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Chapter 18 New Year's Eve
I temporarily returned to my parents.

The whole family finally got together for a New Year's Eve dinner, including Ye Xiao.It was originally agreed to eat in the restaurant, but my mother said that I hadn't had a good meal at home for a long time, so I stayed at home.The house allocated to parents by the state is very spacious, and a dozen or so people don't feel crowded together.My mother kept adding vegetables to me. She knew that the tastes I had developed since childhood were all the dishes that suited me best, but I had no appetite.I have always been a teetotaler, but I poured myself a small glass of red wine and sipped it alone.

My mother quickly noticed my difference and deliberately shifted the topic to me, but I still didn't feel anything, which made others feel extremely boring.I drank all the red wine in the glass in one gulp numbly. Maybe it was because I was allergic to alcohol. After a while, my stomach began to feel uncomfortable. I left the table without saying a word very impolitely, and walked over to my room. In the small room, with the door closed and the light turned on, I played the CD I used to listen to in the dark.It was from Chuck and Asuka, the music was flying in my ears, Asuka's gentle tone surrounded me, I closed my eyes, but my heart was full of Huang Yun's words.

After a while, I thought another person came in.

"You seem to have something on your mind." I recognized Ye Xiao's voice.

I opened my eyes, looked at him, and didn't speak for a long while.

"Have you been to Ghost of the Ancient Tomb again? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said such unlucky words on New Year's Eve." Ye Xiao lowered his voice and said.

I shook my head.

"Why is that?" he continued.

I still don't answer.

"Is it for a certain girl?"

I nodded.

He let out a breath suddenly, and said to himself, "It's for women again."

"You speak in a tone of sympathy?" I finally spoke.

"Don't mention it, let the past go, and I don't want to mention my past anymore. What about you?" He was a little helpless.

"I'm facing a choice."

"Have you made a decision?"

"I do not know."

He patted me on the shoulder and said softly, "Everything will pass." Then he walked out again.

I was alone in the room again, and ASKA was still singing.In these melodies, I felt for the first time that I was so selfish, I only thought of myself and never considered others.The thinking and choices I have made are, to put it bluntly, nothing more than the choice of interests.I actually thought wildly about whether it would be possible to go through the marriage formalities with Huang Yun and never get a divorce again, from a fake marriage to a real marriage, to really have her, but whenever I had this thought, I would think of Lu Bai again, and think of him getting married from the Huangpu River. The appalling corpse that was picked up.I also thought that after going through the divorce procedures, I would become a divorced man. Will anyone be willing to marry me in the future?No matter how you cover it up or how you explain it, I'm afraid it won't help. Maybe this is the rest of my life.

Suddenly, I thought of ROSE again.

How can you think of her?My mind is all messed up.

ASKA continued singing.

I don't know how long it has passed, but 0 o'clock finally arrived. We bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and ushered in the Year of the Snake.

Dad started to set off firecrackers. Together with the firecrackers of thousands of families outside the window, New Year's blessings burst out from the fireworks. Everyone prayed to drive away bad luck and usher in happiness.

I opened the window, and the cold air with a strong smell of fireworks was blowing in my face. In this air, I heard a dull female voice coming from the depths—she was in the underground palace.

(End of this chapter)