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I was lost and you saved me. This is the story of you and me. When I first met you, I saw you up from the immortal realm. You were in the forest collecting flowers. They were just as beautiful as you were; Meiying.
How you picked up those flowers with grace, your Hanfu fluttering in the wind, had me in awe. It was as if you were a flower yourself. Right at that moment I knew I had to come to you, be by your side.
When my brother Erlang Shen wasn’t looking, I went down to the mortal realm, to be near you. I tried hiding behind a tree in the forest, but you found me immediately. You had asked me what I was doing, sneaking around in the forest, and I could only stumble over my words, telling you a lousy lie, about how I liked venturing through the forest.
At the mention of that, your eyes had lit up, and you had started telling me all about how much you liked the forest, how it gave you comfort and how it was like your second home. It was like you couldn’t stop talking. When you realized how much you were talking, your cheeks started to redden and you apologized.
Sadly though, I had to go up to the immortal realm again, as I knew my brother would look for me soon, so I promised you to meet me at the lotus lake in the forest the day after.
And we did meet again…
We met nearly everyday at the lotus lake, talking, relaxing and just enjoying time with each other.
The more I saw you, the more desire I had to stay by your side all the time, to be your lover.
So I told you. I told you that I loved you. That you were my sunshine, my beautiful flower.
You had looked into my eyes for quite a few minutes, minutes in where my heart was beating faster than it ever had.
Finally, instead of answering me, your face got closer and you pulled me in for a kiss. That was the moment I decided, I decided to leave the immortal realm.
When I went back up, I saw a raging Erlang. I guess he found out about you and me. He screamed at me. He grabbed my shoulders and started shaking them, asking me if I were crazy.
Was I crazy? Was I crazy for loving you?
I ran to the magic den and went searching for the magical lotus lantern. With it, I could live in the mortal realm, as long as the light shimmered. I stole it and rushed to you, my love.
The next seven years were the most happy years I had ever spent. We built a little home in the forest and lived a fulfilled live, in the forest you loved so much. We spent countless evenings sitting by the lake just listening to the forest, what it had to say.
The only secret I had kept from you was that I came from the immortal world. That changed though when my brother found us. The magical lotus lantern which was shining brightly, had led him to us. He captured you.
In fear of losing you, whom I loved most, I gave my brother the lantern, to which he imprisoned me under a mountain.
For years, I couldn’t see you after that. I lived in fear that you had died, and regret. My life was filled with sorrow and pain. Daily I wondered what happened to you.
What I didn’t know though, was that you were fighting everyday for me. You went on a hunt to find the lantern, going through countries and mountains, risking your life multiple times.
After an impressive fight in one of the mountains, the Monkey King, impressed by your bravery and talent gifted you a magic axe.
At that very moment my brother Erlang found you and was about to kill you, when you, like a real hero, killed him by hitting him with the magic axe. He was split in two by the mere force of the axe combined with the pent up rage you had in yourself. You brought me the magical lotus lantern back and freed me of my prison.
When I saw you again, you had gotten even prettier; you had grown muscles from all your fighting, yet your snow white hanfu, which swayed in the wind looked perfect on you, like on the day we had first met. The crimson red blood splattered on it, made it look even more fierce and the first thing we did, was embrace in an everlasting hug. You were finally here again. You were finally mine again.
And we lived happily ever after…
