CHAPTER 212: CHAPTER 124: THE STRANGE WOMAN (PART 2)

During the meal, Xia You went to the bathroom. In the restroom, other women were fixing their makeup, only she stared blankly at the mirror, looking at herself with shy eyes and blushing lips.

Over several days, she seemed to have changed. Since the day she was injected with "Chemical Stimulant," she could feel a crack forming in her physically and psychologically. Or rather, it was something deeply hidden in her soul that had revealed itself. She stood there, as several female guests passed by her, each taking an extra glance when they saw her.

"Could this be what Xixi meant by being a woman in love?" Xia You splashed some water on her face, that crack had only opened slightly, she needed to be careful, not to let it widen further, otherwise, she might no longer be Xia You.

After his successful confession, Ren Minghang felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off him, and during the meal, he kept serving Xia You dishes, while he drank on the side. Xia You reminded him a few times before he remembered he had driven there.

"Xiao You, my parents and my brother and sister-in-law would like to invite you to our house for a meal on Saturday," Ren Minghang said as he parked the car at the sushi restaurant, called a taxi afterward, and took Xia You to her doorstep.

Ren Minghang said this, then waited extremely nervously for Xia You’s reaction, knowing he was being hasty. It was only tonight that he "confessed" successfully, and the next moment he was pushing Xia You to meet his parents. The year 2064 was different than before; the notions of marriage and family are no longer emphasized deliberatory, and relationships between sexes are more free, hence, many couples after confirming their relationship just cohabit for a while, and many do not end up going to see each other’s parents, not to mention an evaluative dinner gathering.

Xia You also stopped, she had forgotten a detail; being with Ren Minghang meant facing not just this simple-minded big boy but also his family behind him, who were politically astute. If they knew about the Xia Family’s background, then her relationship with Ren Minghang wouldn’t progress smoothly.

"If you are unwilling, we can arrange another time later on," seeing her troubled expression, Ren Minghang quickly spoke up, looking for a way out.

"Minghang, are you afraid of me?" Xia You smiled at him, then grabbed his right hand.

The softness in her hand, and that smiling face brighter than the moonlight, made Ren Minghang’s heart skip a beat. He nodded earnestly, enclosing that little hand entirely in his palm, "You are the only person in this world that I am afraid of, afraid that by some mishap you will vanish, afraid that I’ll wake up tomorrow to find that all of today was a dream."

"Then let’s make more memories," Xia You said, then tiptoed and kissed him on his cheek, "Tell me, what type of girls do your parents like."

Using his slight drunkenness as an excuse, Ren Minghang then walked several times back and forth with Xia You on Qianze Street, before reluctantly leaving.

Xia Yin and Xiao Maiqi had already gone to bed and Xia You went back to her room, remembering the things Ren Minghang had told her.

"What do you care about them for, as long as I like you, that’s enough," Ren Minghang, clearly doted on at home, Xia You did not understand why such a noble family’s son would fall for a girl like her. Ren Minghang liked her straightforward nature, even her decisiveness in cutting her hair short was seen as an expression of her straightforward character.

"And your eyes, they are the cleanest, most beautiful eyes I have ever seen," buoyed by the spirits, Ren Minghang finally stared straight into Xia You’s eyes, his slightly rough fingers tracing circles next to her eye sockets.

It was not just one person who said this about Xia You, this made Xia You herself interested in her own eyes. Checking in a mirror, she saw that her pupils were slightly larger than average, more black than brown, and her sclerae, no matter how late she stayed up, never had a hint of red in them.

"It might be because you forgot your past, which makes your eyes look even purer," Ren Minghang said as he listened to Xia You talk about her amnesia, affectionately tapping her nose, in his eyes, Xia You was not the Junior Sergeant who was just two months younger than him; in his eyes, Xia You was that calm, long-haired, seventeen or eighteen years old girl student he saw in the City Library who made him so breathless.

"Perhaps, he only saw the superficial Xia You, he didn’t know that you, in ’Military Road’, killed people with your bare hands, your calculating and ruthless side," Xia You set down the mirror and spoke lightly.

Actually, everyone only saw the surface; the real Xia You was probably closer to "Number 0". After getting tired of being the daytime Xia You, she opened the "Military Road" again, searching for her true self there.

There, she could truly feel relaxed.

In the temporary stop, "Number 0" took a look around, and was slightly disappointed that that woman was not in her usual residence. This was understandable, a normal traveler, after spending a month (Military Road Time), how could they still stay in the same camp.

"Nevermind, let’s continue on to Rome City," Number 0 left the tent, just about to leave, when her body was suddenly forced to a halt, that feeling, was exactly like the spiritual Shock that Yijie had given her before. Could it be, that bald monk was also here? (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)