The divorce comeback system arrived right after I was born.

Before the first firework above the castle had even faded, Pei Ningxue had already looked up.

Chen Zhi stood behind her and felt her entire center of gravity shift backward. Without thinking, he naturally wrapped his arms around her waist.

Pei Ningxue did not turn around.

She placed her hands on the back of Chen Zhihuan's hands, which were wrapped around his waist, and interlocked her ten fingers one by one.

"Bang—bang bang—"

Three golden fireworks rose into the sky in succession, spreading out above the castle's spire, their light scattering in all directions before slowly falling, trailing long tails.

A gasp of amazement erupted from the surrounding crowd.

Immediately afterwards, the water curtain in front of the castle lit up.

A massive curtain of water gushed forth from the shadows on either side of the castle, lasers projecting classic Disney fairytale scenes onto the mist: Cinderella's glass slipper, Aladdin's flying carpet, and Rapunzel's sky lantern.

The background music poured out from speakers all around, a symphonic version of "A Whole New World".

Chen Zhi rested his chin on Pei Ningxue's shoulder.

"Is it pretty?" he asked.

Pei Ningxue did not answer.

Her fingers tightened slightly on the back of his hand.

Another round of fireworks went off, this time in a fan shape, interwoven with blue and purple, shooting towards each other from both sides of the castle, converging at the highest point, and blooming into a giant lotus flower in the air.

The light illuminated the entire square as bright as day, then quickly dimmed.

In the flickering light, everyone's face was tinged with different colors.

Pei Ningxue suddenly closed her eyes.

She released Chen Zhi's hand, clasped her hands together, and raised them to her chest.

Chen Zhi tilted his head to look at her profile.

The flashes of fireworks illuminated her face, her eyelashes casting dappled shadows on her cheekbones. Her expression was serious, her lips moving slightly as if she were silently reciting something.

This is President Pei, who signs contracts worth billions without his wrists even trembling.

At this moment, with her eyes closed, she looked as devout as a little girl entering a church for the first time.

About seven or eight seconds later, Pei Ningxue opened her eyes.

"What do you wish for?" Chen Zhi whispered in her ear.

"It won't work if you say it."

"President Pei actually believes in this?"

"It's not President Pei today." Pei Ningxue turned her head to face him.

The tips of their noses were very close together.

Another round of fireworks burst overhead, the white light pouring down and illuminating Pei Ningxue's pupils, reflecting the fireworks that bloomed and faded one after another.

"Then who are you?"

Pei Ningxue stared at him for two seconds.

"An ordinary girl who likes you."

Her voice was mostly swallowed up by the sound of fireworks.

"So what was promised?" Chen Zhi asked again.

Pei Ningxue lowered her head and watched as her clasped hands slowly came down.

When she looked up again, her expression had changed.

It wasn't the composure she displayed at the company, nor the coquettishness she displayed at Wanliu Academy.

It was something Chen Zhi had never seen on her face before.

My wish is—

She paused for a moment.

"In my next life, I want to meet you first."

Chen Zhi was stunned.

"In that case, you'll only belong to me."

The music in the square switched to its climax, and the fireworks entered their most intense phase. Dozens of fireworks of different colors rose into the sky at the same time, filling the entire sky with intense, dazzling light.

Chen Zhi was stunned.

The surrounding noise seemed to disappear in an instant.

All that remained in his mind was that one sentence.

In my next life, I want to meet you first.

She didn't complain about his current philandering.

He wasn't pressured to make a choice immediately.

She humbly postponed her desire to possess him exclusively to the next life.

These words shattered the defenses Chen Zhi had built up. He looked at Pei Ningxue's eyes, which were red from the wind, and at her stubborn refusal to shed tears. His heart clenched.

Screw rationality.

Chen Zhisong untied the hand around her waist, cupped her cheeks, and kissed her deeply in the instant another waterfall of fireworks cascaded down.

Pei Ningxue clearly did not expect him to suddenly launch an attack in front of so many people.

After a brief moment of surprise, Pei Ningxue closed her eyes and responded enthusiastically.

She wrapped her arms around Chen Zhi's neck, hugged him tightly, stood on tiptoe, and pressed herself completely into his embrace.

Fireworks cascaded down overhead, the final waterfall of fireworks covering the entire outline of the castle.

The multicolored lights cast flickering shadows on the silhouettes of the two people kissing.

The fireworks exploded one after another.

The surrounding crowd was cheering, taking pictures, and recording videos with their phones.

Some tourists noticed them and made some good-natured noises, and some even whistled, but Chen Zhi and Pei Ningxue ignored them.

Pei Ningxue tightened her grip on Chen Zhi's neck.

The kiss lasted a long time.

The fireworks display lasted from its most intense climax to a sparse display, until the last group of fireworks formed a giant Mickey Mouse pattern in the night sky before slowly fading away.

Pei Ningxue released her grip first.

She stepped back a little, took a couple of breaths, and raised her hand to wipe the corner of her mouth.

The lights in the square came back on.

"President Pei." Chen Zhi's voice was a little hoarse.

"Um?"

"Don't put off until the next life what happens in this life."

Pei Ningxue looked up at him.

Chen Zhi's Mickey Mouse headband had become crooked at some point, with one ear sticking up in the air and the other drooping.

But his expression was very serious.

Pei Ningxue wanted to say something, opened her mouth, then closed it again.

She reached out and straightened Chen Zhi's crooked Mickey Mouse headband.

"Let's go, it's time to leave the park."

The crowd began to move towards the exit.

The two walked out with the dispersing crowd. Pei Ningxue walked on Chen Zhi's left, holding his left hand with her right.

No one spoke the entire way.

The wind at the park entrance was much stronger than inside. In March, the night wind in Shanghai carried the dampness from the river, making one's face feel cool.

Pei Ningxue shuddered.

Chen Zhi put her hand into his hoodie pocket.

"cold?"

"fine."

"Stubborn to the end."

Pei Ningxue snorted but did not refute.

As I walked out of the park gate, the Alphard was already waiting by the roadside.

Upon seeing the two emerge, the driver quickly got out of the car and opened the back door.

"President Pei, President Chen." The driver greeted them respectfully, his gaze sweeping over their tightly clasped hands before he immediately lowered his head, looking down with a serious expression.

The two got into the car.

With the partition raised, the back seat becomes an absolutely private space.

Pei Ningxue took off her shoes and curled up on the large seat, resting her head on Chen Zhi's shoulder and hugging his arm with both hands.

The car slowly drove out of the parking lot and merged into the night traffic.

Streetlights flashed past the car window one after another, casting flowing light and shadow inside the carriage.

Pei Ningxue leaned back in her chair, tilted her head, and rested it on Chen Zhi's shoulder.

"Chen Zhi".

"Um."

"I have a really good day."

"Um."

There was a moment of silence.

"Thank you for riding the carousel with me."

"You're welcome. Anyway, everyone around here is a three-year-old, nobody knows me."

"And there's TRON Lightcycle Power Run."

"You should thank my arm; you pinched it so hard it'll be covered in bruises tomorrow."

Pei Ningxue chuckled softly.

The laughter was soft, but clear in the quiet carriage.

She didn't say anything more.

After driving for about ten minutes, Chen Zhi felt the weight on his shoulders increase. Looking down, he saw Pei Ningxue with her eyes closed and her breathing becoming long and even.

Fell asleep.

Chen Zhi didn't move.

He watched the Shanghai night view rushing past the car window, the lights of the Bund forming a golden line in the distance.

Pei Ningxue's hand was still clutching his fingers in his hoodie pocket, and she hadn't let go even though she was asleep.

Her eyelashes would occasionally flutter.

Chen Zhi suddenly remembered that sentence.

"I hope to meet you first in my next life."

He didn't answer at the time.

It's not that I don't want to answer, it's just that I feel like any answer would be insignificant.

Pei Ningxue didn't need his smooth talk; this woman was more clear-headed than anyone else, and what she wanted was never a pretty word.

The car stopped in front of the Bulgari Hotel.

"Miss Pei, we've arrived." The driver's voice came from the front seat.

Pei Ningxue did not wake up.

Chen Zhi gently pulled her hand out of his pocket, slipped his right hand under her knees, supported her back with his left hand, and lifted her up horizontally.

The driver quickly opened the car door.

Chen Zhi carried Pei Ningxue into the hotel lobby. The receptionist was momentarily taken aback when she saw the young man with a Disney Mickey Mouse headband on his head and a sleeping girl in his arms, but quickly regained her professional smile.

Pei Ningxue stirred slightly as the elevator doors closed.

"Have we arrived?" she asked groggily.

"Okay, don't move."

"I can walk by myself..."

"Shut up and go to sleep."

Pei Ningxue buried her face in his chest again and mumbled something indistinctly.

Chen Zhi didn't hear clearly.

"What did you say?"

no answer.

She fell asleep again.

After returning to the room, Chen Zhi put Pei Ningxue on the bed, took off her shoes, and pulled the blanket over her.

Pei Ningxue turned over, hugged the pillow next to her, and curled up into a ball.

Chen Zhi sat by the bed for a while.

He picked up his phone; there were several unread messages on the screen.

Lin Wanwan posted a selfie with the caption: "Finished recording at the studio today! New song 80% complete! What are you busy with~"

Li Zhiyi posted: "The library closed early today, I went back to my dorm. Have you been busy lately?"

Chen Zhi glanced at the two messages, then looked at Pei Ningxue, who was sleeping soundly in bed.

He turned off his phone screen and placed it on the bedside table.

I got up, took a shower, changed into my pajamas, and lay down under the covers.

Pei Ningxue seemed to sense something, loosened her pillow, rolled over in a daze, and snuggled into his arms.

Her breath hit Chen Zhi's collarbone, warm.

Chen Zhi reached out and turned off the bedside lamp.

The room darkened, and the lights from across the Huangpu River shone through the gaps in the curtains, casting a faint glow on the ceiling.

Pei Ningxue set the alarm for 6:30 the next day.

But when Chen Zhi woke up, it was almost eight o'clock.

He rubbed his eyes and touched the pillow beside him. There was a faint indentation on the pillow, but the person was long gone.

A faint sound of water came from the sink.

Chen Zhi sat up and walked barefoot to the bathroom door.

Pei Ningxue had already applied light makeup and was adjusting her collar in front of the mirror.

"Awake?" Pei Ningxue saw him in the mirror but didn't turn her head.

"Did your alarm clock not go off?"

"It rang, I turned it off so you could get some more sleep."

Chen Zhi leaned against the door frame.

Pei Ningxue took out lipstick from her makeup bag, applied it a couple of times in front of the mirror, and then pursed her lips.

Pei Ningxue turned around and looked at Chen Zhi.

"I brought you to Shanghai three days early." Pei Ningxue stared into his eyes. "Today, spend one last day with me."