Chapter 5

Standing ten meters away, I felt like I could actually hear that girl’s heart shattering.

Yet, that didn’t stop a steady stream of other girls from throwing themselves at Xie Yu to confess their feelings.

Eventually, even I got a little tired of watching it.

On the night of his high school graduation, Xie Yu traveled all the way back to our hometown from Zhou City.

The kid actually brought a few cases of beer and started dumping them into the river with a “splash, splash, splash.”

I couldn’t help myself; I swam up and rested on the riverbank.

Under the moonlight, Xie Yu’s eyes, hazy with a touch of intoxication, were truly mesmerizing.

He crouched down and reached out to touch my face.

He whispered, “I knew it. You aren’t a dream.”

His fingers and his breath were unusually warm, scorching my face until it burned.

Sigh, this irresistible youthful spirit.

It was so vibrant that even my heart, a piece of wood that had been dormant for a thousand years, began to flutter with anxiety.

Did I fall for him?

That’s impossible, right?

The moment Xie Yu leaned in to find my lips, I subconsciously raised my hand to push him away.

Instead, he gripped my hand, interlacing his fingers with mine.

His other hand clamped firmly and possessively behind my head.

Are human lips always this soft?

Soft like the fibers of a cotton boll that has just burst open.

Warm, fuzzy, and tingling.

We kissed for a while.

Me: “!!!”

My stomach churned with acid. I pushed Xie Yu away and cast a sleep spell on him.

I was retching violently; this beer was absolutely disgusting.

Bitter and astringent.

It was nothing compared to the sweet osmanthus wine his grandfather used to bring me when he got married.

After I finished throwing up, I hid away again.

I left Xie Yu passed out under the tree on the bank.

I didn’t know how to face him. My unchanging life and emotions had been suddenly disrupted by a pebble, shattering the calm.

I was flustered, and I was scared.

Besides, Xie Yu wasn’t just some ordinary little pebble.

He was a dazzling, magnificent meteorite, crashing down with unstoppable force.