Chapter Fifteen: First Impressions of Memories 7

  Ming De put the magazine upstairs and returned to the dinner table: "You don't even go online, I've been like this for so long now you're just coming to see me......" Seeing Mu Si Xue was peeling shrimp into Shen Shu Xian's plate: "Why did you peel them for Sister Xian first?"

  "You also call her sister, why can't you peel it for her first?" Musui Xue peeled the shrimp and put it on the plate in front of Ming De: "You also know what I've been busy with these days, don't be so petty."

  "Are you eloquent?" Ming De saw Mu Si Xue putting the shrimp on a plate: "Haven't answered my question yet? Don't you go online at all? Didn't you know I got hurt two days ago?"

  "Our company is involved in a plagiarism scandal, and it's all so confusing. I still don't know how the media will react to this. Just now, Ah Tang took your video, and I rushed over to your place. Never mind, you're hurt, and I won't hold it against you. But where's that friend of yours...?"

  Ming De had thought of asking those two questions that Mu Si Xue asked, but he was more concerned about the question regarding Ling Shui Yue: "Why care so much about him?"

  "What? You're neighbors now?" Mingde's eyes flashed with a hint of amusement, recalling the last time at 'Ruyi', Yao Feng's rich expression: "Just neighbors?"

  Muxi Xue stole a glance at Shen Shuyan, and it was as if she was perking up her ears to listen: "Mingde——!"

  Shen Shu-xian smiled awkwardly: "Forgive me, I'm too curious, one of these days my curiosity will be the death of me. You guys chat, our little treasure misses me, I'll head home first. Thanks for the shrimp. Also, I like you."

  Shen Shu-xian was so straightforward that Mu Si-xue felt very uncomfortable: "Sister Xian, I didn't......"

  "I know. I like you. Goodbye!"

  "Goodbye!"

  At the sound of the door closing, Musui Xue slightly furrowed her brow: "Ming De! Will sister Yan be angry with me?"

  "No way. She's already said it, she likes you. And I'm absolutely sure of this because you and her are equally annoying to me."

  Muxi Xue looked at Mingde with a childish expression and smiled happily: "It's you who bullied me, yet you said I was angry with you."

  "Don't change the subject, are you and Yaw just neighbors?"

  "You know everything, nothing can be hidden from you. I... am not quite sure if I have fallen in love with him or not. I've never been in a relationship before."

  Ming De spat out the juice in his mouth and splattered it all over Mu Si Xue: "You've fallen for Yao? You've never been in a relationship before? How old are you?"

  "Do I have to answer your question now? After you sprayed me with juice?" She was wearing a white shirt today.

  "Alright, go change into something else in my dressing room, hurry up!"

  Ming De's clothes are relatively few compared to other artists. Musi Xue chose a more neutral one from nearly a hundred shirts, but it was too big and too fat, so she had no choice but to make do with it.

  Muzi Snow was wearing his own clothes and looked big and fat. Ming De laughed and said, "It's almost like a bathrobe, isn't there anything else you can wear?"

  "Would I still wear this if it were up to me? Are you kidding me? Who did I become because of?"

  "Don't avoid the topic just now, have you really never been in love?"

  "No! When I was reading books, they all called me a weirdo."

  "Why?"

  "I have psychological issues and find it hard to get intimate with people, especially men."

  "What about me? I'm fine, aren't I?"

  "I find it strange too. But I've only seen you... counting this time, just four times. To put it this way, seeing you is like seeing a family member, very natural and not awkward at all. It's different when I see others. Hua Jia and I became friends after knowing each other for three years, and we're both girls. I don't have any male friends, you're the first one."

  "It seems you're even weirder than me. So how did you discover your love for Yoru?"

  "If I could speak clearly, would I still ask you? Until now, I'm just suspecting whether I've fallen in love with him or not. Not sure if I really love him. Want some more juice? Lord Mingde!" Musui Xue picked up the juice.

  "Of course you want to, but how can I drink it when you've already drunk all the soup?"

  Muxi Snow brought over a glass of fruit juice and poured a cup for Mingde: "Mingde! That g friend of yours... won't they be very sinister?"

  Ming De almost spat out the juice he had just drunk: "Moira! Are you intentionally not letting me drink juice today?"

  "Where is it? I won't ask anymore, I won't ask anymore. Have you ever been in love?"

  "Still saying you don't ask? I don't know. Maybe many times, maybe never."

  "You also said I'm a weirdo, but it turns out you're even weirder...". Musi Xue thought about asking Ming Xin's question, and from Ming De's tone, he could tell that he was very close to his sister.

  "Still hesitant about me?"

  "How come I've never heard you mention that you have a sister? Did she come to see you when you were injured?" Mu Si Xue was somewhat hesitant, but she really wanted to know.

  "She died in a car accident a few years ago." Mingde took a sip of juice.

  In Xue's eyes, he was trying hard to calm himself down.

  "I'm not as fragile as you think, it's been a long time ago, and I only got sad again because of that woman." Mingde pointed to the bar: "Just a little bit, the doctor said it's okay."

  Seems like I said something wrong, Mu Si Xue got up and took the wine: "Sorry!"

  Ming De drained his cup in one gulp and handed it to Musi Xue: "It's not a secret, I hit that woman because of Ming Xin."

  "Is wine really so good?" Musui Xue thought of changing the subject.

  Ming De continued talking to himself: "Hmph. When I was in school, cheating Ming Xin out of her allowance money was all spent on buying wine to drink."

  "There's such a drunkard brother, she must be very miserable." The good atmosphere was made so heavy by herself, Musi Xue thought to dilute the air density.

  "She's not pitied at all. All the good things are hers, and all the bad things are mine. In our family, I'm always the one who gets scolded, and she's always the one who gets praised."

  Ming De put a clean wine cup in front of Mu Si Xue, and Mu Si Xue reluctantly filled the cup: Drinking so fast?

  "She was shorter than me since childhood, when we were young, she would compare heights with me every day. As she grew older, whenever we compared heights, she would wear mom's high heels and look up at me with disdain: what's the big deal about being tall? Will dad and mom love you a little more?"

  Muxi Xue found that she had peeled and placed the shrimp in Mingde's plate, but Mingde hadn't touched any of them, only drinking wine.

  "When she was in trouble, I stood up for her, but when I got scolded, she hid in the room and secretly listened to dad scolding me. Then, she took a 'round round' (a type of candy) and ran to my room saying: it's not my fault, you're just not behaving well usually. She always makes me angry like this."

  Muxi Xue saw Ming De's eyes shining brightly and slowly stood up: "Ming De."

  "I bought new earrings, she snatched them to wear, and after wearing them, she always says to me: 'You look terrible in them, I'll never wear anything you buy again.' She's always been annoying me like this."

  That shiny thing fell into her peeled shrimp, Mingde drained it in one gulp and put the wine cup in front of Musui Xue.

  "And so she became an angel and became my guardian."

  Muxi Xue's eyes began to well up with tears, and soon they were falling drop by drop as she followed Mingde.

  No. Mingde can be heartbroken, she can't, she has to comfort him, Musi wipes away her tears and exchanges a smile: "Tired?"

  "I'm so tired! Moira! I'm really exhausted."

  "Is sleep good?"

  "Hmm." Mingde didn't sleep all night yesterday, and past events kept flashing before his eyes like a lantern.

  Muxi Xue helped Mingde up to the building and covered him with a cool quilt.

  "You sit next to me, can't go." Mingde said childishly.

  "Uh. I'm not leaving." Musui Xue took a cushion and sat on the floor, leaning against the bed and staring at Ming De: "Go to sleep, close your eyes quickly. I'm not leaving."

  Mingde had fallen asleep. As the sky drew near to evening, Muxi Xue quietly got up and prepared to return to the living room, but she heard Mingde whispering softly on the bed: "Don't go downstairs."

  Muzi Snow turned around and saw Ming De's eyes slightly open, feeling guilty and sat back on the floor beside the bed.

  Ming De handed a pillow to Mu Si Xue: "You can only leave after I've really fallen asleep." After saying this, he closed his eyes.

  Meng Xue took the pillow and smiled helplessly. She placed the pillow in front of the bedside cabinet, leaned her body against the cabinet, and gazed at Ming De's beautiful face: They used to be good friends, now are, and will be in the future.

  What's that? A corner of something black sticking out from under the pillow. Muxi Snow gently pulled it out, and to her surprise, it was the magazine she had been wanting to read. She moved the bedside lamp to the floor, turned it on, and checked if the light would disturb Mingde. Fortunately, the light was blocked by her own body and barely reached Mingde.

  Mosi Xue carefully examined the magazine in front of her, its cover corners worn and pages no longer smooth. It was clear that the owner loved it dearly, frequently flipping through it yet keeping it immaculate.

  Angel's tears! Dusk Snow gently stroked her own lips, beautiful cheeks... all gone.

  She lifted her head, trying to dry her moist eyes a bit.

  After adjusting her mood, she continued reading on.

  What's wrong with him?

  Mushi Xue saw Nie Shi Luo with a happy face holding Ling Shuiyao's arm. Next to it was a line of small words: Golden Boy and Jade Girl.

  At dusk, she slowly turned to the next page: it was herself and another boy, she looked so happy, they must have been talking about something interesting.

  Further back, you were eating mousse, and Minde was gazing at you with adoration.

  She knew, she finally understood why Mingde looked at her like that when she was eating mousse that day, because of this action... Bang! Musi Xue hastily wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeve.

  On the left is that "Angel's Tear"; on the right... On the right, Ling Shuiyue kisses Nie Shi Luo.

  Musei Snow was stuck there, big drops of tears, one, two, three... fell into the eyes of "Angel"... Is this what Zixi said about his first love? How could he forget his unforgettable first love - a girl who had already left the world.

  Is she just an alternative?

  Was it like that? She had already secretly loved him since she was young, even if he had a girlfriend, she still waited for him foolishly. Why can't she remember anything? Why can't she remember anything?

  If there is really a punishment from God in the world, she believes that she must have done something against God's will, otherwise she would not have received the most painful torture in this world!

  She could no longer bear it and threw down the magazine and ran out.

  When Mu Si Xue rushed out of the door, she forgot that there was a large group of reporters waiting outside. She forgot to disguise herself and forgot about her silk scarf and black sunglasses.

  When countless flashbulbs dazzled her eyes wide open, she finally fell under the dazzling flashbulbs.