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If this is retribution, it only shows that Wang Taika is still too kind.

Wang Taika thought to himself, watching Noona continue tying her hair with her head down, and laughed, "Are you sure you can do it?"

"Shh, quiet!" Nuna said without looking up, concentrating on her work, "I'm tying you tighter so you don't run away. So keep quiet."

Hush, be quiet!

This was also Noona's catchphrase a long time ago. However, as we all know, catchphrases, like popular words, are subject to change. So Wang Taika hasn't heard this phrase in a long time.

In that moment, it felt like stepping back into a summer in Seoul. I do have many memories of summer evenings spent chatting and laughing like that.

Wang Taika smiled, lost in thought for a moment, then looked down at Noona's head, watching her carefully tying the knot, and a certain part of his heart was filled with emotion.

After tying it up, Nuna took a half step back and looked it over, nodding in satisfaction: "Hmm, not bad. Consider this my token of love for you."

"So hasty?" Wang Taika was speechless.

"Haha, that seems rather hasty! Never mind then, let's just ask what you want as a token of our love?" Nuna said, feeling a pang of guilt.

We've been together for so long, and although I've given you quite a few gifts here and there, I've definitely lacked something substantial.

But this sense of ritual often appears during the initial passionate phase of a relationship. Now that Wang Taika and Noona are truly an old married couple, sometimes when they do these things, it's not because they're afraid of the trouble, but because they feel embarrassed, with a kind of inexplicable little shame.

No problem, Wang Taika and Noona's relationship has always been a very simple lip-to-lip friendship.

Wang Taika was unaware of Nuna's little schemes. He just thought for a moment and said with a mischievous smile, "I want that sentence you wrote on the album."

Nuna's face flushed red instantly. Not from shyness, but from shame. These were two different emotions.

I don't know where it came from, but the image of a bed suddenly popped into my head. Now, when Nuna thinks about it, she feels like she can't face it.

People can't even empathize with themselves a second ago, let alone themselves a few years ago.

So when she thinks back to her old classifications of warehouse-level, entryway-level, living room-level, etc., Nuna feels like she's about to faint from anger at her own idiotic actions.

So Nuna lowered her head, pretending to examine the items at another stall, and said in a muffled voice, "What do you want, my sheets or my blanket? Take it."

Wang Taika laughed: "Okay, then I'll choose carefully when the time comes."

Noona turned around and looked at Wang Taika. The moonlight and the lights of the night market fell on her face, making her expression both angry and shy, and also a little soft in a way.

“Don’t be like this!” Nuna said.

Of course, it doesn't have that Taiwanese accent feel. But it definitely has that coquettish charm!
Wang Taika's heart softened: "What kind of look?"

“Exactly,” Nuna touched her nose, “the way she acts so self-righteous.”

Wang Taika laughed: "Then what should I look like? A guilty look? A look of remorse? A look of lying down and apologizing?"

"Shouldn't you be kneeling down to apologize? Not lying down, but crouching down? You really never seem to suffer a loss," Nuna said angrily.

Wang Taika laughed: "The key is not in the actions, but in the attitude."

Nuna pursed her lips, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Then you don't need to apologize."

Wang Taika said to Nuna, "But I still owe you an apology."

Nuna's eyes flickered: "Why?"

“There are many reasons.” Wang Taika looked at Nuna and lowered his voice: “Because I always let you process those bad emotions alone. Because I knew you would overthink things, but I didn’t come to be with you right away. There are many, many more reasons, and the Clara incident is just one of the insignificant ones.”

Nuna's eyelashes fluttered, but her expression remained unchanged. She was silent for a long time before saying, "You're doing it again."

Wang Taika was bewildered: "What started?"

“You’re taking all the blame again.” Noona looked up at Wang Taika, her gaze calm and serious. “Clara’s situation was her own choice, it has nothing to do with me. Although it does concern you, I know it doesn’t really matter. Because you can be very chaotic at times, and I’ve already chosen to accept your chaos. I also know that many times, the reason you didn’t come to me immediately was because you thought I needed space, not because you didn’t care about me.”

Wang Taika was taken aback: "How do you know what I'm thinking?" "Because I'm your Noona!" Noona said, a small smile curving her lips.

Wang Taika looked at Noona. Her small, fair face, which always looked several years younger than her actual age, appeared both gentle and resolute in the night.

Nuna said with a smile, "How long have I known you? Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Actually, you're one of the few people who truly understand me, knowing when I need my own space. It was good that we were just friends back then. It's not like we're together now, because we care about each other more, some things we say aren't as pure anymore."

Wang Taika suddenly hugged Noona, wishing he could just pull this little dwarf into his arms and onto his body.

The night market was bustling with people. Some were haggling over prices at the stalls, some were taking pictures with their phones, and some were laughing loudly.

But at that moment, Wang Taika couldn't hear anything. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, Noona, sometimes I don't dare to come to you because I feel like I don't know what to say when we meet."

"I'm afraid to see you sad, I'm afraid you'll ask me questions I can't answer, I'm afraid you'll look at me with those eyes. Actually, after saying all this, it's not that I'm afraid of you, but that I can't face it myself. Because I really am a very bad person."

Only after Wang Taika finished saying all this did he release Noona.

Noona didn't reply, but simply reached out and gently took Wang Taika's hand.

The night market was bustling with people, and no one noticed each other in the corner. But the scene they saw in each other's eyes at that moment would probably be remembered for a very long time.

Under the cover of night, gusts of wind blew by, carrying the unique nighttime temperature of the Philippines. In the distance, someone was singing; the lyrics were indistinct, but the melody was gentle.

Their eyes met, like a spiritual kiss.

Noona was silent for three seconds, then she lifted her foot and landed precisely on Wang Taika's foot.

Caught off guard, Wang Taika looked down in pain to examine his foot.

Noona saved herself the trouble; she didn't even need to tiptoe, she just tilted her head up and lightly touched Wang Taika's lips.

Wang Taika was shocked by Nuna's outrageous move: "This works too?"

“Why not?” Nuna smiled. The moonlight shone from the side, dividing her face into light and shadow, and her eyes reflected the moonlight, shining as if stars had fallen into them.

Wang Taika chuckled, glanced at the cheap bracelets on each other's wrists, and smiled knowingly. When he looked up again, he quickly reached out and covered Noona's eyes.

“Noona, I’ve actually prepared a token of our love for you.” Wang Taika took out a box from his pocket and asked, “But before that, I still want to confirm one thing. What was the most unforgettable experience Noona had with me? I want to know if Noona thinks the same way I do.”

Nuna thought about it, and realized that the two of them had indeed been to many places, many countries, and many cities together.

Seoul, Los Angeles, Sapporo, and Oakland—each city holds unique memories. But the most unforgettable one is Sapporo in Hokkaido.

It wasn't because that period was the happiest time, but precisely because that period was an immense pain that I had never experienced in my life and would never experience again in the rest of my life!
That was the eve of two people truly beginning to grow closer, to the point of absurdity that crossed the line of reason, and then having to separate immediately. An unprecedented, soul-wrenching torment!

Noona feels that Wang Taika probably prefers Auckland, since that's where they confirmed their relationship, and Wang Taika hates saying goodbye.

Even so, Nuna refused to give in and still revealed her true answer.

"Hokkaido, Sapporo."

The next moment, Noona clearly felt the hand covering her eyes begin to tremble, and Wang Taika hugged her from behind, his voice also trembling.

"Nuna, it turns out you really understand me. Fortunately, I also feel that pain. So I'm giving you a gift that's uniquely yours."

The blindfold was removed, and Nuna gently opened her eyes, only to see a complex and exquisite jade chain in the box in front of her.

Wang Taika said softly, "The Chain of the World, the Fire of Asia. Its name is very special, it's called the Kuroshio Sea of ​​Hokkaido."

The firmament of memory is devoured by butterflies, and fireworks in the wilderness scorch the sunset. Only when the abyss surges forth a black sea does hopeless love find fulfillment.

"Kuroshio?" Nuna's gaze, which had been focused, suddenly blurred. Countless memories of the past flashed back unexpectedly.

A heart is like a lone boat battered by waves, and the symbolism of the Kuroshio Current lies in this moment of unspoken understanding.

That was the most silent kind of love. (End of Chapter)