Chapter 8: Main Text 2050 Earth One Three Mouth

Main Text 2050 Earth One Three Mouth

2050,

Earth Star.

Humanity experienced once,

An unprecedented brilliant transformation of technology and mysticism.

Ancient Eastern theology awakened from the dust,

Just like the morning star at dawn,

Glittering brightly, shining upon myriad;

The fantastical Western method also emerged from the tomb,

Like a sleeping pharaoh opening its wise eyes,

Mysterious and unfathomable, deep as the 'Vast Sea'!

The two vied with each other in brilliance,

The sparks born of their collision,

Like a prairie fire sparked by a single star, it ignited,

The passion of all humanity for exploring life and the universe!

Xinghua Community Unit 5, Room 313,

Thirty-year-old Lou Yue ru,

Should be at the peak of a woman's life:

Mature in mind and charming in demeanor,

Like a lotus by the window,

Tranquil and graceful,

Content and alluringly graceful!

In the thirty years of tempering by fate,

She had already quietly,

Shed the immaturity and mischievousness of youth.

What remained,

Was merely her alluring fragrance and dreamlike tenderness.

Understanding of others yet unwavering in principle,

Capable of managing the hall and the kitchen…

At thirty, she,

Almost possessed all the beauty and grace a woman should have!

But now,

On her head,

Gone were the flowing clouds of lustrous black hair.

In their place fell,

Those withered, autumn‑grass‑like white‑gray strands.

The crow's feet at her eyes sprang out eagerly,

Her pupils constantly flowed with an indescribable anxiety and sorrow.

Her small hands were no longer the delicate, jade‑like fingers of youth,

Inch by inch of skin sagged and wrinkled on her hands.

Lou Yue ru, in her years as lovely as flowers and moon,

Yet turned out like the withered grass after enduring wind and frost.

To a woman,

Though her years are not old, her beauty fades first,

This must be in their lives,

The cruelest punishment, perhaps!

If it were other women,

They would surely try every means,

Exhaust all high‑tech methods,

Even if it meant spending all their savings,

As long as Yan Hui's prime,

Then all this would be worth more than its cost!

Actually,

This is not unreasonable,

Because for a man,

Looks might merely be a tool for flirting,

If looks fail, talent can still prop him up;

But for a woman?

Looks also carry other profound meanings,

Especially for a woman who once was breathtakingly beautiful.

Looks are as essential as life,

They cannot be lacking.

Although some of them don't say it out loud,

But this is precisely their charming quality.

Likewise, this is also a small test of their love.

As the heretical saying goes:

A scholar dies for one who knows him,

A woman beautifies herself for one who pleases her!

This is exactly the principle being discussed.

But all of this fell upon Lou Yue Ru,

She actually didn't care at all,

What kind of power could make a beautiful woman give up her pursuit of beauty?

The matter must go back to twelve months ago,

That was an ordinary morning,

Lou Yue Ru, as always,

took her obedient sixteen-year-old son Li Fei Fan, who was a sophomore in high school,

and sent him to the Star Flower Bus Stop.

Then,

she watched the bus carrying her son,

slowly disappear from sight.

As usual,

that day should also be as usual:

After seeing her son off,

she went to prepare a sweet breakfast for Yang Ge.

Then,

she took advantage of her son's absence,

and flirted and teased Yang Ge!

Finally,

with a sweet kiss,

to usher in a beautiful, honey-like day.

After growing tired of Yang Ge,

she would lightly apply makeup,

Actually, using Yang Ge's words, it's:

You are naturally beautiful,

and now you've skillfully applied lovely makeup,

you're leaving no room for other women,

Moreover, it puts a lot of pressure on me,

my good buddies often joke with me in private, saying,

Oh dear,

Yue Yue has married you,

What is it called again?

Oh, we remembered

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,

It's that basket of good cabbage,

which Lao Yang has snatched!

After saying that,

there is always a wave of laughter,

and they laugh while threatening me, saying,

If one day,

they discover I've done something wrong to you,

they will beat me until I'm hung up and demand I atone with my death.

This leaves me quite puzzled,

Sigh, this bunch of 'little Tai Sui'—are they really my good buddies,

or are they your good brothers?

Strange, strange, truly strange!

Yang Ge, after speaking, still can't help but stare at her,

as if hinting at something to her.

And whenever this happens,

some things you understand will happen,

for example, a sweet gentle kiss.

For example, a deep, lingering kiss,

Or a raging fire meeting a dry log's damp kiss…

In short, this is the little sweetness between the two of them,

the kind outsiders shouldn't know,

you understand as well,

right?

After sprinkling the daily sweet moments,

she will gather her close girlfriends,

each carrying a sweet little crossbody bag,

and head out together to "treat others' eyes" on the street!

Some people are just like that,

they need do nothing,

just be themselves,

to others,

it is also a great pleasure,

they are exactly that kind of person,

wherever they go,

the scenery follows them.

People,

are themselves a scenery,

and each scene has its spring, summer, autumn, and winter,

the scenery of sun, clouds, rain, and snow!

Lou Yue Ru is just like that,

and her girlfriends as well,

are the same.

When they go shopping to please the eyes,

they will discuss vegetables and grains together,

for example, where promotions are happening today,

or where discounts have started,

every tiny difference in offers,

cannot escape their market eyes.

As housewives,

they are so professional they could write books for publication.

Of course,

as modern‑and‑classical coexisting new‑fashion women,

they also enjoy chatting about music and literature,

"Yangchun Baixue" and "Gaoshan Liushui" are perfectly pure and flawless on them!

Especially Lou Yue Ru,

she is the top among them.

The beautiful morning time,

lies within this shopping, eye‑pleasing, chatting about everything,

and passes gracefully.

Truly delightful,

I truly don't know how many people are envious!

The sun rose to the sky's center,

Lou Yue Ru's lunch had already been set on the table,

to welcome the half‑day‑tired Yang Ge and Xiao Feifan.

Yang Ge,

is Lou Yue Ru's nickname for him,

his full name is Li Xingyang,

who works as a secretary in a public institution,

and has been doing so for over a decade.

Although he is already twenty‑nine,

he is still considered "naturally beautiful",

still looking refined and handsome,

always giving the impression of a young lad.

Far from being the "unbearable" that those "pig friends" claim,

moreover, because he is both lively and carefree yet serious and responsible,

both frank and unrestrained and also meticulous in thought.

Sometimes his excitement looks like a silly grin,

Sometimes he is also very stern, having the air of an old cadre.

So he can basically get along with all his colleagues,

Even those perennial "dry ice" people love to chat with him.

He seems to have a kind of magic,

a kind of magic that lets others and himself have fun together!

Perhaps,

This is probably why Lou Yueru chose him!

Today,

For him, it's another ordinary yet fun-filled day.

Actually, he's fun-filled every day,

like a carefree youngster who hasn't yet tasted the flavor of worry!

He even feels that,

things in this world that could make him frown,

might already have gone extinct.

Choosing to be fun-filled,

is his natural and spontaneous attitude,

certainly not a forced or repressed stance based on principle.

At twenty-nine years old,

he could be said to be at the peak of his life,

able to have a pure, childlike silly smile,

he is immensely happy,

and incredibly fortunate!

As for Li Feifan,

he not only inherited the genes of Lou Yueru and Li Xingyang,

but also blended their strengths and weaknesses in personality,

so even his father Li Xingyang, who always considers himself extraordinary,

whenever he talks about him in front of outsiders,

he also wears a helpless expression,

he can't help but feel resentful even if he wants to.

People are like that,

the more you self-deprecate, the more others might praise you.

Of course,

Li Xingyang has no need to self-deprecate.

Li Feifan, both on and off campus,

his excellence in the Starflower Community,

has long been regarded as the legendary "other people's child",

all the children in the community,

have basically grown up listening to his glory.

One could say that,

Li Feifan is only sixteen years old,

he already has a small circle of loyal little fans!

Such a happy family of three,

should have continued happily onward,

and even become more glorious as they went.

But fate once again turned the clock,

to an unknown "April Fool's segment".

Thus,

a huge disaster is silently approaching this happy family of three,

quietly unfolding,

without a hint of omen,

leaving no trace,

an unavoidable accident thus silently strikes!