Chapter 165 Death

"Your birthday is July 11th. Is this according to the solar calendar or the lunar calendar?" Huo Beixi asked when sitting together.

"We celebrate birthdays here according to what's registered in our household registration book. The date in the book is the date," said Hua Xiali.

She thought that their birthday custom was pretty good. They just celebrated according to the date in their household registration book and it was impossible to make a mistake.

"Then arrange everything recently and save time for July 11th." Huo Beixi said seriously.

Hua Xiali raised his eyebrows and smiled curiously, "Why? Are you going to celebrate my birthday?"

"Last year we were not familiar with each other and I missed your birthday. This year I want to celebrate your birthday properly." Huo Beixi straightened Hua Xiali's body and made her face him. He looked at her deeply with his dark eyes, "Is that okay?"

Hua Xiali smiled brightly, "Why not?"

It was her birthday, but she didn't need to do anything. Moreover, she had never celebrated her birthday from childhood to adulthood, in her past life or this life. In her past life and later life, when conditions were better, she only celebrated birthdays for her children and never celebrated her own. She didn't even cook an extra boiled egg for herself on her birthday.

In this life, she puts herself first, will never compromise herself again, and will never devote herself completely again.

Hua Xiali is quite looking forward to the birthday party prepared by Huo Beixi. She wonders what kind of birthday surprise he will prepare with his aesthetic sense as a man.

But it’s my birthday, so I can’t just let Huo Beixi prepare, I have to prepare too.

But what should I prepare? There is no cake shop in my hometown, otherwise I could go and customize a birthday cake!

After much thought, Hua Xiali decided to cook a table of delicious food. It happened that she had a lot of things in her space. She was a wholesaler and would definitely keep some for herself of the things she needed in daily life.

Hua Xiali went to her new home in the evening and used the kitchen there to cook delicious food. Since it was just her and Huo Beixi celebrating her birthday together, there was no need to prepare too much food, otherwise it would be a waste if they couldn't finish it.

So Hua Xiali made bamboo fungus stewed chicken soup, bamboo shoots braised pork, halved pork trotters, pickled fish, turtle soup, and spicy snails. Knowing that Huo Beixi couldn't eat spicy food, she didn't put too much chili in the dish.

Hua Xiali went to a department store in the county town and bought a few bottles of red wine, some nice wine glasses, and a camera. Because it was a new model and did not require those complicated equipment, the price was higher, but if he could take some valuable old photos, it would be worth it.

Hua Xiali did not tell her family that she was going to celebrate her birthday this year, so no one remembered it. Hua Xiali did not blame them because her family had never celebrated birthdays before and they probably did not realize this.

Without realizing it, people will feel that time passes quickly, like a fleeting moment. However, when you count the days, it will seem extremely long.

Hua Xiali's birthday arrived as she was eagerly anticipating it. She had lunch with her family at noon. Since she was going to celebrate her birthday with Huo Beixi in the evening, she only ate half full at noon, intending to save some food for a delicious meal in the evening. After all, she had cooked several dishes, so she couldn't waste them, right?

And we don’t even know what Huo Beixi has prepared!

It was very strange. Hua Xiali went upstairs to read a book but after a while she started to feel sleepy and her eyelids were drooping. She was not like this usually, and she almost never took a nap. But today she was so sleepy that she finally couldn't resist and went back to bed to take a nap.

It was very strange. She dreamed that she bit her finger and wrote her own name on Huo Beixi's tombstone. Then the two names were listed side by side on the tombstone.

When she looked down, she saw the date Huo Beixi died, July 11, 1991.

Hua Xiali was awakened instantly. July 11th, that was today. In other words, Huo Beixi died on her birthday in her previous life? But what happened on this day that caused his death?

Hua Xiali did not dare to waste any more time. He got out of bed in a flash, put on his shoes and ran to Huo Beixi's house. Seeing that his door was locked, Hua Xiali hurried to the house behind Huo Beixi's house. Seeing someone sitting under a tree by a small pond to enjoy the cool air, Hua Xiali asked anxiously, "Uncle, do you know where Secretary Huo is? I have something urgent to do and need to find him, but his door is locked. It seems he is not at home."

The middle-aged man pointed to Hua Xiali's new house and said, "I saw Secretary Huo go to the river bay, upstream. I don't know if he came back. You can go and see if Secretary Huo is there."

"Okay, thank you." Hua Xiali thanked him and ran back quickly.

I don't know what Huo Beixi is doing in Hewan. Is he trying to catch pearls from freshwater clams to surprise her? That's unlikely. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would act on impulse, because he would arrange everything in advance and would never rush to do something when the time comes.

When Hua Xiali ran to the river bay breathlessly, he saw several children lying wet on the dam upstream. There were other children crying beside them, and someone was calling Huo Beixi's name.

However, Huo Beixi was not there. Hua Xiali grabbed a boy's shoulder and asked anxiously, "Where is Huo Beixi? Where is Huo Beixi?"

The boy pointed with trembling fingers at the spot in the middle where ripples were still slightly swaying, and said with sobs, "Secretary Huo and Su Weidong sank..."

Hua Xiali didn't have time to think about so much. She just jumped into the water with a "splash" like a swimming athlete, and then swam towards the deepest part in the middle.

There were several wet children on the shore just now. Huo Beixi must have been exhausted after rescuing them. And in the process of rescuing Su Weidong, he completely lost all his strength.

Hua Xiali dived into the water and saw a dark shadow underwater. She then swam towards the dark shadow. Huo Beixi's hands were still holding Su Weidong high. Perhaps he was still thinking about lifting Su Weidong out of the water at the last moment?

But he was too concerned about these children. When someone fell into the water, they just stood there crying and shouting, and no one went back to the village to call for help from adults. If Huo Beixi had not been here, several families would have been plunged into endless grief today.

Hua Xiali came in front of Huo Beixi, stretched out his hand to hook his head over, then kissed his lips and fed him spiritual spring water directly, as if he was supplying him with energy. After a long time, Huo Beixi's eyelids loosened slightly, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

There was a hint of confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't know what was going on.