Become a Master of Drawing False Hope in a Tragic Novel [GL]

Chapter 66

Bian Yingning poured herself a drink and didn't ask Hua Cancan anything. She simply raised her glass to her and Hua Cancan raised hers in return.

With a clink, the glasses touched, and they both tilted their heads back and drank deeply.

The autumn chill made the alcohol feel cold going down, and Bian Yingning scrunched up her face as she drank.

Setting down her glass, she felt the icy sensation of the alcohol in her stomach, followed by a spicy burn.

There were some cut fruits and dried squid and other snacks on the table, and Bian Yingning picked at them intermittently, occasionally clinking glasses with Hua Cancan.

The two of them drank like this, on and off, for an unknown amount of time.

Finally, Hua Cancan couldn't hold back anymore. She pulled Bian Yingning to sit beside her, leaned against Bian Yingning's shoulder, and wrapped her arms around her neck, humming and whining.

Bian Yingning sighed and gently patted the drunkard's back, which was leaning against her.

"Tell me, if someone you've known for a very long time suddenly changes their identity, how should you continue your relationship? Can you ever go back to the way things were?"

Bian Yingning thought for a moment. "But those past days weren't fake, were they? Identity is just a label society gives people.

She's the same person to you, regardless of her identity... Would you think she's not the same person just because she changed jobs?"

Hua Cancan rubbed her head against Bian Yingning's chest, the smell of alcohol mixing with her unique milky scent, as contradictory as her own mind.

"But I feel like things are different. We can't go back... Someone else will always take their place..."

Bian Yingning stroked her head. "If that's really the case, then you can just get to know each other again, as different people."

If you can't continue as you were, then start over.

Everything would be different.

••••

When Bian Yingning woke up, she was disoriented. Everything around her was unfamiliar, and she was startled. She quickly pulled back the covers to check herself.

Hmm... all her clothes were still on.

She touched her stomach, there were no scars, and her kidney was still there.

Bian Yingning breathed a sigh of relief and sat up.

[Where am I?] she asked the system.

[At the Hua family's] the system replied in an official tone.

"..."

Bian Yingning looked around and found her phone on the bedside table. She opened it, and her mother had called her five times yesterday. The last call lasted about a minute.

She rubbed her head, having no memory of it.

[How did I end up here? What happened last night?]

[Last night at the bar, you and Hua Cancan both got drunk... and then someone brought you back. Don't worry, host, I made sure you were safe and sound.]

Safe and sound? What kind of description is that.

Hua Cancan was a regular at that bar, and the owner was her friend. Seeing that they were both drunk, he had someone send them back.

It was already twelve noon. It wasn't right to stay at someone else's place for so long.

Bian Yingning got up to wash up and called Hua Cancan.