Volume 1 Chapter 28 Reborn as a Little Turtle

  Dazhi had already dropped out of school due to his grandmother's illness. Mo Xiao said, "We're all brothers, if there's anything we can help with, just say it. As long as it's something that money can solve, it's no big deal." It had been a long time since the few brothers were together. Today, Dazhi's grandmother's condition had finally stabilized, and they could gather together again at the Tila Wine Bar, where they used to work part-time.

  "Hey, Nai, what are you doing here?" Xī Jiǎo's sharp eyes had picked out the one with black smoky makeup.

  "Listening to Junli say that you often come here, I was thinking if we could meet you, didn't expect it's really fate!" When Yan blinked her eyes, the makeup on her eyelids trembled and shone brightly. When she closed her eyes completely, they were a deep black color, as if the whole world had darkened. Suddenly opening them again, her long eyelashes fluttered, giving people a sense of eager anticipation."

  Xiāo Kǎi gazed at her with rapt attention, thinking that a girl like this hiding in the darkness must be fragile and wanting protection.

  "Xī jiào shuō, 'zhěng gè jiǔ bā dōu xiàng zài kuáng huān de yě shòu, ér nǐ zài zhōng jiān jiù xiàng yí dào shòu shāng hòu de huì àn bā hén.'"

  Translation:

  "West said, 'The whole bar was like a wild beast in a frenzy, and you were in the middle like a dark scar after being hurt.'"

  Na Yan said, "I am not a scar, but a knife. I have been strong all along, yet I am weak and can't even stand in the ocean."

  That night everyone was drinking happily, as if it were a carnival before the end of the world, while Meng Xi on this side cried miserably at her own birthday party.

  Today is Meng Xi's 20th birthday.

  Su Xia and Fang gave Meng Xi a thick photo album, which contained every detail of their relationship from the beginning to now. There were photos of them arguing while only wearing underwear, splashing water at each other in the shower, drooling while sleeping, and crying miserably. It was clear that this must be a top-secret album, as well as a complete and perfect record of their friendship.

  Xiao Wandou gave a cute teddy bear plush toy to Meng Xi. Since Xiao Wandou was admitted to a better school, the distance between him and Meng Xi has been getting farther and farther apart. Everyone is attending different universities, speaking different languages, doing different things, and naturally there will be estrangement.

  But that's the wonder of things in the world, many friends even if they haven't seen each other for a long time, and have lost contact, but when they meet again, it's like going back to the old days, with habitual warmth, accustomed scolding, as for the previous indifference, it was burned away along with the passion, leaving only one sentence: This is my bro. In fact, we are still so familiar with each other, this thing called friendship is always hard to explain.

  Egg whites said, "No strong demands, no evasion, as long as the people who care are still there, they feel that time is abundant and years are quiet."

  Fang Li once thought this was just a sweet talk that Yue Linfeng told Meng Xi, but today it seems to apply equally well to friendship.

  The egg white given to Meng Xi was a small turtle with a dark green shell, like the color of youth meeting sunlight. However, no matter what methods Meng Xi and Su Xia used, the little turtle just wouldn't stick its head out. But Meng Xi was still overjoyed, not because of the surprise brought by new things, but because of the long-awaited person who made her heart move.

  Today, Meng Xi's makeup was very delicate. Her usually sharp-tongued and gossipy mouth was pursed into a faint smile, revealing two adorable dimples. It was as if a stone had been dropped onto the calm surface of a lake, creating ripples that were beautiful enough to mesmerize people. Her slender, melon-seed-shaped face was endearing, and her thick, curled eyelashes sparkled with vitality.

  Dan Qing stared at Meng Xi in a daze, and when she woke up, it was as if she had been transported to another world. Meng Xi was preparing to blow out the candles under Su Xia's and Fang Li's urging.

  "Oh, blow out the candles quickly!"

  "Wishing you a happy birthday, wishing you a happy birthday..." Everyone sang with all their heart, swaying from side to side without realizing it. The warm lights made people think of the most beautiful scenes.

  "Make a wish by the Dream Brook." Su Xia urged impatiently.

  "Alright", Meng Xi moved over a chair, using the chair to climb up and stand in the middle of the table. "All of you go to the other side, today each one of you must listen to me like listening to an imperial edict. I, Meng Xi, have something important to announce." Meng Xi cleared her throat, "I, Meng Xi, will marry Yue Linfeng as his wife, this lifetime I will not marry anyone else."

  Meng Xi almost shouted out the last sentence with her eyes closed, her delicate voice pulled at her throat a bit painfully, and the scorching heat in her heart was about to erupt. Her fiery eyes were filled with joy, smiling out a beautiful arc, and her bright teeth were embedded in the smile, making the future's wild fantasy even more captivating.

  But Dan Qing just stood there, Meng Xi stretched out his hand to him, but he panicked and ran away, knocking over the chairs beside him, like escaping a disaster, and fled in disarray. The scene shocked everyone present.

  But Meng Xi directly jumped down from the table wearing high heels and rushed to the door, shouting "Yue Linfeng, stop! I'm telling you to stop!" Meng Xi stumbled all the way, and accidentally stepped on the hole of the well cover with the heel of her high-heeled shoe. Her foot slipped and she fell to the ground.

  "Yue Linfeng, if you don't stand up, I'll die here today." Meng Xi lay on the ground wailing, the empty and desolate voice piercing through the biting wind with a kind of heart-wrenching pain.

  Egg whites really stopped in their tracks, but refused to turn around and look at the disheveled Meng Xi.

  "Yue Lin Feng, I like you, I want us to be together."

  "Meng Xi, listen to me, you can still live well on your own, we're not suitable for each other." Dan Qing said, biting her lip, then resolutely walked away.

  "I won't listen to these, you come back, come back..."

  "Meng Xi, wake up quickly, what's wrong?" Fang Li anxiously supported Meng Xi.

  "How could this be, it's impossible!" Little Pea has been with Yue Linfeng since childhood. Little Pea said, "Egg Tart once said that he had been waiting for Meng Xi all along. He said he couldn't force a feeling and was willing to wait for Meng Xi, no matter who she would fall in love with, and be the one who loves her and guards her for life."

  "What's the point of saying these now, Stinky Tofu still rejected Meng Xi." Su Xia really didn't want to see her two good sisters both hurt by love.

  Su Xia pulled Meng Xi up from the ground, Meng Xi's face was a mess of tears, like a clown, on the deserted streets after the hustle and bustle. The poor-quality mascara, mixed with tears, left black tear stains, and the heel of her high-heeled shoe still stubbornly stuck in the manhole cover.

  Meng Xi held the broken high-heeled shoe in her hand and knew that some dreams about love had shattered.

  "You don't know that today's confession has taken a lifetime of courage from me. I thought that this life only needs to work hard once, and being brave will get closer to happiness." Meng Xi cried with heart-wrenching pain, sorrow piercing through the darkness of night, and saw boundless desolation.

  Fang Li held the egg white and sent it to Meng Xi's small turtle, "Let's be a small turtle in the next life, turtles are so good, thinking of shrinking its head, there is a hard shell waiting for it, sheltering it from wind and rain. While we can only use our soft bodies to collide with this cold world, getting hurt all over."

  "I just want a shell, not to block the wind and rain, but to hide my heart." Meng Xi's beautiful dream of knowing Egg Clear for over a decade was shattered tonight, leaving her with only the broken high-heeled shoe in her hand.

  That night, Meng Xi went to the bar, Fang Li and the others followed behind her but couldn't stop her. Meng Xi had never drunk before, but today she was having cup after cup, bottle after bottle, and no one could stop her.

  "Is this wine? How come it doesn't have any flavor at all, did you guys switch it with water to deceive me?" People always think that drinking bitter wine will numb the pain in their hearts, but Meng Xi didn't know that normally wine is so hard to swallow, but when one is sad, wine becomes tasteless, not even bitter.

  Meng Xi was still crying, unable to wipe away her tears or lift up the wet hair on her face. She just clutched the high-heeled shoes she had secretly borrowed from her mother. The oversized shoes had rubbed her feet sore earlier, and now they made her feel cold as she walked on the chilly road. The chill rose from her feet to her heart, but she didn't find it unusually desolate.

  Behind the Mengxi, there is still a bustling crowd. People who get drunk today may not know what it's like to be troubled, but why do they also have uncontrollable sorrow in such a lively and thriving atmosphere?

  Meng Xi was still holding that high-heeled shoe, Doujiao had her back on his body, and she was still grasping that high-heeled shoe.

  "Who says that wearing high heels is when a girl grows up? Who says that when a girl grows up, she can go after her own happiness? (Download this book by entering or searching for "book name + Ha Shi Ba") You can search for "Youthful Song Ha Shi Ba" on Baidu to find the latest updates of this book!"