Chapter 1 Got My Fingers Burned by Sunshine

  Muxi Xue carefully pushed the high-stacked luggage cart towards the exit. She had finally returned to Shuicheng, her familiar yet strange hometown.

  The phone rang.

  She just started the machine, who is so punctual?

  On the other end of the phone, Huajia deliberately asked: "Moira! Where are you?"

  "Of course it was in France."

  "Swindler! You even cheated me at the airport in Suzhou!"

  Xue looked around but didn't see Huajia's figure. On the phone, Huajia happily shouted: "Looking for me? I'm omnipresent! You wanted to sneak back into the country without letting me know, and almost succeeded!"

  Huajia still said "Shen Tong Guang Da" as "Shen Yong Guang Da". Musi Xue laughed and said: "Bad girl! I didn't come back to surprise you? Quickly say, how did you know I came back?" As soon as the word "le" left Musi Xue's mouth, her phone was knocked to the ground, followed by a "crunch" sound, and a black sports shoe stepped on it.

  Muxi Xue's hand holding her phone hovered in mid-air as she stared at the man wearing sneakers, waiting for him to apologize.

  He slowly lifted his foot, expressionless, and glanced at Musi Xue, then pulled out a checkbook from his pocket, tore off a check and handed it to Musi Xue: "Take a look!"

  Xue withdrew his right hand that was suspended in the air and placed it on the luggage cart's handle: "Take a look, don't you think you owe me a sincere apology?"

  Ling Shuiyue's voice was icy cold: "I'm apologizing with my sincere actions, what's wrong with that?"

  "Is that a sincere act?" Mu Si Xue took the check, carefully tore it into small pieces and stuffed them into Ling Shui Yue's coat pocket: "Sincerity is an expression of the soul! It's humanity's greatest quality! It's the emotion you lack the most!"

  Those eyes... Ling Shuiyue's gaze wavered slightly: "It can't be, it just looks like that." He gently patted the bulging pocket of his jacket, which was stuffed with Mu Si Xue, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "You want to get close to me?"

  "You... " The evening snow is speechless, stuck there: someone is actually so narcissistic.

  At dusk, I think of snow for a second and turn into a wooden person, with sleeves fluttering away over the water.

  "Sir! Please wait!"

  Ling Shui glared at him without turning her head: He wouldn't bother with this boring, brainless beauty who only knows how to seduce handsome men!

  What's going on? People haven't even arrived home yet and they're already being bullied at the airport? Mu Si Xue pushed her luggage cart to chase after them.

  Another burst of rustling and clattering, all the suitcases scattered on the ground. The newcomer kept bowing and apologizing, helping to sort out the suitcases.

  Muzi Xue gathered up the miscellaneous items that had fallen out of her bag, feeling helpless: What kind of apology would be good enough? It's better to be careful!

  Huajia rushed in from outside the door and saw Muxi Xue's miserable state, laughing non-stop: "Our goddess also has such a time of decline, it's so balanced!"

  "Are you kidding me? If I hadn't answered your call, how would I have gotten into this unlucky situation?"

  "Speaking of 'er' sound is still necessary, I find it super annoying." Hua Jia said while packing her luggage and scolding Mu Si Xue.

  The two of them rearranged the luggage together. Mù Sī Xuě sighed and said, "Next time I'll never sneak back again, it's great to have someone to pick me up!"

  "This will remind you of your promise. You owe me a favor, don't forget to repay it."

  "Is human feeling always so indebted? In your unintentional moments? In the midst of walking? In the midst of speaking? Blackmail! The most real, the most realistic blackmail!"

  "Your face is changing so fast!" Huajia lovingly tapped Muxi Xue's forehead.

  "It's your human feelings that have arrived quickly!"

  "Do you still want to go to 'Ruyi'?" Huajia pulled out her final trump card.

  Muxi Xue laughed and said: "You like to use this to threaten me? You clearly know that your family's 'Ruyi' is the most beautiful place in Shuicheng, China's Tuscany!"

  "I also want to use another one, but do I have it?"

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  Ryō put on his shirt, and Shiki came up from behind him and wrapped her arms around him: "Stay tonight, okay?"

  Ryō was pulled up by Shinji, covering Maki's perfect body: "There's another meeting tomorrow afternoon."

  "Then hold me for a while, ten minutes."

  "It's twelve o'clock." Ling Shuiyue gently pushed away Zi Xi and continued dressing.

  Zi Xi quietly sat up, picked up the cigarette on the cabinet and put it in her mouth. Watching Ling Shuiyue get dressed, she was already used to it, he always left after finishing, never staying overnight at her place, nor allowing her to go to his home.

  Ling Shuiyue put on her clothes and whispered "I'm leaving". Looking at his back, Zi Xi gently puffed out smoke, icy tears streaming down her face. Even though he was so cold to her, she still felt that his back was lonelier than hers.

  Back home, it was already one o'clock in the morning. Ling Shuiyue took off his clothes and walked into the bathroom, where warm water flowed slowly over the faint scar on his thigh, which felt a bit itchy. Gradually, the itch turned into pain... A pale face with striking red streaks flashed across his pupils, and in the white mist, a fleeting smile appeared like a flower.

  Even he himself felt strange, at this time, when he was bathing, he would always see that face that made him think day and night, although it was blurry, but he became more and more infatuated with it, just like he had taken opium.

  He walked out of the bathroom and went to the bar to pour a drink, his phone rang.

  "Yo! What's up?" Ming De shouted happily from the other end of the phone.

  Ling Shuiyue coldly said: "At one o'clock in the morning, alone and lonely, what can you do?"

  "Zixi asked me yesterday, who is Chou Ba Guai? Is it my nickname? How did she think of that being my nickname?! Yeo! You won't be shouting 'Chou Ba Guai Chou Ba Guai' again when ***, or even in your dreams......"

  Ling Shuiyue put down his wine cup on the cabinet: "I'm going to sleep!"

  "Ride horseback in two days! No excuses!"

  "Got it. Hung up!" Ling Shuiyue hung up the phone, but couldn't sleep no matter what, it seemed that he was destined to be sleepless tonight.

  Ugly Eight? Where is she? Is she still around? He went to Baltimore for her, searching every holiday, and almost searched all the schools in America, but didn't get any news about her.

  In the end, he chose Shuicheng - her hometown. However, he has been in Shuicheng for four years and has never met her, perhaps their fate... No, no!

  Ling Shui walked down and opened the mini fridge. Inside, there were only two things - two ice-made rings.

  The ring made of ice is still there, can the promise made of water be fulfilled?

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  Nature seems to have a special fondness for spring, bestowing upon it all her colors in profusion. Green, pink, red, and yellow intertwine with one another, transforming into an endless array of hues that assault your visual senses across the mountains and fields. As I sit in the speeding car, I couldn't help but gaze out the window at nature's splendor, my eyes fixed on the scenery outside.

  "Moira! Focus! Even if this is our home turf, you still need to focus on driving! Our lives are in your hands!" Huajia sat in the passenger seat, seeing Musi Xue's distraction, loudly protested.

  "Then you drive!" Musi Xue said with a deliberate smile. Huajia didn't dare to drive, although she usually looked fearless, but when it came to driving, she had an innate fear.

  "Laugh at me? Just you wait! This year I will definitely find my Prince Charming, and he must be a professional racing driver! At that time, see if you still dare to laugh at me?" Hua Jia said with an air of certainty.

  "Not at that time, I'm kidding you now, would you have anything in common with a professional racing driver?"

  "Be careful! There's a car ahead!" Huajia was frightened and shouted loudly.

  Muxi Xue was startled, just a little short. Muxi Xue continued on her way immediately.

  "Musi Xue! This isn't America! This is China! Although it's already the suburbs of the suburbs, there are a lot of people! A lot of cars!" Huajia's heart was still racing wildly as she shouted out Musi Xue's Chinese name.

  "It's better if you still call me Moira, it sounds like you're a softer person."

  Suddenly, a car appeared beside them. Mingde shouted from the car: "No apology?"

  Ming De gave a slight sideways glance at Xue, who was the sudden arrival of a demon. Her body quickly retreated backwards and she said to Hua Jia: "You handle this!"

  "Why?"

  "I'm going to drive!"

  "Moira! You've become cunning!" Huajia muttered under her breath.

  Three seconds later, a smiling face lifted up. Good heavens! Moira didn't change into a sly person, but it was actually Mingde! The idol she had been dreaming of!

  Ming De gazed at Hua Jia, who had a foolish grin on her face. He felt so helpless. This place, where only the most exclusive VIPs could enter, and he still ran into an idiot! She just stood there, smiling foolishly at herself, without even apologizing. Today was also the day when Ling Shuiyue, the "driver", didn't need to look to know that Ming De had encountered another crazy fan. He gave Ming De a helpless glance with the corner of his eye.

  No sound, surprisingly no sound! Mu Si Xue didn't even think about it and knew that Hua Jia was in trouble. She let go of the accelerator, and in an instant, the car floated to their front.

  Huajia couldn't see Mingde and complained: "Moira! What are you doing?"

  "What else can I do? You're so embarrassing! You went to apologize, not to flirt! If you'd had a better attitude, that demon would have remembered you!"

  "Fairy! You actually call my idol a fairy?"

  "What? He is your idol?"

  "Hmm. Mingde! Supernova explosion! Charm is bursting! Forget it, I won't talk to you, you have aesthetic fatigue! Too great! Mingde must also be coming to Ruyi Villa. **! It's simply **! Moira! You're simply my lucky star! Hurry up and drive! Faster, faster!" Huajia was talking nonsense.

  Muxi Snow helplessly shook her head. The pretty boy was forever Huajia's cheering section: "Huajia! You're already 26 years old, and you still have an idol?"

  "What's wrong with being 26? I've always thought I was still 16. Can't I be? Besides, having an idol is not a bad thing, it's a spiritual sustenance. I like the two-dimensional world!"