After exchanging marriage with my elder sister, I won with a bad hand.

“Will this flower really bloom?”

At this moment, the two of them were squatting beside the Epiphyllum, staring at it without blinking for a long time.

Several lanterns were placed around the Epiphyllum flowers to illuminate all the surrounding Epiphyllum flowers.

"It should be soon. Don't be anxious. Wait a little longer. I guarantee that Your Highness will not be disappointed." Shen Yihuan said confidently.

The reason why she was so confident was that in her previous life, she had seen the night-blooming cereus bloom more than once.

The scene of the night-blooming cereus in full bloom is so beautiful that it makes people feel that all the waiting is worth it.

Of course, waiting is also a kind of romance.

"Ah, it's blooming, look, it's about to bloom!" Shen Yihuan clearly felt the petals slowly stretching out, her eyes suddenly widened, and she excitedly grabbed Zhao Xun's hand and said happily.

Zhao Xun followed her gaze and saw that one of the night-blooming cereus was slowly opening.

This picture is so magical!

Just as he was marveling at the magic of the slow blooming of the Epiphyllum, the other Epiphyllums around it began to bloom as if they had agreed beforehand.

"Wow, it's really amazing!"

When the pure white Epiphyllum is fully bloomed, a faint floral fragrance lingers, giving people a refreshing feeling.

"It's so beautiful!" Zhao Xun picked up a flower, looked at it carefully, then put it to his nose and smelled it. It smelled so good.

Shen Yihuan also looked at this flower and that flower with joy. These were all planted by herself, and they bloomed so beautifully. She felt so satisfied, happy, and delighted.

"Brother Xun, is this wait worth it?"

"It's worth it. Thank you Huan'er for staying with me to enjoy the flowers together."

The two of them simply sat down in front of the flowers, with Shen Yihuan resting her head on Zhao Xun's shoulder. The scene was particularly warm.

However, only half an hour later, they saw the Epiphyllum slowly shrink and close, and then the petals fell down one after another.

"What, what happened?" Zhao Xun, who was still smiling and admiring the flowers a second ago, suddenly saw the flowers begin to wither right in front of him. He sat up straight in shock, looking at the pots of Epiphyllum a little helplessly.

"Brother Xun, haven't you heard of the ephemeral flower withering?"

"I've heard about it, but I didn't expect it to be so short."

Shen Yihuan stared at the withering Epiphyllum, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, and he said: "Your Highness, have you ever heard of the legend that the Epiphyllum withers only for Wei Tuo?"

"What, this Epiphyllum has a story?" Zhao Xun was a little surprised.

He only knew that the blooming period of Epiphyllum was very short and it would wither soon, but he didn't expect that there was a story behind such a beautiful flower.

This, in fact, aroused his curiosity.

"Yes." Shen Yihuan said softly, "Then Your Highness, do you want to hear this story?"

“What a story.”

"A sad story."

Shen Yihuan glanced at the petals falling down, feeling sad. His thoughts drifted away slowly, as if he saw the sad love in the past.

Epiphyllum was originally the flower god in heaven, who could transform into hundreds of flowers. One day, the Emperor of Heaven ordered her to come down to earth to spread flower seeds, but she never came back after that.

Just because she was attached to the worldly scenery, she turned into a flower that bloomed all year round in a beautiful place with mountains and rivers, and never returned to heaven.

After an unknown amount of time, one day a young man who was collecting herbs went up the mountain and saw the flower she had transformed into. He was immediately shocked and amazed by her beauty. He was obsessed with her. He watered and weeded the flower every day and told her his secrets, just like a big flower maniac.

As time went by, the flower goddess fell in love with this mortal youth, so she transformed into a human form and told the young man that she was the flower goddess.

The young man was naturally overjoyed that the flower he loved so much was not only the goddess of flowers, but also loved him. The two got married and lived a happy and sweet life.

But the truth will come out eventually. When the Emperor of Heaven learned about this, he was furious and banished the goddess of flowers to the foot of Lingshan Mountain, where she became an epiphyllum that could only bloom once a year. The young man who loved the goddess of flowers had his memory taken away by the Emperor of Heaven, and was sent to Lingshan Mountain to become a monk. He became a venerable monk under the Buddha and was given the name Wei Tuo.

The reason why the Emperor of Heaven did this was to punish the Flower Goddess and make her suffer from lovesickness.

Just like that, one is on the mountain, the other is at the foot of the mountain. The closest distance is also the farthest distance.

Later, the Epiphyllum discovered that in late spring every year, Wei Tuo would come down the mountain to collect morning dew for the Buddha to make tea, so the Epiphyllum chose to bloom at that time.

The moment Wei Tuo appeared, she gathered a whole year's energy and blossomed, just hoping to make Wei Tuo notice her and awaken his memory.

However, time and time again, year after year, she bloomed silently whenever Wei Tuo passed by.

Wei Tuo did not even look back at her. No matter how beautiful her flowers were and how far-reaching her fragrance was, Wei Tuo did not remember her.

But despite this, the Epiphyllum is still waiting silently, blooming once every year, without any regrets, waiting foolishly.

After telling this story, Shen Yihuan was deeply moved. He looked at Zhao Xun and said, "Brother Xun, if you were Wei Tuo and Huan'er was Epiphyllum, would you remember Huan'er?"

Zhao Xun was stunned. He had not yet recovered from the sad story just now.

The ephemeral flower withers only for Veda. What a beautiful proverb, but behind it is such a sad story.

Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, Shen Yihuan's eyes dimmed and she whispered, "Look at me, I'm talking nonsense again. I just told a story and I started to feel sad again."

"Originally, in love affairs between men and women, women are always the ones who are infatuated, and men are more likely to let go."

Just like Veda, once you forget, you completely put it out of your mind. No matter how you present it to him and try to arouse his memory, it is all in vain.

Zhao Xun deeply felt Shen Yihuan's uneasiness. He felt distressed and anxiously grabbed Shen Yihuan's hand.

"Huan'er, I will never let go of your hand."

He added: "I am not Wei Tuo, and you are not Tanhua, so the two of us will not have the ending of Tanhua and Wei Tuo."

"Epiphyllum, isn't it stupid?"

"She's not stupid. For love, she is brave." Zhao Xun paused and said, "But Wei Tuo is also innocent. It's all the fault of the unsympathetic Emperor of Heaven."

In fact, he also felt that Wei Tuo was useless in his heart. It was impossible for him to remember the person he loved so deeply.

However, he actually felt sympathy for Wei Tuo in his heart. After all, the culprit was the Emperor of Heaven.

When it comes to the Emperor of Heaven, he seemed to have finally found someone to vent his anger on, and he continued to vent his anger.

"He must have not found a good wife himself, so he is jealous of other people's love, so he came up with this method to break up lovers."

Shen Yihuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zhao Xun's comments about the Emperor of Heaven.

"Huan'er, you smiled, it's good as long as you smiled." Zhao Xun hugged her tightly, feeling much more at ease.

Shen Yihuan lowered his eyelids and said softly: "Brother Xun, Huan'er wants to be with you forever." I also want to be the only one by your side.

She didn't say this out loud. She looked up at Zhao Xun, a little confused as to why she fell in love with him. Obviously... it was ridiculous.