'Be patient, Shao Xinyuan, be patient.'
Xinyuan repeated the mantra like a prayer in his head, holding onto Wenzhi's hand under the table.
He had just proposed. Wenzhi had accepted, kissed him, and slid the ring onto his finger. It was the best thing that had ever happened to him, a beautiful moment of pure light in his life. He should be back in their quarters right now, wrapped around his new husband for a long, quiet night of cuddles and... More.
But of course, the world was against him. It had been against him since the exact second he was born into his fucked-up family, all the way through his awakening as a living weapon, and up to the moment they sold him to the CEA like property.
Even so, he wasn't going to let the Eclipse Faction ruin this. He understood Wenzhi's perspective. He knew why his Guide wanted this meeting.
