Clouds float into the air, slowly fading into the sky. She sat there, accompanied only by a gaiwan and her pipe. For what purpose is she calling me out today? Her slant eye glance at the moon. The sound of Guzheng played beautifully in the street, older men from across the place laughing and gambling, but somehow even among this crowd, I can't take my focus off her. She looks incredibly stunning tonight in her white dress. Her cold and charming eyes, just like glaze lilies. She put her hands below her chin elegantly and smiled at me. One thing about her smile, it never felt sincere, nor it felt fake.
In her usual tone, she called "Aether," I gulped; she gives in a sober mood. I took a sip from the tea. She blew the smokes into my face, "Have you ever heard the rumor about us across the harbor?" I have heard some of it, not sure what it was. But I understand, as the tianquan of the Liyue qixing, even the slightest rumor could become a weapon against herself. "Haha, don't get me wrong, I couldn't care less about those rumors." As expected of the best business-woman in Teyvat, she could know what I think just from the slightest frown on my face. "So, young man, what do you think about us?" The tea I just sipped stuck on my throat. "Hmmm?" She tilted her head. What's the meaning of her words? One wrong word, and who knows what will happen to me. Her elegant beauty is unrivaled, but even the thought that I have a feeling for the tianquan of the qixing is unforgivable. What is she to me, huh? I don't have an answer for that.
Her grand figure is often overlooked by the fact that she has a dazing look and gorgeous eye. Are we friends? What if I am the only one who thinks that way? How does she look at me? Only as another card to add to the hand. Yeah, that is possible. I am too full of myself to see myself in the same place as her. "Come, let us go somewhere else; I can't stand this place stench anymore." Then why is she asking me to meet her there in the first place? She takes me to the highest hill in Mount tianheng; using her geo power, she floats to the mountain; that's not fair. After a long climbing, she pulled me. "Come forward, stand beside me. Do you see the Jade Chamber?" She proudly pointing at the chamber,
"At first, it was just a room, and now it clouds Liyue. When the time comes that it hangs above all of the seven nations," "I hope you shall stand by my side on that day too." Is it okay if I translate it like that, I need to ask her what she thinks about me? "Huh?" Maybe that was too impolite for me to ask her that. "You are incredibly honest with yourself, your embarrassment is written all over your face" "I've always believed that children are the most naive and innocent. At first, I only saw you as another pawn." "Don't look that disappointed, that's just how I am." I always pretended that we walk on the same level, but one can only pretend for so long. I am glad I can finally hear it from her directly, but I can't stop myself from feeling disappointed. "I always think about the profit in time, But, the time I've spent with you is already a solid return. Sure, no Mora has been made from it, but I think that the time spent with you is truly the greatest investment." She doesn't smile, she takes a deep inhales in her pipe. "I'm usually not so quick to place my trust in others, but it seems I will no longer be able to make such claims, if only I had more like you, no, I think you are all that I need."
"From your look earlier, I feel sad about how low you think of me. Have I ever once mention mora in our free time?" Perhaps I have been unfair to her. "Your turn now, what do you think of our relationship now?" I still don't have the answer to that, but I know that this feeling in my heart when I look at her eyes. I kneeled and hold her hands, "I think I love you, Ningguang." From all this time we have been together, her ambition helps me to go forward, "I still need time to find my sister, and I won't bother you with your ambitions, but I have loved you for a very long time" Her blushing face I never see and can't imagine before, in the end, she is still a girl. I don't think she anticipates this and maybe I am too disrespectful to her. "Ha-ha, I-I, many men have kneeled before me but never do I feel anything like this. Aether, you never stopped surprising me." I am still waiting for her answer, "This might be the most interesting deal I'll ever have, I'll be honored." Wait, really? "On one condition, kiss me softly" She pulled my chin slowly, the tenderness in her tongue, the beauty of the jade reflected in her eyes, the moonlight never feel so clement as tonight.