Alexander found it somewhat amusing as he pinched her cheeks and sighed. "Are you silly?"


    He said again, "In this kind of ce, even if I don''t want you, where else can I go?"


    Quinn pursed her lips. She couldn''t think much. Waking up and not seeing him, her natural first reaction was feeling abandoned.


    Her bright blue eyes stared directly at him, tears hanging at the corners, looking as pitiful as could be.


    There was always a magical charm on Quinn''s face. A pout from her small mouth could easily dissipate one''s temper.


    Alexander gazed at her for a while, then sighed helplessly and pulled her up by the arm.


    With Alexander around, the wind seemed to soften, and the bird songs in the branches no longer sounded eerie, as if singing a luby for the birds.


    Alexander put his arm around her shoulder; and Quinn nestled tightly in his embrace as they walked through the bushes.


    Quinn had run too deep into the forest. They had been walking for a long time but still hadn''t found their way out. The trees around them all looked the same; and the canopy overhead was so dense that they couldn''t use the night sky to determine their direction. To put it another way, they werepletely lost.


    Alexander had only one lighter, which he extinguished after finding Quinn. Now, they werepletely blind in the forest, making it dangerous to proceed.


    Alexander was searching for a seemingly safe spot when he suddenly noticed many green glows floating ahead.


    Quinn widened her eyes slowly and joyfully tugged at Alexander''s arm.


    She recognized them as fireflies. Quinn had never seen fireflies before, only on TV. At this moment, seeing living fireflies, her heart surged with excitement. She let go of Alexander and ran towards the fireflies.


    Alexander cautioned her from behind. "Slow down!"


    His first reaction upon seeing the fireflies was not romantic but about water sources. Where there were fireflies, there should be water sources.


    Quinn reached the group of fireflies, the green lights surrounding her, flickering around her.


    She joyfully reached out to catch them, but each firefly she caught ended up crushed when she opened her hand.


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    Alexander leaned against a nearby tree trunk, watching her dance in the glow. In his tired eyes, a hint of inadvertent trance crept in.


    The grass here wasn''t very tall, reaching just up to Quinn''s knees. Illuminated by the glow of fireflies, one could still make out the flowers blooming amidst the grass.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org - ?.


    With mist rising in the woods, a faint mist hung in the air,plemented by therge green glows and flowers, resembling a world from a fairy tale.


    Quinn''s nightgown was torn; and in the hazy halo, it appeared distant and unreal yet blended with the forest as if she belonged there.


    She seemed like an elf returning to her fairy-tale forest, every expression fitting perfectly. It felt like she could disappear into the mist at any moment.


    Alexander raised his hand to his chest, breathing, pulling at his lungs. He couldn''t tell if it was his ribs hurting or the paining from his back.


    In a daze, Quinn had alreadye up to him. She held out her hands, offering them to Alexander. Quinn slowly opened her palms, and a few fireflies with green light flew out from her hands, dimly illuminating their faces. His gaze passed through the speckled lights andnded on Quinn''s face.


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    She beamed at him, her smile radiant, her eyes curved, her long hair lifting in the wind.


    Alexander''s eyes twinkled for a moment, then he extended his hand, gently touching her face.


    She held his hand, tilting her head and rubbing it in his palm, a signal of her affection.


    Alexander''s lips moved slightly, his Adam''s apple bobbing.


    Before he could react, Quinn dropped his hand and ran back, chasing after the fireflies, her white clothes brushing through the grass, dancing in the glow.


    She felt like there were more fireflies ahead. Suddenly, as she ran, the ground beneath her feet disappeared; and she fell unexpectedly.


    Alexander called, "Quinn!"


    Alexander''s expression changed abruptly; and he suddenly straightened up, rushing toward her.


    Arriving at where she fell, Quinn had already gotten up from the ground.