[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-1987-my-era":3,"chapter-1987-my-era-1987-my-era-chapter-676":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","1987: My Era",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2259836,4409,"Chapter 676","1987-my-era-chapter-676",676,"\u003Cp>Mai Sui listened patiently, then raised doubts: “You say Song Yu and Teacher Yu are teaming up against you—but that’s only your guess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe picked up the full glass of beer on the coffee table, sipped slowly, and said: “Song Yu and Teacher Yu met, and they talked quite happily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, she gently asked: “Suisui, when two incompatible rivals meet for the first time and laugh and chat like old friends—do you think that’s normal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui was stunned: “You saw it with your own eyes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After filtering through her close friends, Mai Sui realized: “Manning and Song Yu are also close confidantes—you’re neutral in this. It was Ningning who told you, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe didn’t deny it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui still couldn’t believe it: “Could Song Yu really team up with Teacher Yu? They’re both so proud.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe smiled lightly: “Before you fell for Li Heng, weren’t you just as proud? Among all the women around him, who isn’t proud?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If temporarily lowering your pride might win you lifelong happiness—would you refuse?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui muttered: “I never thought about fighting for him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe didn’t argue, didn’t press the wound—but she knew her friend had accepted her analysis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t press the wound because Suisui’s refusal to fight was only possible because Song Yu stood in the way; otherwise, she might never have willingly accepted being the lesser from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s human nature—neither condemnation nor praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Suisui’s advantages are obvious—she can’t stand out alone beside Li Heng, but outside his circle, she’s one in a million, a goddess no man could ever hope to reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze drifted between the two slips, then she asked: “If I drew ‘Leave Forever,’ how would you end his pursuit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe looked down at her wine: “I’ll have my own way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui stared at her: “I want your real answer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe hesitated, then said: “I’ll never marry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Mai Sui suddenly felt a pang of sorrow and heartache, murmuring: “Ah, when you said ‘one glance seals a lifetime’—how romantic, how pure—it was then I knew you’d choose this path.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Heng’s personality seems tolerant of us, as if he indulges us—but he’s stubborn to the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a feeling: if you choose to leave him, he’ll chase you for life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe silently accepted her friend’s words—precisely because she’d foreseen this, she’d made Suisui draw the slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting a while without a reply, Mai Sui asked a question that pierced straight to the soul: “Is this worth it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe fell silent for a long while, then spoke slowly: “It’s not about worth or not—a single piece, ‘Rain’s Mark,’ is the best gift he’s ever given me in this life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui sighed: “I’m not good at music—I can’t truly understand the secret between you two—but every time I watched you perform together on stage, I always felt an unspoken bond between you and him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui hadn’t realized how deeply Zhou Shihe had fallen for Li Heng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then she understood: Shihe was born with everything—her family had prepared every material thing for her—but never love. In the long road ahead, the only thing Shihe would ever chase was love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, a woman as extraordinary as Shihe rarely lets herself feel emotion—but once she does, she carves that love into her soul, and becomes extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Mai Sui thought of herself: Would she leave Li Heng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already secretly pledged her life to him—she would follow him, never leaving, never abandoning him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, Mai Sui suddenly felt a spiritual resonance with Shihe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui softly said: “I haven’t drawn yet—would you consider another way?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe gently shook her head: “Our issue won’t wait—let’s settle it today. Success or failure? Let fate decide.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women looked at each other for a moment, then Mai Sui finally agreed, closed her eyes, and reached out her right hand, grabbing a random paper ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After grabbing it, she said: “Done.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe’s gaze fixed on her palm, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui asked: “Will you open it—or shall I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Shihe said: “You drew it—you open it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Mai Sui asked no more, took a deep breath, and nervously began unfolding the paper ball, peeling it back slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the living room fell into an eerie silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both women held their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference was: as the paper ball neared full opening, Zhou Shihe closed her eyes, sitting upright on the sofa like a stone Buddha statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mai Sui glanced at her friend, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she silently counted to one, Mai Sui struck like thunder, decisively unfolding the paper completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she lifted the paper toward Shihe: “Alright—you can look now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhou Shihe opened her eyes and took the slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On it, in bold pen strokes, were four characters: Lifelong Sisters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her friend stare silently at the paper for a full minute, Mai Sui softly asked: “Would you regret breaking your own rules—for me?”\u003C\u002Fp>",854,"2026-06-19T15:27:37.732Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","90812732f9573aa1e4d27c3e8cbfe81d4351f98ca332ad09ff9dafc17ab70f04","1987-my-era-chapter-677","1987-my-era-chapter-675",713,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002F1987-my-era-cover.jpg"]