Stars Fall Into The Sea, Love Never Fades Chapter 27

Extra 1: Reunion at Starfall

At the opening ceremony of the City University, the summer wind carried the scent of camphor leaves and blew through the moving crowd.

Ah Zhi was wearing a brand new white shirt, holding the campus card he just received in his hand, standing in front of the teaching building in a daze.He was a freshman in the design department. When he filled out his application form after the college entrance examination, he accidentally chose this school thousands of miles away from home – just because the admission brochure contained a photo of a seaside teaching building with the sunset setting on the sea, which was very similar to the scene that appeared repeatedly in his dreams.

There was always a blurry white figure in his dreams, with a faint smell of cedar, softly calling “Azhi” in his ear, but every time he reached out to grab it, he only caught a void.The doctor said it was a fantasy in adolescence, but Azhi always felt that the figure really existed and was an obsession engraved in his soul.

“Classmate, could you please give way?”

A clear voice sounded from behind, with a hint of familiar tenderness, like a feather gently crossing the tip of the heart.Azhi turned his head sharply and ran into a pair of smiling eyes.

The young man was wearing a simple light gray sweatshirt, carrying a drawing board on his back, his eyebrows were arched, his nose was straight, and he had a slight smile on his lips.The sunlight fell on the tips of his hair, coating it with a layer of gold. The outline and eyes gradually overlapped with the figure in Azhi’s dream.

His heart suddenly beat wildly, an inexplicable sourness and ecstasy surged into his heart, and his eyes instantly turned red.Ah Zhi opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He could only stare blankly at the person in front of him.

The young man looked a little confused by him, but he still smiled gently: “I am Qi from the art department. I want to go to the studio upstairs. You are blocking the stairs.”

“Qi…” Ah Zhi said the name subconsciously, with an imperceptible tremor in his voice.This name has appeared countless times in dreams, and it is so familiar that it seems to be engraved in my bones.

Qi was stunned for a moment, looking at Ah Zhi’s red eyes, feeling inexplicably distressed in his heart, as if he was seeing an old friend he hadn’t seen for a long time.”Have we… met before?” he asked softly.

Ah Zhi shook his head and nodded again, his tone a little confused: “I don’t know…but when I see you, I feel very familiar, as if I have been waiting for you for a long, long time.”

This sounds a bit ridiculous, but Qi inexplicably believes it.He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: “Let’s get to know each other again. My name is Qi, majoring in oil painting in the Department of Fine Arts.”

Ah Zhi looked at his outstretched hand, his fingertips trembling slightly, and he slowly held it.The moment the palms touched, a warm current surged through the body, the familiar smell of cedar seemed to linger on the tip of the nose, and the blank space in the dream was instantly filled.

“My name is Azhi, majoring in visual communication in design.” His voice finally regained its calmness, but it was filled with irrepressible tenderness.

After the opening ceremony, Qi offered to take Azhi to get familiar with the campus.The two walked side by side under the camphor tree, chatting about each other’s majors and interests, as if they had known each other for a long time, without any sense of strangeness.

“Do you like painting?” Ah Zhi asked softly, looking at the drawing board on Qi’s back.

Qi nodded, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes: “Well, I like to draw the starry sky and the sea the most. I always feel that they can accommodate everything and hide many stories.”

Ah Zhi’s heart skipped a beat.The starry sky and the sea were also scenes that appeared repeatedly in his dreams.”I…I like it too.” He said softly, “I always dream of a sea, the sunset sets on the sea, and there is a person waiting for me on the beach.”

Qi stopped and turned to look at Ah Zhi, his eyes gentle but firm: “Maybe it’s not a dream.”

Ah Zhi was stunned, looking into Qi’s eyes, as if he saw an agreement that spanned time and space.

From that day on, the two were inseparable.A Zhi would go to Qi’s studio to paint with him. When Qi was tired of painting, he would rest on A Zhi’s shoulder and listen to him talk about the design plan. When A Zhi stayed up late to do homework, Qi would silently make him a cup of hot milk, sit next to him and paint quietly, staying with him until dawn.

They went to the beach near the school to watch the sunrise together, walked together on the playground late at night, and shared the same bowl of mango pancake.Azhi discovered that many of Qi’s habits were exactly the same as those in his dream – he liked white sweaters and mango pancakes, biting his lower lip unconsciously when drawing, frowning when he was angry but reluctant to really blame him.

And Qi also felt that when he was with Ah Zhi, he always felt an inexplicable sense of security in his heart.He will feel heartbroken when he sees Ah Zhi worrying about the design plan; he will also feel happy when he sees Ah Zhi smiling happily.He always felt that his whole life was just to meet Ah Zhi and to love him well.

In my sophomore year, the school held a campus art exhibition.Qi submitted an oil painting titled “Reunion at Falling Stars”. The painting shows two teenagers holding hands, standing on the beach under the setting sun, with the bright starry sky in the background. It is similar to the painting “Stars Falling at Sea Horizon”.

On the day of the exhibition, Azhi stood in front of the painting and didn’t speak for a long time.The scene in the painting perfectly overlaps with his dream, and also gradually overlaps with the time he and Qi experienced together.

“Do you like it?” Qi walked to him and asked softly.

Azhi nodded, his eyes flushed: “I like it. It seems… we used to stand on the beach like this.”

Qi held his hand, intertwined their fingertips, and said in a gentle but firm voice: “Yes. It was before, it is now, and it will be in the future.”

He took out a small wooden photo frame from his pocket, and inside was a photo of the two of them – it was taken when they went to the beach last time. Ah Zhi was wearing a white T-shirt, Qi was leaning on his shoulder, smiling with crooked eyebrows, and the sun shone on the two of them, warm and dazzling.

“I searched for this photo frame for a long time,” Qi said softly. “The first time I saw it, I thought it should contain our photos.”

Ah Zhi took the photo frame, his fingertips touched the cold glass, and tears burst out instantly.He knew that this was not a coincidence, but an obsession from the previous life, a fate in this life, and an agreement that spanned life and death.

After the exhibition, the two took a walk on the beach.The sunset gradually sets in the west, and the orange-red afterglow shines on the sea, warm and bright.

“Azhi,” Qi stopped and turned to look at Azhi with serious eyes, “I don’t know what our relationship was in the previous life, nor what we experienced. But I know that in this life, I don’t want to miss you again. I want to see all the stars and seas with you, walk through all the spring, summer, autumn and winter together, and grow old together.”

Ah Zhi looked into his eyes, his heart filled with warmth and determination.He stretched out his hand and hugged Qi tightly, his voice choked with sobs: “Me too. Qi, we will never be separated in all our lives.”

The sea breeze rolled up the corners of their clothes, carrying a salty and wet breath, as if witnessing their agreement.

The starry sky in the distance gradually lights up, bright and bright.Ah Zhi knew that this was the beginning of their next life and the continuation of their eternal agreement.

In this life with no regrets and no separation, they will love each other well, stay together well, and make up for the unfinished time in the previous life bit by bit.

And that love that spans life and death will shine even more dazzlingly in this life.