Chapter 58 Chapter 58

Anyone who is close to Annie knows that because she has been in poor health since childhood, she rarely goes out and doesn't talk much. The time they have to meet is very short, and even when they do meet, she often stays in her own world and is not very sensitive to the outside world.

Later, her condition became more serious for a period of time, and she rarely saw her growing-up friends until a few years ago when her health improved.

After recovering, Annie's temper became much better than before. She was able to communicate and even became more free and easy. She never became emotionally sensitive because of her eye problem. She came from a good family, had no shortage of money, and did not have to work. Her only hobby was singing. Perhaps because she was blind, her other strengths stood out.

She has a nice voice and a strong sense of music, so everyone has always thought that she should be a singer.

It's not really true to say that her temper has improved. To put it more vividly, she has become more like a person with whom she can communicate, and her personality has become more distinct.

She never takes her eyes seriously and demands that everyone treat her like a normal person. Not only that, she plays wilder than others. Those bars and underground bands are places she frequents all year round. If someone makes her unhappy, she will definitely get it back a hundredfold or a thousandfold. Don't expect her to follow the rules. She can suddenly jump out of the dark and beat you up without anyone knowing.

So the friends actually have some admiration for her.

As for birthday gifts, it is indeed something that everyone has experienced since childhood.

When she was an autistic child, the adults in the family would use her birthday as an opportunity to maintain business relationships every year. However, they never expected that she would cry incessantly and have a high fever every birthday starting from her first birthday, and no one was able to do anything about it.

It was not until she grew up and could speak that she told her family clearly that she hated birthdays. At first, her family didn't take it seriously. They bought her many birthday presents and gave her many expensive things, almost picking the stars for her. But she just didn't want them. She threw away what should be thrown away and burned what should be burned. When it was even worse, she would lock herself in the room all day and not go out.

Although she grew up abroad, her family members also came from China. Some older elders once considered whether there were any special "elements" and invited some masters from China to calculate for her.

The master said that she was stained with blood and owed a debt, which was her destiny. When the person she owed appeared, this situation would not happen again.

These claims were fantastic, but because Annie was in poor health, her family never mentioned the matter again. Since then, they have never held any birthday parties for her, nor have they deliberately mentioned that day.

After her friends of the same age grew up and understood the situation, they listened to the adults and never went to see her. In recent years, when her health improved, she would ask her out for dinner, and that was all.

But what was she saying?

Not only did he mention his birthday, he even asked for a gift from someone he met for the first time!

Yueqing was also very confused. Wasn’t it said to be annoying?

What's more, we are now squeezed in an elevator and will soon reach the restaurant. Where can I find the gift?

With a ding, the elevator door opened. Yue Qing's eyes widened slightly, and he felt like he was rescued.

Chelsea wanted to help, so he rushed everyone out: "We're here! Let's go."

However, everyone had gone out except Annie, who stood in front of Yueqing without moving. Xuxu stood at the elevator entrance curiously: "Auntie, aren't you coming?"

Yueqing blushed. She was dragged to someone's birthday party, but now she didn't even get a gift.

The main reason is that I have nothing on my body except a bracelet that Yu Shuqi gave me before. I can't pick up anything as if it is a priceless treasure like other people.

She whispered, "I'll go buy it. Do you have anything you like?"

A kind laugh came from outside the elevator. Lvy blocked the elevator door and said, "Annie, you scared my sister."

"Godsister?" Annie retracted her gaze, walked out with her cane, and after exiting the elevator, she turned back and chuckled, "I'll owe you the gift. Come on."

Yue Qing didn't dare to do that. She wished everyone would go out so she could take the elevator downstairs.

But as if she had sensed her intention, Annie stood at the elevator entrance and held out her cane: "Do you want it to lead you?"

Seeing this, Yueqing had no choice but to leave.

This restaurant is different from the buffet restaurant downstairs. It is mostly used to hold private banquets. Now there are no other outsiders in it except some waiters. Everyone who comes here feels like they are at home. Some lie on the sofa and some open the wine. Lvy brought some desserts prepared in advance to his child and explained to him the things he was curious about.

Although it was Annie's birthday, no one seemed to want to gather around her. Everyone was busy with their own things, as if it was just an ordinary little party.

Annie sat on the single sofa, seemingly in a daze.

Yue Qing thought about it and walked over to sit next to her.

Noticing the movement, Annie tilted her head slightly: "Did I scare you just now?"

There was a question Yueqing had been curious about for a long time: "How did you know it was me?"

"They never approach me so cautiously." Annie chuckled. "You are the only exception here."

Yue Qing felt as if he had been dancing on someone's sensitive spot and was very embarrassed: "Sorry, I came too late. I will prepare a gift next time I visit."

"No, I really don't accept gifts." Annie said with a smile, "But if you really want to give me one, there's a gift I really want, and you can give it to me."

"What?"

"Your face." Annie had been lazily leaning against the sofa, but now she moved forward a little, as if studying her features. "I've touched photos before, but now I want to touch the real thing."

Some people use touch to feel what others look like, and Yueqing doesn't think there's anything wrong with that.

She sat forward a little: "Okay."

Annie's hand slowly rose towards her face, but it was still a little crooked.

Yue Qing grabbed the other person's wrist without thinking so that she could find her face accurately.

Unexpectedly, Annie suddenly stopped moving.

"What's wrong?" Yue Qing asked.

Annie tilted her head slightly: "Your heart is beating fast."

Heartbeat?

Yue Qing subconsciously lowered his head. How did Annie know something that he himself hadn't even noticed?

She was a little nervous, after all, it was her first time doing this, but she was not as anxious as she had imagined.

Before she could express her doubts, the other party suddenly laughed: "Wrong, it's my heartbeat."

This time, Annie didn't hesitate any longer, but gently placed her fingertips on Yueqing's eyebrows.

Her hands were cold, but the touch was very clear. You could feel that she was touching very slowly and carefully, as if she was tracing even the bones.

Yueqing didn't dare to move at all.

"I thought about it," Annie said.

"What did you think?"

"I thought you were like this."

She had touched those photos many times, but always felt something was missing. It was not until she actually felt the other person's body temperature that she felt that such a person was real.

Annie herself couldn't understand why she was so obsessed with a person's body temperature. She even felt tears welling up in her eyes when she touched Yueqing.

For the first time, she even began to feel that her blindness was a pity, because she had no way of seeing the other person's appearance with her own eyes and could only use her poor imagination to imagine what this person looked like.

She quickly withdrew her hand: "I received the gift, I like it very much."

Yue Qing was in a complicated mood. She had never met anyone as strange as Annie before. She was so strange that she couldn't predict her next move, so she was always at a loss.

She was distracted when she suddenly heard the other person ask, "When is your birthday?"

Yue Qing was stunned and blurted out: "I don't remember."

She regretted it when she heard her own voice. How could someone not remember their own birthday? At the very least, she could just look at the original owner's ID card.

But today she was so nervous that she didn't have the energy to think deeply, and she subconsciously expressed her inner thoughts.

It's very strange. Although Annie can't see, Yueqing always has the illusion that the other party can see through him.

She licked her lips and subconsciously excused herself: "I mean..."

Unexpectedly, the other party suddenly laughed softly: "You don't celebrate your birthday either, just like me."

Although Yueqing didn't know why the other person didn't celebrate his birthday, she knew why he didn't.

She has lived in an orphanage since she was a child. For the children in the orphanage, no one has a birthday. The director celebrates all the children together on the same day every year, but Yue Qing knows very well that is not the case.

Her birth was not expected or liked, and her birthday certainly had no meaning, so even the birthday on her ID card was not real.

No matter where you come from or where you are going.

Duckweed is no different.

So for many years afterwards she never celebrated her birthday and even felt a little disgusted with it.

But she didn't expect that someone would be the same as her, or even more resistant than her.

"You don't have to say happy only on your birthday." Yue Qing said softly, "I hope you are happy every day."

Hearing this, Annie turned her head and looked at her, then burst into laughter.

"Every day, many people tell me to be happy." Annie's voice was filled with laughter, but for some reason, it made people feel that was not her real intention.

"I've tried many ways to feel happy," she said, "but only one day did I feel what it felt like to be happy. Do you want to know which day it was?"

Yue Qing followed suit and asked, "Which day?"

"That day I heard an unfamiliar name," Annie said. "It was a person I had never met, a name I had never heard of, but my heart was beating fast, just like it had just now. At that time, I thought this person must be very special to me, and I wanted to get to know her."

No name was mentioned, but Yueqing already had the answer in his heart.

She looked at the other person helplessly, trying to see what Annie's eyes were like at this moment through the sunglasses.

Yue Qing suppressed her uneasiness and asked, "Haven't you heard of this before?"

Annie: "If I had heard it, I wouldn't have met you now."

This answer still did not put Yue Qing at ease, because she didn't know whether the other party was an old acquaintance of the original owner.

So far, she has been using the original owner's identity, but no one has questioned her, so Yue Qing has always been nervous, afraid that it would suddenly break one day.

"What are you guys talking about?" Chelsea came over, pushing a wine rack. "The chef is still preparing. The meal won't be served for a while. Want a drink?"

Annie leaned back, "Yeah."

Chelsea sat on the armrest of the sofa next to Yueqing with great interest: "Annie is very good at mixing drinks, let her show you her skills."

Bartending?

Yue Qing was very surprised: "Is it really that powerful?"

"What flavor would you like to drink?" Annie leaned forward slightly.

Yue Qing also curiously followed suit: "I don't drink much. I have to work tomorrow, so a drink that's not too strong is fine."

Annie stretched out her hand and Chelsea handed her a clean, empty cup.

Her hands were very beautiful, with neatly manicured fingertips and no decoration.

She played with the cup in her hands for a while, and then it slammed onto the table with a soft, crisp sound.

"Is it because Yueqing is here?" Chelsea chuckled. "You seem to be in a good mood today and more talkative than usual?"

"What do you think?" Annie asked lazily.

Chelsea yelled, pointing at Yue Qing: "It's really because of you. She usually doesn't even bother to move, but today she made you a drink without even asking. You two are closer than Lvy. Let Lvy step down."

Annie tutted, "Wine."

This time, Chelsea stopped teasing and asked, "What do you want?"

Yue Qing now knew how Annie mixed cocktails, because Chelsea would give her whatever she needed. It seemed that they always had a tacit understanding between friends. When any type of wine came into her hands, she only needed to weigh it gently and knew how much to pour into the quilt without anyone reminding her. Her movements were skillful, clean and beautiful.

The glass and the bottle obeyed her orders.

Until a glass of wine is ready, not even a drop of it spills or is missing.

She used an empty wine bottle to push the wine glass towards Yueqing: "Try it."

Yueqing's eyes lit up as soon as he took a bite.

She doesn't like drinking because she can't accept the taste of alcohol, and she will only drink a little unless it is necessary for social occasions.

But the wine Annie made was different from what she imagined. It had a very light taste and even had a very sweet fruity aroma. It tasted very smooth.

She couldn't help but say, "It smells good."

Annie glanced in her direction, a smile spreading across her lips.

"Make me one too!" Chelsea, the tool, was dissatisfied.

Maybe Annie was in a really good mood and didn't refuse his request, but the way she took the wine was different from before.

Chelsea also noticed: "Why are you giving me all this? Do you want to get me drunk?"

"Didn't you want it?"

"But you didn't give Yueqing much alcohol!" Chelsea said angrily.

Annie ignored his accusations and continued moving: "You are different."

"What's the difference? Am I not as pretty as her?"

Annie: "Indeed."

Chelsea: “…”

Yueqing: "..."

I feel like the other person is going to get angry.

"No." Chelsea was furious. "Make her a drink too. I'm your friend for so many years."

Annie paused, handed over the prepared drink, and said with a half-smile: "She is a child, are you?"

Child?

Yue Qing held the cup blankly, pointed at himself, and asked hesitantly, "Me?"

It’s okay for grandpa to say that he is a child, but why does Annie say that she is a child!

"Isn't it?" Annie said lightly.

Yue Qing coughed lightly: "I'm 24 years old."

"Oh." Annie asked with a smile, "Is it very big?"

24 years old is not young?

How old are you then!

"That's right, she's 24 years old." Chelsea looked at her as if she was crazy, "She's the aunt of two children, and you're the only one who calls her a child."

"Really?" Annie's smile faded slightly, and she gently fiddled with the bottles on the table. She said calmly, "So what? I think she's just a child."

Yue Qing's face was a little irritated, so he had to make excuses for the angry Chelsea: "I have to work tomorrow, so I can't drink too much."

Sure enough, the other person's attention was quickly diverted. He drank the wine in the glass that Annie handed over. "I wanted to ask you to take a photo before, but I thought that your country seemed to have a long break for the New Year. I didn't expect you to be so diligent. If you have time, we can continue the appointment."

"Okay." Yue Qing said with a smile, "But let's be honest, the compensation will be calculated separately."

Chelsea laughed out loud: "You're welcome."

Yue Qing joked, "There's nothing I can do. I have two kids to take care of at home."

"No problem. With our relationship, I will definitely give you more, not less. Just think of it as the money I give to my two children for milk powder!"

Yue Qing nodded: "But it may have to be arranged a little later. I promised the children to go back on the weekend. We can make an appointment for another time."

"OK."

Annie, who had been silent the whole time, poured herself a glass of wine and drank it bit by bit. She became interested when she heard this: "Who will take care of the child?"

"There's a nanny at home, and the child's great-grandfather also comes over," Yue Qing said. "Usually, he's in kindergarten."

Annie nodded, then finished the wine in her glass, stood up and walked out with the help of her cane.

Chelsea seemed to be used to it. She knew that Yueqing couldn't drink or talk for long, so she pushed her wine rack and went to find other people to drink, leaving Yueqing sitting there. She originally wanted to find Xuxu to take some photos or videos and then show them to her two children when she returned home.

But just as she stood up, she heard a splash and the sound of someone falling into the swimming pool.

Her heart skipped a beat. Wasn't that the direction Annie had just walked in?

Without thinking too much, Yue Qing turned around and ran over. Just then she saw a head sticking out from inside. She jumped in without thinking and immediately grabbed the other person's hand when she saw him clearly.

"Annie, hold on to me!"

He felt someone holding his wrist tightly. Yue Qing pulled the person towards him, half of the person's body resting on him, and then swam towards the side of the swimming pool.

Just as her hand touched the shore, she was about to let Annie go up first when she heard a puzzled voice above her head: "What are you doing?"

It turned out that everyone rushed over after hearing Yueqing's noise, and then saw Annie lying on Yueqing, who was not taking off his clothes or shoes, and looked nervous.

"Help me." Yue Qing said with difficulty, "Annie fell into the water."

Everyone: “…”

In the end, only Xuxu, who knew nothing, stretched out his little hands to help his aunt.

"She...fell into the water?" Chelsea pushed the baby towards the shore, laughing so hard that she fell forward and backward, pointing at the clothes beside her and said, "She wanted to go in on her own."

Only then did Yue Qing notice Annie's shoes and coat on the shore.

She stood there in a daze, but felt a slight vibration on her shoulder.

Annie, who had been lying quietly on her, finally moved. She got off her and lightly touched the shore and sat down. She had taken off her sunglasses long ago, and her slightly light pupils now looked at Yueqing without any obstruction.

There is no brilliance, but it seems to be smiling.

"So cute," she said.

Knowing that no one was wrong, Yue Qing heaved a sigh of relief and climbed up as well: "I thought you had accidentally fallen down."

"She loves this kind of thrilling stuff. Sometimes she's even braver than us." Lvy took the dry towels brought by the waiter and handed them to the two of them. He couldn't help but blame Annie, "Why don't you explain to her what if she catches a cold? She still has work tomorrow."

Annie opened the towel: "I forgot."

Yueqing also wanted to wipe his hair, but before he could raise his hand, Annie wrapped his head with a dry towel.

"Sorry." She moved very gently, but her tone was serious for the first time today. "I really forgot. I didn't expect you to come."

When Annie heard someone calling her name, she thought she had misheard, but the next second someone held her hand.

She didn't say a single word to lie to Yueqing. Hearing her name brought her a happiness she had never experienced before, and meeting her made her feel sad and unable to let go. So when Yueqing carried her on her back, her mind went blank and she didn't have time to explain.

By the time she realized what was happening, everyone had already arrived, and she selfishly wished she could get closer to this person, to feel her heartbeat like her own.

"It's okay." Yue Qing didn't blame her. Her head was covered by someone who was wiping the water droplets off her hair. She rubbed her face until it was warm. She said embarrassedly, "I didn't see clearly."

Annie's clothes, sunglasses, cane, and other personal belongings were all there, but she just didn't pay attention to them.

"Did you bring clothes?" Annie asked, "Go change first."

"I brought it." Yue Qing nodded, "It's in the room."

So Annie covered her with the towel and stood up: "Come on, I'll take you to change."

The others hurriedly handed her coat and cane.

Yueqing felt that this experience was very strange. She was supposed to take care of the other person, but in the end it was the other person who took care of her.

She pursed her lips and draped the towel she hadn't had time to use over Annie: "You're wearing less than me."

Annie laughed: "I'm in good health."

Having said that, she still didn't take off the towel.

"What about your clothes?" Yue Qing asked, "If you don't mind, would you like to wear mine? They're all new."

These were all clothes that Brother Jiang wholesaled to her some time ago. Every piece was beautiful and of good quality.

Without shoes, her height is not much different from Annie's, so the clothes should be suitable.

In fact, the reason why Annie was able to take off her clothes and go into the water was that she just made a phone call and the hotel waiter naturally sent her clothes, and they were the brand she often wore.

But after hearing Yue Qing say this, she hid her explanation and raised her eyebrows: "Okay."

Back in the room, Yue Qing busily took out all the clothes and introduced the styles, hoping that Annie would pick one. However, Annie didn't care much and just looked at her quietly: "You pick it for me, and I'll wear it."

It has to be said that the other party's complete trust gave Yueqing a sense of confidence that he was needed.

She quickly picked out a set of clothes for Annie and went to the bathroom to change herself.

After entering the bathroom, she suddenly remembered that from the first time she met Sister Lvy to the first time she met Annie, she had not been on guard at all.

Especially Annie, she took the drink that the other party mixed for her without even thinking about it. She had never heard of some of the names of those drinks, and she didn't know whether the alcohol content of the drink was high or low.

He drank it without hesitation.

This was not like her at all. Her childhood experiences made her wary of strangers, not to mention drinking wine offered by someone she met for the first time in other people's occasions.

But she was inexplicably relieved and trusting of Annie, and even felt a little overwhelmed in front of her.

Is this the strange fate that Annie talked about?

When she came out after changing her clothes, Annie had already changed too.

When Yue Qing saw the person standing outside the window, he was slightly distracted.

Her clothes are relatively simple in style, focusing on being generous and comfortable. When worn on Annie, the aggressiveness she originally possessed is weakened a lot.

Annie's hair was also loose, draped over her shoulders, giving her a filter that made her look approachable.

Annie turned her head upon hearing the voice and once again accurately locked onto Yue Qing's position: "Alright?"

The moment the other person looked at her, Yue Qing truly felt the trembling in her heart. She blinked, and some vague memories in her mind seemed to be about to break out. A face in a distant memory seemed to overlap with the person in front of her, so close.

There is a voice that keeps ringing and spinning in my mind, but I can't catch it.

"I'll help you defeat all the bad guys and become the most powerful sister in the world."

"So you can call me sister."

"If you call me sister, you can't call anyone else sister."

"Why?"

"Because my sister and my younger sister are a family, I want to be a family with you, and I want you to be a family with me, without anyone else."

Yue Qing stood there, the scene in front of him was sometimes far away and sometimes near, and the childish voice kept spinning in his mind.

There was a man standing in front of her against the light, his hands were covered with wounds, but he kept smiling and asked her: "What's your name?"

"My name is Yueqing, what's your sister's name?"

"My name is... I don't have a name." said the man.

"How can you not have a name? Without a name, you don't know who you are. Who are you?"

"I'm your sister."

The voice in her head kept ringing, but Yue Qing didn't respond until the person at the window came over and moved his mouth as if calling her.

"Yueqing."

Yue Qing raised his head slowly and asked subconsciously, "What's your name?"

The person in front of me stopped and stood under the light, facing away from the light, as if smiling: "Annie."