self face Charlie Wade, expressing her stance and sincerity with her eyes.
Without a doubt, she admired Charlie Wade. Even though she was much older and more mature than Charlie Wade, the girl in her heart had long since fallen for the handsome and courageous man in front of her.
In the past, she would always restrain herself from showing those emotions, but at this moment, she chose to face Charlie Wade and herself directly.
When Charlie Wade saw the look in her eyes, he felt a sudden sense of panic.
This feeling was different from Claire Willson’s, different from Nanako’s, and different from any other woman who had ever gotten close to him.
Because only Maria Lin knows everything about him, and only he knows everything about Maria Lin.
That feeling of being the only one who understands you best, and the only one who understands me best, will never be found in another person in this world.
It’s impossible not to be moved by such a smart, beautiful, and incredibly resilient girl.
For a moment, Charlie Wade also felt that if one day everything settled down and he no longer had to worry about revenge and repairing the chain, if he could ride horses in the South Mountain with Maria Lin, he would definitely have a feeling that was even more sublime than happiness for the rest of his life. Charlie Wade didn’t know how to describe it, so he would just call it a sense of destiny. It was as if this was the most perfect and appropriate way for his life to end.
That kind of ultimate perfection is like a drop of water in the sea hundreds of millions of years ago, which evaporated from the sea, crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, and turned into snow in the polar regions. For tens of millions of years afterward, it remained there quietly. But that was not its true perfect destination. It waited and waited for tens of millions of years until the global warming at the end of the Permian period. The ice and snow that had not melted for tens of millions of years finally melted, and that drop of water finally returned to the sea after tens of millions of years.
This is the true destiny.
Maria Lin used to possess the gentleness, grace, and restraint of a woman from the Ming Dynasty, while Charlie Wade had the sense of constraint that comes with being a married man. Both of them treated each other with respect.
But after going through so much together, even exploring the most wondrous ancient formations in the world, and returning to Antarctica, the two of them couldn’t help but feel a bit more carefree.
Like a weary ox or horse in a bustling city, suddenly lying on a plateau free from light pollution, staring at the Milky Way all night without blinking, with the vast universe before you and your own insignificance in your heart.
At that moment, one’s vision and perspective will be greatly expanded by the deep and magnificent Milky Way, and the layers of shackles that have previously imprisoned the heart will also meet their weakest moment.
If you have the courage to shatter it at this moment, it will never be able to get close to you again, and you will never be troubled by it again.
But if you miss its weakest moment, the difficulty of breaking it will only increase exponentially for the rest of your life. The shackles will eventually become a cage, and there will be no chance to escape.
The two shared the same feeling, staring intently at each other on the vast Antarctic ice sheet.
Maria Lin didn’t blush. Beneath her delicate appearance lay an extremely strong spiritual power. She simply looked at Charlie Wade with firm, clear, and bright eyes.
Charlie Wade returned the look with the same unwavering gaze.
At that moment, both of them saw the boundless and magnificent Milky Way in each other’s eyes.
They stared at each other, not even noticing that the snowmobile’s steering wheel had slightly veered off course.
The enormous snowmobile drew a huge circle on this boundless ice sheet.
One lap, two laps, until the car’s map beeped an alarm, Charlie Wade finally snapped out of his reverie.
Maria Lin also noticed this, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
It was at this moment that she finally understood the true meaning of the phrase “a glance lasts a thousand years”.
If time could have stood still forever at that moment, she would even feel that the entire universe was created for this moment.
But time cannot stand still, and she understands that in the vast universe, she is not a protagonist, but just an insignificant speck of dust.
Charlie Wade felt a deep sense of loss. In the past, he had never taken the initiative with any woman other than Claire Willson. Even with Nanako Ito, who seemed to be tailor-made for him in every way, he rarely took the initiative.
But at that moment, he suddenly made a decision.
He felt that if he gave up, he would regret it for the rest of his life!
He suddenly stopped the snowmobile that was circling in place, looked at Maria Lin beside him as before, and then held her hand tightly.
At that moment, Maria Lin’s heart was in her throat.
Four hundred years of running around in circles couldn’t compare to the tension in my heart at this moment.
She looked at Charlie Wade, not even daring to breathe deeply, afraid that her heartbeat would affect what Charlie Wade was about to say to her.
Charlie Wade was not nervous.
He simply looked intently into her eyes, a thousand words welling up in his throat, but in the end, he could only utter a dry sentence: “Wan’er, from now on, wherever I go, I hope you can accompany me.”
Although Charlie Wade is not dull, he also doesn’t understand romance.
All the heartfelt confessions he could think of were reduced to this one sentence.
Maria Lin’s eyes instantly welled up with tears.
In her life, she has met too many people, experienced too many things, and witnessed too much so-called deep affection.
However, none of them seemed as sincere as Charlie Wade’s simple and plain words.
Maria Lin couldn’t stop her tears from flowing. She wiped them away with her other hand while gripping Charlie Wade’s hand even tighter. Through her tears, she smiled and choked out, “Young Master, I’m afraid I can live for another hundred years…”
Charlie nodded emphatically and said firmly, “Then a hundred years!”