Chapter 57: Ning Meng's Spiritual Journey Through the Void

  At this time, Ning Meng had already gone into a trance.

  I remember when I was little, my dad would often hold her on his lap, shaking and saying, "Good daughter, this wine is a good thing. When you're happy, everyone raises their glasses together to celebrate, that's what we call lively. When you're not happy, take a small sip and forget your worries, when you're in pain, drink some, it's a drunk solution for a thousand worries..."

  At that time, she was young and couldn't understand what troubles and pain were, always asking her old dad ten thousand whys... Now, however, she has experienced everything, but her old dad is already enjoying happiness in heaven, with a heart full of grievances, not knowing who to tell...

  She sighed secretly, for more than a year, she had been using her resentment as motivation to find answers, so that she wouldn't forget Lin Ziyu... She used to think that the woman who snatched away Lin Ziyu was probably a seductive and charming woman, a rich family's young lady, with slender fingers, completely unaware of the value of everyday necessities, with an extremely bad temper, and no upbringing at all... But after seeing the real person, she discovered that everything was just her own fantasy...

  Yang Di is elegant and refined, like a celestial being. She has a gentle disposition and graceful manners, without any of the spoiled and arrogant traits often seen in rich young ladies. At first glance, it's clear that she received strict training as a traditional lady from a young age, with all sorts of refinement... In contrast, I have no figure, no looks, no temperament... Ah, I'm completely just a supporting character, a humble maid.

  It's really depressing to think about it. But no matter how depressed I am, reality is still reality, and fate is something that is beyond human control, impossible to resist...

  The wind blew, and she suddenly came to her senses, lifted her head to see Guan Yan staring at her, looking a bit embarrassed. The boss was talking to her, but she was distracted, hurriedly smiled and apologized, "Sorry, Director Guan, what did you just say? I suddenly remembered something from the past and my mind wandered..."

  "Things from before, oh, I'm a bit curious..." Guan Xuan's eyes sparkled with amusement...

  "Hmm, it's all a mess" She raised her cup and clinked it with his, took a sip, and sighed in praise, "I drank too hastily just now and didn't get the flavor. Now that I'm savoring it carefully, I can tell this mouthfeel is really something..."

  Guan Xian hooked the corner of his mouth and said, "Fool, this wine is a good wine that has been stored in a cellar for ten years. Ordinary people can't drink it. Giving it to you would be a waste..."

  "It is my great honor."

  She finished speaking, but still felt that something was off... idiot... damn it, she actually secretly scolded her as the pig Bajie who stole the ginseng fruit.

  "You just scolded me..."

  "What did I scold you for?" He thought for a moment and said, "Idiot?... Ah, you were not clever to begin with..."

  She was angry, she herself is just mediocre, mediocrity means not clever, not clever means... "Anyway, can't be called stupid, that's what... Zhu Wu Neng's honorific title."

  He suddenly pursed his lips and laughed, saying, "Ah, you didn't say it, I wouldn't have known... thinking about it, what did you just say? 'Just now drank too hastily, didn't taste anything' - indeed the tone of Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit..."

  "Hmph, just because you're the boss, you think you can tease her? Ning Meng rolled her eyes, put down the empty cup and stood up to head back to her room."

  "Ah, dizzy..." A soft cry came from behind her back. She turned around to see that he was rubbing his forehead, with a drunken flush at the corners of his eyes.

  "How is it? Is he drunk?" She turned back, leaned forward and asked him.

  He swirled the wine in his hand and said slowly, "I'm not drunk, there's still one more cup here, I'll finish it before I leave..."

  Drunk people always say they're not drunk, Ning Meng was certain this man had probably had enough to drink. After all, he was her breadwinner and Guan Di had entrusted him to her care. Forget it... she wouldn't hold it against him. She took two steps forward, reached out a hand to support his arm, and coaxed, "Finish this cup and then go back to rest..."

  Suddenly, Guan Xuan turned around, with a complaining look in his eyes. "Yang Ming got drunk, you helped him drink, I got drunk, why didn't you help me drink a little? Isn't this favoritism?" This man was completely like a child after getting drunk, even keeping track of such things.

  "What's it to me? You're my boss, he's just a colleague... This colleague can come or go, but if this boss is gone, I'll be laid off and become a vagrant. So, of course, I'm thicker with one than the other..."

  "Really, you're not kidding me?"

  "Cheating is puppy."

  He stretched out his finger and said, "Pull the hook..."

  "Okay, got it." In front of Ning Meng, a group of ducks flew by, jumping out in layers of black lines. However, he still seriously hooked his fingers and solemnly stamped his seal.

  Before he had even finished speaking, the half cup of wine was already being extended towards her, reaching to her lips, "A promise is a promise, help me finish this wine..."

  The capitalist got drunk and was still cunning, not letting her take advantage of even a little bit of cheapness.

  She didn't find it funny, and helplessly snatched the cup over to drink it all in one gulp. She turned the cup upside down, smacked her lips, and said, "It's really delicious, it's simply the Jade Pool's crystal branch jade liquid..."

  "Really?" a voice whispered in her ear, accompanied by a faint scent of fragrance.

  "Of course it's true, why would I cheat you? Cheating is for little dogs, we've all been through the hook."

  "But why doesn't the wine I drink taste as fragrant?" He stared straight at her, his dark pupils gleaming brightly with a reddish tint, like stars twinkling in the sky.

  Ning Meng was bewildered by the beauty in front of her, and before she could react, a warm and gentle touch suddenly landed on her lips, lingering for a moment. When she came to her senses, he had already let go, and he couldn't help but praise, "Indeed, it's like the jade liquid from the Jade Pool..."