Yu Team Moments: The Qixi Festival After The Seven Lifetimes
The Seven Lifetimes was written by Yu Qian—also known as Deep Brother, one of Yu's secondary souls—as a wedding gift for his fiancée, Yinrong, a member of the Dragon Clan.
The name Yinrong （印蓉） symbolizes gentleness, purity, grace, and broad-mindedness. Interestingly, the character Mang (莽) in Amang also carries the meaning of possessing a broad and expansive heart.
In a way, their names reflect the same beautiful spirit.
The only problem was that their wedding date had yet to be decided.
Both the bride and her son had transformed into Dragon Gods to assist Dragon King Yu on the battlefield. Even Leo, the secondary soul of Yu who usually helped deliver messages through Yu En, had gone off to war.
Meanwhile, the groom-to-be, Deep Brother Yu Qian, remained on duty at Ariel's home.
He looked utterly miserable.
Yu Qian: 😭
Ariel: I'm sorry, Deep Brother. You still have to stay here and work, so you can't be there to protect her.
Yu Qian: 😭 I'm so useless.
Ariel: Maybe you could ask the Dragon King if you can switch assignments. After all, Sunshine Brother Lifu is still here.
Yu Qian: No. Protecting you and your family is my duty.
Ariel: I understand... but I feel so bad making you and your fiancée live apart.
Yu Qian: Sunshine Brother is just a playful kid. He doesn't fight in wars.
Ariel: Wait! I'm writing that down. It's going into our members-only content.
Yu Qian: 😭 Do I have any privacy at all?
Ariel: I'm adding that sentence too.
Yu Qian: ...Fine. Go ahead. I'm not afraid.
Lifu: Who are you calling a playful kid? I was leading armies into battle before you even knew where you were! I'm just playful, that's all.
Yu Qian: See? You're not even denying it.
Ariel: Sunshine Brother and Deep Brother are so adorable. Whenever the Dragon King shows up, everything suddenly becomes so serious. Just don't tell him I said that!
Lifu: Whenever the Dragon King comes, I'll hide inside Sister's stuffed animal. (Ariel's family member.)
Yu Qian: Be a man! Have some courage!
Lifu: Fine. Next time I'll hide under a chair instead.
Yu Qian: That's not the point!
Lifu: You're about to get married, yet you're still so argumentative!
Yu Qian: ...
Yu En: You two are so noisy.
Ariel: By the way, Qixi (Chinese Valentine's Day) is almost here. Deep Brother, is there anything you'd like to say to Yinrong? Yu En said she can help pass along your message.
Yu Qian: Actually, I didn't wait for Yinrong for only seven lifetimes.
The story records only the seven lifetimes in which we met.
There were many more lifetimes in which we never crossed paths.
Over such a long cycle of reincarnation, I drank countless bowls of the River of Forgetfulness. Long ago, I had already forgotten both Yinrong and Xiaojin.
It was only through the Creator's compassion that the thread of our destiny was tied together once again.
For that, I am deeply grateful.
Marriage in the heavenly realms is different from marriage in the human world.
There is no romantic love between man and woman, nor is there any need to reproduce through human bodies.
What remains is sincere care, unwavering trust, and profound mutual respect.
Although each of us has our own mission to fulfill and we cannot be together every day, our hearts remain connected.
We send one another thoughts to let each other know we are safe and to express how much we miss one another.
So I am never truly alone.
Thank you, Yinrong... and thank you, Xiaojin.
To preserve the bond that connects us, both of you cultivated in the human world for such a long time.
You have endured so much.
It is truly wonderful that we have found one another again.
Yu En Transmission: If you are unfamiliar with who Yu Qian and Lifu are, please read "Yu Team Moments: Meet The Yus We Know."
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