Stars Fall Into The Sea, Love Never Fades Chapter 55

Chapter 52: Time returns to dust and eternal reunion

Time flies, and decades fly by.

Shen Zhi and Lin Qi both have white hair, and their faces are covered with traces of time.They no longer spend time in the studio every day like they did when they were young, but more often they sit on the wicker chairs on the balcony, basking in the sun, flipping through the yellowed paintings, chatting about the past during the Anti-Japanese War and the tranquility of the peace era.

As Shen Zhi’s eyesight became worse and worse, Lin Qi read him the details in the paintings; Lin Qi’s hearing gradually declined, so Shen Zhi held his hand and conveyed his feelings with his fingertips.Their communication became less and less, but their understanding became more and more tacit. They could understand each other’s thoughts with just one look or movement.

“Shen Zhi,” Lin Qi leaned on Shen Zhi’s shoulder that day, his voice hoarse, “I seem to have seen unbounded time and space. There are white roses there, an eternal sunset, and…many of us.”

Shen Zhi’s heart tightened suddenly and he hugged him tightly: “I saw it too. We can go there soon and never be separated again.”

Lin Qi nodded, with a relieved smile in his eyes: “Okay. When we get there, you will design a studio for me, and I will paint the starry sky for you.”

“Okay.” Shen Zhi’s voice was trembling, but extremely firm.

One morning a few days later, Lin Qi quietly closed his eyes in Shen Zhi’s arms.When he left, he had a smile on his lips and held the copper star pendant tightly in his hand.

Shen Zhi didn’t cry, just kissed his forehead gently and put the pendant around his neck.He knew that Lin Qi did not leave, but went to the unbounded time and space first, waiting for him.

Two years later, at dusk when the sun set over the sea, Shen Zhi lay on a wicker chair, holding Lin Qi’s paintbrush in his hand, looking at the white roses outside the window, and closed his eyes forever.

There was a thick picture album in his hand, and the last page was drawn by him using his last strength – two figures holding hands, standing on the seaside under the setting sun, with the bright starry sky in the background.The inscription is: Shen Zhi and Lin Qi will never be separated, life after life.

In accordance with their last wishes, the family scattered their ashes into their favorite sea.The sea breeze picked up the two wisps of ashes and entwined them, like two souls finally embracing each other.

The moment his consciousness dissipated, Shen Zhi felt a familiar smell of cedar, warm and real.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw that familiar figure.The young man was wearing a light gray sweatshirt, carrying a drawing board on his back, and with arched eyebrows, standing on the beach under the sunset, smiling at him.

“Shen Zhi,” the young man’s voice was clear and smooth, with a familiar tenderness, “I have been waiting for you for a long time.”

Shen Zhi walked forward quickly and hugged him tightly, as if he wanted to put all his thoughts in this life into this hug.”Lin Qi, I’m here.” His voice was choked, but full of peace.

“Let’s go home.” Lin Qi held his hand. The moment his fingertips touched, all traces of time disappeared and they returned to their youthful appearance.

The two held hands and walked towards the cabin on the beach.The white roses in front of the house are in full bloom, the sea behind the house is vast, and the stars gradually light up in the sky, bright and bright.

There is no war, no separation, no passage of time, only eternal warmth and tranquility.

They will be here, together forever.

But the “Xingluo Studio” in the human world is still running, and their stories are still being circulated.The love between Shen Zhi and Lin Qi turned into eternal light, illuminating the path of one generation after another.

The stars set in Changning, but love never fades.

This is their story, a perseverance in the flames of war, a stay in peace, an agreement across time and space, and a bond for life and death.

In the boundless time and space, they will be together forever, until eternity.