Chapter 264 Making a Wish
Everyone chatted and laughed as they poured more wine, their conversation flowing freely.
Sang Qing quickly became intoxicated, her face flushed, but the cool breeze on the rooftop prevented her from completely passing out.
She held Shi Ying's hand and instructed, "If I'm about to jump from here, you must grab me."
Shi Ying took the remaining wine from Sang Qing's cup, drank it all in one gulp, and replied gently, "Okay."
"Healer, don't worry, even if Shi Ying can't hold you back, I will catch you." Bai Xiao smiled brightly.
"That's right, healer, don't worry at all. With us here, how could we let you fall?" Yi Feng patted his chest confidently.
"If my sister falls, I'll jump after you, and... hiccup, die for you!"
Tao Tao burped and blinked her eyes cutely.
A faint blush crept onto her fair face, indicating that she wasn't a good drinker and was already feeling a bit dizzy.
“If it’s a suicide pact, it’s not your turn. Our former captain would definitely be the first to jump.” Claire gave him a disdainful look.
Tao Tao was unconvinced and picked up the wine jar next to her, pouring him a drink. "Come on! Drink!"
Besides Sang Qing, the two of them had the worst alcohol tolerance. Oh, wait, there was also Yi Feng.
He just said he could drink ten cups, but after two and a half, he was completely drunk and passed out.
Peach and Claire laughed at his "corpse" for a long time.
Omia, Shiying, and Bai Xiao are all heavy drinkers; they drank just as much as they could without any problems.
The crescent moon hung like a hook, its shadow warm and sparse, and the night breeze gently brushed past their clothes and hair.
The wine jar was mostly empty, and the wine cups were overturned.
Claire put her hands behind her head and casually lay down on the ground, turning her head to look at the laughing and chatting crowd. The girl's face was as beautiful as a peach blossom, and she leaned dizzily against Shi Ying's chest, listening to Claire talk about her childhood and chuckling.
The smile on her face was like the moon reflected in the river, then melted away in the wind.
He thought, "If only the captain were here."
Captain, you've never seen this side of the healer before, have you?
Thinking of this, Omia sat up again, turned on the computer, and pressed the shutter button.
"Look! A shooting star!"
Claire suddenly pointed to the sky and exclaimed.
Everyone looked up and saw a sky full of stars, some with trailing tails as they streaked across the sky, like strokes of a fairy's paintbrush...
"Wow! It really is! And there's more than one!" Tao Tao exclaimed in surprise, scrambling up from the ground and leaning against the railing.
Bai Xiao climbed onto the railing and sat down, leaning back slightly, letting the wind tousle his hair. "Today is indeed a good day; there's even a meteor shower."
Sang Qing sat up straight from Shi Ying's embrace, shook her head to clear her mind.
This was the first time in over twenty years that she had ever seen a shooting star in person.
She looked at the group and asked, "Aren't you going to make a wish?"
"That's right! Quick, make a wish!" Tao Tao immediately realized, put her hands together, and said her wish, "I hope snakes will be accepted by people, and I hope everyone in the world will like snakes!"
"Isn't that asking too much of a question?" Omia teased.
Tao Tao: "Is it too much to ask? Then I'll change it to something else. I hope to always be with my brothers in the Snake Lizard Team and the Special Forces Team, and to have an endless supply of dried fish every day."
That's right, Tao Tao is a snake that loves to eat dried small fish.
"Tch, what a loser!" Claire scoffed.
Peach Rabbit glared at him, "You think you're so great? Tell me what your wish is!"
"Then listen up." Claire smugly hummed twice and stood up from the ground.
Being quite drunk, it took him a while to regain his balance by holding onto the railing.
Then, pointing to the sky, he shouted with boundless pride, "I hope to become as powerful as the former captain, invincible throughout the world!"
Then she stole a glance at Sang Qing next to Shi Ying, hoping that she could also marry the healer.
However, he didn't dare say those words out loud, fearing that Shi Ying would kick him off the building, leaving him either dead or crippled.
The others only thought that Claire was looking at Shi Ying and wanted to emulate him.
Tao Tao pouted, equally disgusted, "You must be dreaming."
Then he looked at Bai Xiao, who was closest to him, and asked, "Captain Bai, what about you?"
Four or five shooting stars had already streaked across the sky and disappeared in an instant, but that did not stop them from continuing to make their wishes.
Just like they don't know that wishes won't come true if they're spoken aloud.
Bai Xiao looked at the moon in the sky, thought for a moment, and said in a clear, watery voice, "I hope that I can return safely from every mission."
“Absolutely!” Sang Qing agreed confidently.
Then it's Omia's turn.
“Omia, what is your wish?” Sang Qing asked.
She always felt that Omia had a sense of indifference to life and death, and a lack of desire.
Everyone else's eyes also focused on Omia.
Omia raised an eyebrow, nonchalantly saying, "My wish is that the healer will always be happy and joyful."
Sang Qing was taken aback, then suddenly smiled, "Thank you, and I hope you're happy too."
He then looked at the remaining people and said, "Everyone should be happy."
Claire and Peach rolled their eyes and complained that Omia was all about flattery.
Bai Xiao laughed and said, "The healer's bloodline shouldn't be that of a horse."
This immediately drew another round of laughter from everyone, and Sang Qing couldn't help but laugh along as well.
Tao Tao nudged the unconscious Yi Feng, but there was no response, so she let it go.
"It's your turn, brother. What's your wish?" Claire asked curiously, her eyes fixed on Shi Ying.
Shi Ying glanced at Sang Qing, her eyes softening with an indescribable tenderness, and slowly said, "May you find joy and peace in Chang'an."
"Tch, he's pretty much the same as Vice Captain Ou, why all the fuss about being so artsy?" Claire said with a sheepish sneer.
Sang Qing looked up and met Shi Ying's gaze; they both saw a smile in each other's eyes.
A tenderness that only the two of them could understand lingered here.
There was still a little wine left in the jar. Following the principle of not wasting any, the group chatted and laughed and drank some more. Tao Tao and Claire were completely drunk and lay sprawled out next to Yi Feng.
A gentle breeze carries the aroma of wine, but the lingering intoxication from the wine's effects lingers.
Fortunately, Omia and Bai Xiao were still conscious and could take the three of them back.
...
Duke of Heman
The handsome, almost demonic man leaned back in his seat, his long, deep purple hair flowing freely, the ends of which were submerged in the alluring shadows of the candlelight.
His right arm rested casually on the carved pattern of the armrest, his fingertips lightly touching the ground, and the knuckles were clearly visible beneath his pale skin.
He turned off his personal computer, slowly picked up a strand of hair and played with it in his hand, a soft smile playing on his lips.
The little female is so happy, we should kill someone to cheer her up.
An eerie silence filled the hall, and the people below dared not utter a sound.
Then a seemingly cheerful voice came from the head of the table, "Someone, bring that piece of trash over here."
The person at the head of the table had an exquisite smile, but to the others, he looked like a demon crawling out of hell, making them tremble violently.
The next second, his eyes went vacant, and he left as if he had lost his mind.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com