As soon as the music started, Liu Lingmei stood up. From the moment she arrived at the bar, she felt that this Zhao Xiaoyue had stolen all the limelight from Xia Qiu, and there was no distinction between guest and guest at all. As Xia Qiu's sister group, I must suppress Zhao Xiaoyue's momentum as soon as possible.
She shouted at the top of her voice: "Well... let me introduce myself first! I am Xia Qiu's best friend since childhood, and my name is Liu Lingmei. Today is the birthday party of our good friend Xia Qiu, so Xia Qiu has to give it to her. Let’s talk a few words and have a glass of wine, shall we?”
"That's right!" The conjoined twins young man was the first to agree.
"Yes, yes!"
"Xia Qiu hasn't spoken yet, and everyone is here! Say a few words!"
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"Xia Qiu, say a few words!" Zhao Xiaoyue also joined everyone in cheering.
In fact, Zhao Xiaoyue has no malicious intentions. Her character is just open-minded. In addition, she has been engaged in human resources work for a long time and is used to dealing with people. Also, I have been with Xia Qiu for the past two or three years, and I know Xia Qiu's character quite well. She doesn't like to be pushy in everything, and becomes quieter when there are many people around her, so Zhao Xiaoyue also has good intentions.
Xia Qiu saw that the eyes of the entire table were turned towards her, and because the singer just introduced that someone had a birthday, the tables next to her were also looking for who the birthday girl was. As soon as she stood up, she almost became the focus of the entire area.
She tried to organize her words in her brain, because it had been a long time since she spoke in front of others, so she was somewhat unable to speak. After taking a deep breath, she said: "First of all, thank you all for coming to my birthday party. Special thanks to Lingmei for coming from Yongchuan! I'll do it first as a token of respect!"
After Xia Qiu finished speaking, he drank the champagne in the quilt in one gulp.
"Is this the end?! Hahaha... Then drink!" Zhao Xiaoyue saw that everyone seemed to be waiting for Xia Qiu to continue, so she quickly helped smooth things over and finished the wine in her glass.
After that, everyone here took turns toasting to Xia Qiu, the birthday girl. Although Liu Lingmei and Zhang Ke were helping to hold back the wine, after rounds of pushing glasses to help Xia Qiu, who didn’t drink often, Xia Qiu still felt a little agitated. It’s too much to take.
She stood up and said to everyone: "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom first!"
Then she left her seat, followed closely by Liu Lingmei, wanting to see how she was doing.
The band's performance gradually reached its climax, the rhythm of the music became stronger and stronger, and the atmosphere became more and more restless. As the number of guests in the bar increased, the dance floor in front of the stage gradually became filled with people. Xia Qiu and Shou were originally tightly held together with Liu Lingmei, but they were squeezed apart when they passed the dance floor.
She turned around again. Under the psychedelic light, everyone looked so similar, but Liu Lingmei was nowhere to be seen. She stood there for a while, and from time to time someone of the opposite sex would come up and want to dance next to her. She could only move to the side every time, but then someone of the opposite sex would quietly squeeze in behind her, leaving her helpless. , and I don’t know what to do.
Suddenly a big hand passed through the crowd on the dance floor, grabbed her, and took her out. In a slightly tipsy state, all that man left to Xia Qiu was his back, and that back had a fatal temptation for her. And the coldness transmitted from that hand made her feel that it must be him.
"Hey, Xiaoqiu!"
Xia Qiu's shoulder was lightly tapped. Liu Lingmei stood in front of her with a worried look on her face. The person who held her just now disappeared at some point. Standing side by side with Liu Lingmei were Zhang Ke and Zhao Xiaoyue.
"A few of us thought you had drunk too much, so we looked for you everywhere! I wanted to search every cubicle in the bathroom. The people inside must have collapsed!" Zhao Xiaoyue said like a bullet.
"I didn't expect that Zhang Ke found you in the end!" Liu Lingmei winked at Xia Qiu. She had a very good impression of Zhang Ke. This kind of handsome guy with long legs suits her best. If she wasn't already a married woman, she would have to keep this handsome guy in her pocket.
"Did Zhang Ke find me?" Xia Qiu still looked confused after hearing what each of them had said. She wasn't sure whose hand it was just now.
"Who else could it be besides him?!" Zhao Xiaoyue asked.
Zhang Ke giggled on the side, patted Xia Qiu on the head and said, "Little girl, don't run around! It's worrying!"
"Aren't you going to the bathroom? Have you gone?" Liu Lingmei suddenly asked.
"No..." Xia Qiu shook his head.
"I really admire you!" Liu Lingmei grabbed Xia Qiu and said to Zhao Xiaoyue and Zhang Ke, "I will accompany her to the bathroom. You should go back to your seats first! I won't abandon her again now!"
Compared with the noise outside, the bathroom is a bit too quiet, perhaps because of its excellent sound insulation. When Xia Qiu washed her hands, she looked at her face reflected in the mirror. Under the dim light, her makeup looked more delicate, and her little dress also shone with a soft luster.
"What are you thinking about?" Liu Lingmei came over from behind and asked.
"I was thinking... forget it." Xia Qiu hesitated.
"Say what you have to say, don't keep it in your heart!" Liu Lingmei urged with a frown.
"Is it really Zhang Ke who brought me out of the dance floor just now?" Xia Qiu turned to Liu Lingmei and said seriously, "I seemed to see Xiao Leng in the library during the day."
"Are you still thinking about him?! It's been ten years!!! It's not ten days, it's not ten months. Ten years is nothing to them, but we are different! Wake up!" Liu Lingmei said Zhu Xiaqiu's shoulders shook slightly.
Xia Qiu was speechless to Liu Lingmei's words. She knew that Liu Lingmei was out of concern for herself. Compared with monsters, human life is just a flash in the pan. The confusing path connecting the human world and the monster world may never be restored, or by the time it is restored, it has already turned into dust.
When Ouyang Xiaoleng forced Hei Yun to take her back to the human world, the demon world was in a great crisis and faced destruction at any time. What happened next? No one can know. And why should she keep waiting? Even though his reason kept telling him not to have any illusions, his heart kept running in the completely opposite direction, which was the direction where he was.
Xia Qiu and Liu Lingmei returned to their seats together. Everyone was obviously impatient with waiting. When she came back, they said they would drink as a penalty. She knew that she would inevitably get drunk tonight, and since her mood was so complicated and depressed, she might as well drink to her heart's content.
In the blink of an eye, she no longer knew how many glasses of wine she had drunk. She just felt that the whole world was spinning and jumping to the beat of the band, and she began to integrate into this beat. People kept dancing on the dance floor, and for a while only Zhang Ke and Xia Qiu were left.
Zhang Ke knew that everyone was creating opportunities for him and Xia Qiu, so he moved next to Xia Qiu. I usually talk to her like a boss when I go to work, but now I don’t know how to speak. After holding it in for a long time, I finally said: "Everyone just didn’t have the chance to say that you are very beautiful today!"
No matter which girl is recognized by others for her appearance, she should be happy from the bottom of her heart. The same goes for Xia Qiu. She raised her cup and said to Zhang Ke: "Thank you!"
"Drink less!" Although Zhang Ke advised, he still raised his glass.
When Liu Lingmei came back, she had become the queen of the entire bar. From time to time, strange men would come to offer a toast, and even a waiter would bring the wine they didn't order, saying it was for Ms. Liu.
At this time, a text message suddenly came in from Xia Qiu's mobile phone. She quickly opened it and saw another message from Du He:
"Xia Qiu, I wish you a happy birthday! Both you and Lingmei should drink less alcohol. It's mainly for safety! In addition, the response from the demon world to the human world has been particularly strong recently!"
Du He's message made Xia Qiu more firm in her thoughts. Whether it was the eyes she saw in the library during the day or the hand that just led her out of the dance floor, perhaps they were not her hallucinations. The time for him to meet might be coming soon.
She wanted to leave and show this text message to Liu Lingmei, telling her that her waiting had not been in vain and that everything she had paid was worth it. But just when she looked down at the text message, Liu Lingmei disappeared again. She picked up her phone and decided to find her on the dance floor.
The entire dance floor was really crowded at the moment, and it was impossible to squeeze in. Xia Qiu tried several times but couldn't squeeze in, and finally had to give up. As a result of squeezing around, she felt a little breathless. She remembered that the most famous thing about this bar was the terrace, so she planned to go to the terrace to breathe some fresh air.
She remembered that the path leading to the terrace was hidden behind a glass door. Inside that glass door were countless golden butterflies. It felt like they were visitors from another world, preparing to enter this world. She circled around several times before finally finding the door. When she put her hand on the door to push it open, she felt her eyes twitching a few times unnaturally.
When she came to her senses again, countless butterflies were flying towards her, and she had no choice but to walk forward through their surroundings. What appeared in front of her was a place that was quite different from the terrace in her memory. The terrace of X Bar was the same as the interior of the bar, which was European style, but this place had an antique Chinese style.
She guessed that this place had been renovated recently? But how to explain those butterflies just now
Suddenly she subconsciously looked at her little dress and found that many golden butterflies had turned into decorations on her dress. Their wings felt very thin and she didn't know what material they were made of. She walked towards the edge of the terrace. The further she walked, the more dazzling the light became. That light definitely did not belong to the moon.
In the light, there seemed to be a figure standing quietly against the railing. Although there was only a back view, Xia Qiu had an urge to get closer to him.