Later, after they were together, Ziyang often teased her, saying that the first time he saw her, she was drenched like a drowned rat, and the second time, she fell into the water and became a drowned rat again. Each time, he would heroically descend from the sky to save her, and then she would latch onto him.
Dong Xin Yan would cheerfully nod her head, "Yeah, I'm latched onto you, and I'm going to stay latched onto you for a lifetime!"
Her first flutter of heart, first hand-hold, first hug, first kiss, all belonged to Ziyang. She even thought her first night would be his too.
They would share their bodies with each other, do the most intimate things, intertwine, happily merging into one.
