In the dimness, Suny blushed.
The sound of insects squeaking around her came, and Suny was about to ask Austin what he was doing here, but he suddenly raised his hand to cover her eyes and took her by the other hand, "Come with me."
With that, he added with a low smile, "I won't sell my baby."
Suny was blushed by his cry of baby, thankful that although the moon was thick, the night was dim and Austin could not see it.
"Oh."
She answered and allowed him to lead her along.
After about two more minutes of walking, Suny felt that she was entering the forest, Austin, who was holding her, stopped and her eyes, which were covered, regained their sight.
With her eyes regaining sight from the darkness, Suny could see the stars shining brightly.
Soon, Suny's vision returned and she looked at the large field of fireflies in front of her and felt rather a bit incredulous: "Fireflies."
"Yes."
Austin found it by chance, but that was almost ten years ago, and he was actually not sure if this firefly meadow was still there today, so he didn't even tell Suny what he was doing when he brought her over along the way.
He was afraid that if it had gone, Suny would be disappointed.
This was the second time Suny had seen so many fireflies. The first time was when she was seven years old, when her father took her to the woodland over the factory where he worked.
But then her father left the factory in the countryside to work in the city, and Suny never saw that again.
After her parents died, she tried to go back and find it, but the factory had been razed to the ground and buildings had been built nearby, and the place where her father had taken her to see the fireflies had been turned into a concrete road.
She hadn't seen fireflies since she was an adult, and now Austin had brought her to such a place.
Suny's heart touched and she stood there for a long time without speaking.
It'd been years and she still, somewhat, missed her mum and dad.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Austin was worried: "Suny?"
"Austin, when I was very young, my family was actually very poor. My mother and father worked three shifts in a factory, and the money they earned in a month was barely enough to make ends meet. Occasionally, when we got sick, our family's money was emptied."
She didn't really like to talk about these things, it was suspicious to get sympathy, but now to Austin, she wanted him to know what she used to do: "The first time I saw so many fireflies was when I was eight years old, I had a fever and I cried so much that my dad's workers didn't like me crying, so my he took me out in the middle of the night wrapped in a small blanket. He carried me for a long time and I cried for a long time until I saw the flying 'stars'. I felt so happy then, even the fever didn't make me feel so bad."
"But then our family moved to the city and life got bit better and I never saw so many fireflies again."
"And then after that, I never saw my dad again either."
As soon as Suny's words left her mouth, she was hugged into Austin's arms, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought you here."
Suny leaned on his shoulder and curled her lips into a smile, "I was later wondering how my dad found out that there were so many fireflies there, and I asked my mum about it, and I realized that my dad had said that he wanted to pick stars for her. But he couldn't pick the stars, so he had to catch the fireflies instead of the stars."
She didn't understand it then, but only later did she realize that it was probably the only romance her father could give her mother at the time.
And now, Austin had given her this romance by chance.
Suny said, looking up at him, "Thank you, Austin."
Austin looked down at those charming eyes, just as he was about to kiss her, the mobile phone inside his pocket rang at an inopportune time.
The ringing of the mobile phone instantly ruined all the atmosphere, and in the darkness, Austin's face was dark.
The phone call was from Elijah, Austin answered the phone, "What is it?"
"Your car is here, where are you and Suny? I've arrived, how come I don't see you guys?"
Elijah went home and drove over with full power, once he arrived, he saw Austin's car, however the car was there and they were not.
He searched around but couldn't find anyone, so he had to make this call.
Just listening to Austin's tone just now, it seemed not very good, Elijah touched his nose: "Am I disturbing you guys?"
"Get lost!"
So that was for sure!
Elijah stiffened, feeling that he was probably not having a very good night.
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