Can You Hear My Heart Beating

She recalled a Buddhist anecdote, and her thoughts stirred. Ah, even the heavens are helping me; opportunities must not be missed, for they will not come again. Thus, she looked at him and said with deep affection: "It is not the wind that moves, nor the banner that moves; it is my heart that moves." Fearing he might not have heard clearly, she added, "Have you ever heard it?" At that moment, she poured all her emotions into her words, with a sincerity she had never shown before, anxiously awaiting his response, a single word that could lead to either heaven or hell. He had never imagined he would say such words as "I love you," nor had she ever thought of it. Their romance often resembled a conversation between a chicken and a duck, leaving one amused and bewildered. Yet at this moment, a simple embrace surpassed countless expressions of love.