Before opening the coffin, Xu Lai had imagined countless possibilities, but never that he would see Ruan Tang inside.
He instinctively reached out to caress that incredibly familiar face, but just as he was about to make contact, he drew his hand back. He simply couldn't believe that his wife, who was far away on Earth, would die here, submerged tens of thousands of fathoms deep in the Boundless Sea.
Therefore, this couldn't possibly be real.
Xu Lai's gaze flickered as he reached out again, his hand landing on Ruan Tang's face. Her skin was icy cold.
Looking at the person in the coffin, he gave a self-deprecating smile.
"After getting together with you, I thought a day like this might come, but I never pictured such a specific scene of you lying in a coffin.
"So, this is what it's like.
"A lifespan of a million years... It's so long, and yet so brief."
Xu Lai sat by the coffin, rambling on. "There are some things I've always wanted to tell you, but I never knew how to start.
