Our hearts, two stars, and the sea

Chapter fourteen- The Two Stars

Shen Yuan would have never guessed the day that he would get kidnapped by the fucking ground. It would be more likely for him to be carried away by a flock of birds!

He plummets beneath the ground and lands roughly on cold marble. He wheezes as the wind is knocked out of him, hoping his ribs aren't broken. He lays on the ground, pretending he is dead for a second. He then looks up and sees the room he has fallen into.

The floor is made of white marble and the walls are made of smooth , gray stone covered in dead vines. The room is dimly lit by torches with white flames. There is a closed door at the end of the room. In the dim light, Shen Yuan can see paintings on the walls of various different things.

He slowly stands up, wincing at the pain in his chest.

Ouch.

He looks to the side where there is an image of an injured child and someone dressed in white healing him. Shen Yuan walks further and sees the person in white saving a kingdom, but the next image they are being cast down. However, they weren't cast down, that's what everyone thought. The person in white was sealed inside a spell as punishment, that is until a demon set him free.

Now, the story is growing familiar.

The person in white was an angel, cast down. This must be what Luo Binghe was talking about.

The demon and the angel fall in love while trying to save the world from the high angel, the two of them using their powers to bring peace to the land, losing their corporal forms and becoming the two stars.

Of course, the origin. Shen Yuan never knew the specifics but it is cool seeing this. There must be other things in this temple, maybe he can even find what Luo Binghe was looking for! Shen Yuan looks at the door with a flower carved into it.

Shen Yuan tightens the ribbon in his hair then takes one of the torches off the wall. With a deep breath, Shen Yuan opens the door and is greeted by a dark hallway covered in vines. The marble floor is cracked and the stone walls are darker. Shen Yuan steps through the door, taking a few steps into the hallway. Then, the door slams shut behind him, making him jump.

Shen Yuan turns around and tries to open the door but it won't open. He backs up and tries to slam into the door but just ends up hurting his head and falling backwards. The torch almost goes out. He wants to cry.

He gets up and picks the torch back up. He continues walking down the dark hall, the only sound is the sound of his own footsteps.

He shines the torch onto the wall to see even more pictures. This time, they're more familiar. Wait...this is his story! His birth, engagement, escape, kidnapping, his other kidnapping, another one of his kidnappings, yet another one of his kidnappings, his near death experience, reading with Binghe, getting to this island, falling to the ground-

...landing in this cave.

      ...looking at the paintings.

                  ...reading the walls right now, with a shadow figure behind him.

Oh hell no.

Shen Yuan takes off running down the hall, accidentally dropping the torch in the process.

This is like a classic horror novel! Now a monster is going to come and kill him-!

As he turns a corner, he feels arms wrap around him.

On reflex, he punches whoever just took hold of him. However, they take hold of his wrist. Just as he is about to knee them in the crotch, he hears a familiar voice.

"A-Yuan?"

"Binghe!"

Shen Yuan had never been more grateful to see Binghe than right now. Luo Binghe's hand glows with a red light, making it so they can see each other. The first thing Shen Yuan sees is the multiple bruises covering Luo Binghe's face.