Evening.

After buying a bunch of stuff and storing it at home, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao went out to rush to a dinner appointment with Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao. At this point, both had put on matching T-shirts representing the "Campus Hero" and "Campus Beauty Hero" without prior planning.

The "Campus Hero" T-shirt featured a golden school gate on the chest, with a red "校" character on the signboard and a green four-leaf clover depicted inside the gate, symbolizing the "school grass"; the "Campus Beauty Hero" T-shirt had a purple flower inside the gate instead.

After descending the stairs and holding hands while walking for a while, Ye Yuqiao suddenly blushed and hit Chen Hao on the shoulder, asking, "Why are you keep laughing like a fool?"

"Don't you think wearing such clothes is kind of silly?" Chen Hao laughed out loud.

Ye Yuqiao frowned and abruptly stopped, saying unhappily, "If you think it's silly, then we shouldn't wear it, let's go back and change!"

No sooner had Ye Yuqiao spoken than she turned to go back upstairs.

Chen Hao hurriedly grabbed Ye Yuqiao's hand, pulled her into his arms with a sudden yank, and whispered while hugging her waist, "Actually, it's not that I think it's silly? It's actually quite sweet, quite embarrassing, don't you think? My queen?"

With a stern face, Ye Yuqiao huffed and muttered discontentedly, "It's our first time wearing matching couple shirts and you dare to mock it. I don't even complain that the clothes are ugly!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Chen Hao nodded repeatedly at first, then suddenly shook his head, saying "no" three times before adding, "My queen, even the ugliest clothes become beautiful when you wear them!"

Ye Yuqiao gave Chen Hao a look of disdain and said, "Save that line for fooling little girls!"

"Isn't there a lovely little girl standing right in front of me?" Chen Hao said, tilting his head to approach Ye Yuqiao's face, "A kiss, my queen!"

"No way!" Ye Yuqiao turned her head to the right side, evading Chen Hao's advance.

After nightfall, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao entered the restaurant hand in hand. Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao had already been waiting beside the dining table for a long time.

Seeing Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao approaching in their matching couple shirts from afar, the trio started to hoot, causing Ye Yuqiao to blush. Despite this, Ye Yuqiao felt sweetness in her heart. Having known Chen Hao for so long, this was the first time she felt so relaxed, so happy. It was also the first time she discovered the joys of being a person from the mortal world.

After sitting down, Ye Yuqiao first looked at Chen Hao, whom she had mixed feelings about, then at Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao in succession. She realized that the happiness of being human can sometimes be simple—being with the person you like and with your friends, sharing all the hard-earned bliss and pain.

Watching Chen Hao chatting and laughing with them, Ye Yuqiao suddenly chuckled to herself, thinking that if she really had left last night, she wouldn't have experienced this moment of happiness and joy.

However, just thinking about the secret in her heart that she had yet to reveal to Chen Hao made Ye Yuqiao's heart race; she feared that one day she might lose everything she had at the moment.

It wasn't until Chen Hao suddenly held her hand that she was brought back from her panic.

"What's wrong?" asked Chen Hao softly, while stroking Ye Yuqiao's soft hair. "Do you feel unwell?"

Ye Yuqiao shook her head, forced a smile on her face, and then leaned in close to Chen Hao's ear to whisper, "Thank you, for giving me such a wonderful day."

"Did you like going shopping with me today?"

"I loved everything today!"

"What about me?" Chen Hao suddenly sat up straight, blinking his eyes rapidly as he looked at Ye Yuqiao.

Ye Yuqiao was amused by Chen Hao and chuckled lightly, "I like everything except you!"

"You two deities, this is a public space. Do you really have no shame in showing off your affection?" Xie Xiaofeng complained. "I seriously doubt you two will ever experience the seven-year itch."

"What's the seven-year itch?" Ye Yuqiao suddenly widened her eyes and asked Xie Xiaofeng.

Xie Xiaofeng scratched his head, his face betraying his helplessness. Then, he explained to Ye Yuqiao that the so-called seven-year itch refers to the potential crisis married couples might face in their seventh year together, when the routine and monotony of married life could become boring and uninteresting.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Ye Yuqiao's expression turned gloomy. Considering her own lifespan of tens of thousands of years, but the people of the mortal world couldn't even endure seven years of monotony, Ye Yuqiao was filled with melancholy.

Ye Yuqiao worried about whether, even if she could marry Chen Hao, they might still encounter this so-called seven-year itch. Moreover, once Chen Hao's life ended, it would only take a mere hundred or so years for him to reincarnate. In his next life, if Chen Hao fell in love with someone else or no longer held her dear, what would she do? Was she to face the torment and betrayal of pining love with tears for countless millennia?

Once again, Ye Yuqiao felt the warmth from Chen Hao's palm.

"Don't worry," Chen Hao said with a smile, looking into Ye Yuqiao's eyes with resolute conviction, "we won't have a seven-year itch between us!"

"But what about a hundred years later, in your next life?" Ye Yuqiao urgently asked in her heart, but dared not voice it to Chen Hao.

Chen Hao's next life was already destined to cultivate a three-lifetime bond with another woman. All of this, Ye Yuqiao was very clear about in her heart.

In a flash, Ye Yuqiao's eyes brimmed with tears.

Chen Hao held Ye Yuqiao's hand even tighter. Having spent several months together, he had come to understand the girl beside him. She was sensitive, fragile, and prone to overthinking, and what he needed to do was to keep his gaze firm and make himself stronger and more reassuring.

"Xie Xiaofeng!" Chen Hao looked at Xie Xiaofeng furiously, "You're really enough, bringing up the seven-year itch when we're not even twenty yet, why bring that up at all?"

Xie Xiaofeng fell silent, at a loss for words!

"It's no big deal!" Ye Yuqiao pursed her lips, shook her head, then looked apologetically at Xie Xiaofeng, "I'm sorry, we're here to celebrate today. I don't want to dampen everyone's spirits!"

Having said that, Ye Yuqiao raised her glass to clink with Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao, but she pointedly did not clink glasses with Chen Hao.

Once the atmosphere had returned to its previous lively state, Chen Hao quietly asked Ye Yuqiao, "Hey, why didn't you toast and celebrate with me?"

"When I'm upset, shouldn't you be sharing that with me?" Ye Yuqiao countered.

"I'm willing, very willing!" Chen Hao nodded repeatedly. He knew that by saying this, Ye Yuqiao was showing she was opening up to him. "Then tell me, why are you upset?"

"Because I hate you!" Ye Yuqiao said to Chen Hao, her eyes twinkling with mirth.

..

An hour later.

On the outskirts of Y City, the temperature suddenly plummeted!

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