I'll return it to you!
I'll return it to you!
He doesn't even know who the poisoner is, so how can he repay him?
—What exactly did he borrow?
Huaiyu rolled and groaned in ugliness and madness, overwhelmed by pain. He collapsed into the mortal world, his face covered in lime.
The lime burned his eyes out.
I struggle and throb from one terrifying nightmare after another, almost jumping up and down with each one.
I strained to open my eyes, as wide as I could, looking around, looking around... I strained so hard that my eye sockets bled, but I could see nothing, I could see nothing at all.
Huaiyu let out a terrifying scream, clutching her neck with both hands, her face flushed with anger, panting heavily, like a black horse trapped in a desperate situation, ready to kick anyone who touched her to death.
Suddenly, a pair of gentle, soft hands came to comfort him.
I don't know how many dawns and dusks have passed...
A soft voice whispered in my ear: "Tang, Tang, we've arrived in Hangzhou. Listen, the sound of snow falling. The snow has reached the Broken Bridge."
The sound of snow falling? The sound of snow falling? Huaiyu suddenly felt that his ears were more sensitive than before. He could not only hear the snow falling, but also the sound of tears falling, distant tears.
As soon as the doorbell rang, Dandan jumped up from the sofa as if she had been pricked by the sharpest needle in the world.
She lost control, her hands and feet went blank, and she couldn't even open the door. The maid glanced around defensively, then turned and asked:
"Miss, they've come to deliver something."
'Did you bring him here in a wheelchair?'
"Mr. Jin."
Later that evening, Mr. Jin arrived and asked:
Where is the stuff?
It turned out that Dandan, who was distracted, hadn't noticed the two large boxes that the boss had simply placed in the corner. Upon opening them, she found fourteen bottles of brown liquid in each box.
The bottle was a dull, dark green with a faint, lingering scent.
"Xiao Dan, come and try this, it's Coca-Cola."
This is a foreign "soft drink." Soft drink? Dandan has never tried it. She heard that during the Qing Dynasty, it was called "Dutch water" and was very expensive. As for Coca-Cola, it just started manufacturing in Shanghai at the beginning of the year, and everyone is beginning to learn how to enjoy it.
A Glimpse of Dandan:
"The bottle's color is so similar to the color of the floral water that the Twin Sisters drink—"
"This is a modern beverage. When they set up the factory at the beginning of the year, they said it was on track and would send me a few cases, but they only delivered it now."
At the beginning of the year, everyone knew about Mr. Kim. But things were different at the end of the year. Ironically, the owner of the Coca-Cola factory still gave him face. Looking closer, it's rather ironic.
Dandan picked up a bottle and looked at it again and again:
"Is it good? I'd rather drink plum juice."
"Sour plum drink from Beiping?"
"Yes. When the weather gets hot, we go to Xinyuanzhai in Liulichang to drink chilled plum juice. The bronze ice cups are decorated with all sorts of patterns." She explained it in detail.
"Missing your hometown?"
"Beiping cannot be considered my hometown."
"Where is it? Tianjin? Jinan? Shijiazhuang? Zhengzhou? Suzhou? — Hangzhou?"
Jin Xiaofeng sat down casually, a sly smile on his face. Dandan gently shook her head: "Nowhere at all."
"If you can't find anywhere else, why not just stay in Shanghai? Shanghai has never mistreated your young lady."
"Yes, I need to get used to Shanghai as my hometown."
"Then why don't you get used to drinking Coca-Cola first? You probably don't know, but in all of China, when it comes to anything new, Shanghai always gets the first pick. It's never Beijing's turn, or Suzhou's or Hangzhou's turn."
Dandan lowered her eyes, trembled slightly, and then lowered her head as well, focusing intently on playing with a bottle of Coca-Cola in her hand, her fingers tracing the white English letters in circles.
Jin Xiaofeng's hand was on her half-exposed neck, circling it. Suddenly losing control, he asked roughly:
Do you know anything about my situation?
"—I know a little."
“Look at me!” he commanded.
She refused, determined not to give in.
Jin Xiaofeng ignored her and simply cupped her small face in his hands, facing her directly.
"Knowing when to seize opportunities is my innate skill. When I rise again, I want you by my side! I want you to know that I, Jin, am invincible!"
“Mr. Jin, I know.” Dandan looked directly at his face. “You are an extraordinary person. You acted as if nothing had happened, disposed of the things that had been taken away from Qi, and came back unhurriedly with a leisurely pace. I admire you very much!”
Dandan blinked her eyes and smiled faintly:
"Let's not talk about anything else today, let's have some modern drinks first. I'll go pour you a full glass."