Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets

Chapter 936: Chapter 936: He Didn’t Drown, Did He?

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"Don’t drink too much." Tang Yue disdainfully stepped back, extremely repulsed by Xue Zhiyuan’s strong smell of alcohol.

Xue Zhiyuan didn’t care about that at all; with alcohol messing with his head, he felt the beauty before him was very familiar and very attractive—he liked beauties.

"You’re really pretty, and smell nice." Xue Zhiyuan leaned in, just when Tang Yue hadn’t yet managed to get rid of him, Lian Qingzhi rushed forward and shoved Xue Zhiyuan aside, saying, "Xue Zhiyuan, is something wrong with your brain?"

"Sister Xiao Yue, are you okay?"

Lian Qingzhi looked at Tang Yue worriedly; honestly, Xue Zhiyuan had lost it—wasn’t Tang Yue the cousin of Lian Qingxuan? He had seen her a few times before.

"I’m fine." Tang Yue said reluctantly, "Call Sister Xuan here."

"Let’s not bother him." Lian Qingzhi didn’t want to upset Lian Qingxuan; she had come here to eat girlily with them and didn’t expect such an unpleasant situation.

"Lian Qingzhi, why are you pushing me?" Xue Zhiyuan could mistake others but could recognize the twin sisters, especially Lian Qingzhi, who had a fierce demeanor not at all like a girl; he tried hard to open his eyes, looking at Tang Yue, saying, "Since when did my Xuan Xuan become so pretty?"

Xue Zhiyuan mistook Tang Yue for Lian Qingxuan.

Tang Yue: "..."

Lian Qingzhi stood in front of Tang Yue, looking like she was ready to fight.

However, before Lian Qingzhi could make a move, Xue Zhiyuan was kicked into the lake by someone.

Kicked into the lake.

In this chilly winter, being kicked into the lake was indeed cold enough.

Lian Qingzhi even felt cold for Xue Zhiyuan. As Meng Si Yu arrived, Lian Qingzhi proudly said, "Brother-in-law, rest assured, he didn’t even touch a single hair of Sister Xiao Yue."

"Not bad."

Meng Si Yu praised, stepped forward, pulled Tang Yue’s hand, looked her up and down to make sure she wasn’t frightened, then relaxed, saying, "I really want to turn you into a miniature version, put you in my pocket, so I can see you anytime without worrying about you being bullied."

"Cough."

Lian Qingzhi choked on her own saliva; she always thought this soldier brother-in-law was cold-blooded, only treating Sister Xiao Yue well and wouldn’t even say mushy things!

But what he said was even better than anything the male lead says in TV dramas.

"Wouldn’t that make me your pet?" Tang Yue pouted slightly, unhappily retorting, she didn’t wish to become small and be carried around in a pocket.

In the artificial lake, Xue Zhiyuan flailed around in the water, the icy lake water sobering him up completely.

Yipin Inn highly emphasized privacy, originally Xue Zhiyuan’s booth was different from Tang Yue’s.

However, Xue Zhiyuan, being drunk, lost his way after vomiting.

"Help!"

Xue Zhiyuan was good at swimming but totally forgot he could swim under the shock of the freezing lake water.

Lian Qingzhi noticed Xue Zhiyuan’s embarrassing plight, and thought quietly: Would such cold water kill him? Or drown him?

But, given what Xue Zhiyuan just did, dying ten times wouldn’t be excessive. Yet, if he really died in public, it wouldn’t be easy to explain.

As Lian Qingzhi pondered, since Meng Si Yu didn’t speak, and with his icy demeanor, she dared not broach the topic.

Meng Si Yu, holding Tang Yue, headed back to the booth. Lian Qingzhi stunningly looked at Meng Si Yu, pointing towards the lake at Xue Zhiyuan’s splashing, then watched Meng Si Yu’s departing figure; after much thought, she decided to return to the booth, pretending nothing happened.

Lian Qingzhi secretly mused, if Xue Zhiyuan died, Sister Xuan would be free.

But would he really die?

Back in the booth, Lian Qingzhi felt restless.

Lian Qingling quietly asked what had happened, Lian Qingzhi explained everything.

"How could you let him go there?" Lian Qingling, looking anxious, dragged Lian Qingzhi out; there was no longer anyone splashing in the lake.

Lian Qingzhi’s face turned pale, saying, "Wouldn’t, wouldn’t..." drowned?

"Over there."

Lian Qingling saw at the end of the gallery, indeed, it was Xue Zhiyuan whom had frozen in the lake.

"We don’t need to go closer." Lian Qingling pulled Lian Qingzhi back to the room, as long as he wasn’t dead, it had nothing to do with them, Xue Zhiyuan’s actions made them despise him even more.

Tang Yue saw the sisters returned shortly; she chuckled, not saying much, understanding Meng Si Yu’s gesture of defending Sister Xiao Yue, he wouldn’t do something foolish like pushing someone into the lake in public.

Moreover, this being the Yipin Inn, having someone drown in its beautiful artificial lake would be inauspicious.

Even if Xue Zhiyuan deserved it, it shouldn’t ruin Meng Si Yu’s future, nor should it taint such a tasteful place like Yipin Inn.

Lian Qingzhi moved her lips, wanting to explain many times to Tang Yue but didn’t dare say it out; until on the way home, with only a few of them in the car, Lian Qingzhi apologized, saying, "Sister Xiao Yue, I’m sorry, I was just worried he really drowned. Honestly, I think him dying wouldn’t be regrettable."

"No need to apologize, your concern is understandable." Tang Yue smiled gently and said, "What Xue Zhiyuan did today surprised me, but since he was drunk, this doesn’t count. It’s best not to tell Sister Xuan, so she won’t be upset."

Lian Qingzhi and Lian Qingling exchanged a glance and didn’t say more, simply responding thus.

*

At Yipin Inn, Xue Zhiyuan barely managed a few bowls of ginger soup, yet still shivered from the cold.

"Brother Yuan, why were you so careless and fell into the lake?"

"Indeed, you hadn’t even drunk that much."

During Xue Zhiyuan’s mishap, his few friends, who heard of it, gleefully teased him.

Xue Zhiyuan wanted to say he was kicked into the lake, but with his mind clearing up, he knew what he had done and kept quiet, opting to pretend he accidentally fell due to being drunk.

"Why don’t you try falling in too?" Xue Zhiyuan gave a chilly glance towards those who teased him; immediately, they fell silent, saying, "Brother Yuan, don’t be so stingy, I was just kidding, no other meaning. Brother Yuan, have some ginger soup."

Drinking the warming ginger soup and changing into clean dry clothes, Xue Zhiyuan finally felt better. Reflecting on how he fell into the water, he felt a lingering fear, prompting an early retreat home.

Tonight, after hearing Tang Yue’s many words, Lian Qingxuan felt she had lived too tired a life; she rarely treated herself to a bit of alcohol and soon fell asleep. Her rest was disturbed shortly after as Xue Zhiyuan barged in, waking her.

Fuzzily turning on the light, before seeing clearly, Xue Zhiyuan pressed down upon her.

"Hm, what are you doing?" Lian Qingxuan was groggy and mainly wanted to sleep, uninterested in anything else.