God's Gift

Lu Keming has always had a pair of beautiful eyes, which makes Yu Youyou's eyes often fall on his eyes.

When I first met Lu Keming, his eyebrows were always frowning, and he looked as gloomy as the Nordic forest in the story, shrouded in mist that lingered all year round. Heavy, wet rains often visited this forest forgotten by the sun, and in the depths of the forest there was nothingness and darkness.

At that time, there had never been any shadow of anyone in these eyes.

Since when did these eyes become filled with her shadow?

Yu Youyou looked at Lu Keming in a trance, as if she vaguely felt the appearance of love in Lu Keming's eyes.

During those long and distant times, Dad always looked at Mom like this.

The chill in the air dissipated a lot, and in the almost stagnant time, Yu Youyou's heart missed a beat, and then the heart that had been silent in her chest for a long time seemed to wake up, beating even louder and more inappropriately, deafeningly.

It was like a loud noise coming from the sea surface, awakening the long-silent deep sea.

Yu Youyou had repeatedly told Lu Keming that he would love her.

She always knew that she and he should love each other as a matter of course.

But what is love after all?

Yu Youyou raised her hand and slowly stroked Lu Keming's eyebrows. She looked at herself in Lu Keming's eyes in a trance and suddenly remembered what Lu Keming had said to her before, "You don't understand love."

In the distant past, before the other gods perished, they had looked at her and told her, "Oshi, you don't understand yet."

She didn't care at first.

"Lu Keming, what does love mean to you?"

Lu Keming didn't expect Yu Youyou to ask this question, but seeing that Yu Youyou's expression was no longer as nonchalant as before and was extremely serious, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Such an expression rarely appeared on Yu Youyou's face. Lu Keming seemed to see the true face that Yu Youyou had just shown him from Yu Youyou's deep eyes.

That gaze seemed to have spanned the long river of time, carrying the weight and vastness of history, staring at him silently.

Lu Keming's breathing slowed down, and the two looked at each other in the night.

After a long while, he finally spoke: "Youyou, I have dragon blood in my body."

"I know." Yu Youyou nodded. She didn't understand why Lu Keming suddenly brought up this matter, but she continued along with his words: "That's why you can turn into a dragon."

Lu Keming smiled and said, "My mother was the same as me, but she died in her twenties."

Hearing this, Yu Youyou curled her fingers. This was the first time Lu Keming took the initiative to talk to her about these things.

"Dragon blood is probably a curse to us. It makes us neither real dragons nor real humans."

"If you can't suppress the dragon blood in your body, you will turn into a dragon."

So he was treated as a monster since he was a child.

He took a deep breath and a muffled voice came out of his nose, "Dragon blood and human blood can never blend together. It is always restless and wants to completely monopolize this body."

"Unfortunately, the human body is too fragile to withstand its brutal energy. Once it completely invades this body, it will be the end of this body."

“That’s why my mother died.”

"Under normal circumstances..." Lu Keming paused for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly, "This should have been my ending."

Yu Youyou's eyes flickered slightly and her expression was a little dazed.

This was obviously something she already knew.

But now when I heard Lu Keming say it himself, it seemed different. A sour feeling spread in my chest and my breathing almost stopped.

Yu Youyou couldn't understand this feeling. She raised her hand and pounded her stuffy chest in annoyance.

Why did this body stop working at this moment? Wouldn’t a person die if he didn’t breathe?

"Youyou." Lu Ke called out to Yu Youyou, letting the dragon blood in his body become restless. Under Yu Youyou's gaze, those characteristics that were not human appeared.

Dark brown scales as rugged as rocks pierced his soft skin, extending upward from his arms to his jaw, and his body became extremely hot.

Yu Youyou looked up, and this was the scene that came into view.

She stopped and looked down at the dragon ring on Lu Keming's ring finger.

"The ring..." is still there.

Lu Keming pursed his lips, revealing a faint smile, and answered as if he didn't care: "The dragon ring can no longer suppress the dragon blood in my body."

If the dragon ring can no longer suppress the dragon blood...

Thinking of this, Yu Youyou's eyes froze.

In the other past that the system showed her, Lu Keming's transformation into a dragon was not so fast.

It seems that her awakening has accelerated the process.

If he couldn't suppress the dragon blood now, then he...

There isn't much time left.

Yu Youyou's hands clenched unconsciously. Lu Keming felt something was wrong with her. Looking at her lost in thought, he reached out and held her clenched fingers.

The scorching heat coming from the place where their skin touched drew Yu Youyou's attention back, and she looked at Lu Keming.

"Youyou, I'm not telling you this to make you worry." Lu Keming stroked Yu Youyou's hand that was stained with the cold night, "Even if I don't say it, I think you will find out sooner or later."

His Youyou is an omniscient and omnipotent god, so nothing can be hidden from her.

"I know." Yu Youyou shook her head. She leaned over and hugged Lu Keming, raising her hand to pat Lu Keming's back soothingly. Her previously clear and lively voice became incomparably gentle in the darkness at this moment.

"Don't be afraid, Mingming. It's okay. Don't be afraid..."

Yu Youyou kept muttering in Lu Keming's ear. Lu Keming wanted to comfort Yu Youyou and tell her not to worry, saying that he would definitely survive.

But she immediately came to comfort him.

This was something he had already known by heart, and he seemed to have not cared about it for so many years, but now Yu Youyou's words brought up his grievance.

Just as he finally managed to turn into a dragon and gained this terrifying power, and as if he was about to be treated kindly by the world, he was told that the dragon blood in his body would kill him and he would not live for many years.

How did he feel at that time?

Fear, pain, anger, resentment, and finally turn into grievance and confusion.

Lu Keming's eyes were moist. He took a deep breath and let go of Yu Youyou's soft body. Feeling the warmth leaving his arms, he looked at Yu Youyou and said in a tender voice:

"I am willing to live for you."

"That's my answer, Yuzu."