Prelude to a Past Promise, Pledge of the Present (2)
The summer of my third year of junior high was unusually cool, but if you climb eighteen floors in one breath, you’d probably want to commit suicide like me. My heartless parents just left their daughter, who was a month away from the middle school entrance exam, and went on a beach vacation. Already in a bad mood, I even encountered elevator maintenance. Eighteen floors!
Oh my God, I wanted to die…
When I crossed out of the staircase with a belly full of anger and turned left, I was determined to confront whoever dared to target my home.
They should know, I, Fei Xin Ran, am a third-degree black belt in Taekwondo. How else could my two inhuman parents feel comfortable leaving me alone?
“Hey, kid, where are you from? What are you sneaking around my doorway for?”
He, now 1.88 meters tall, was shorter than me back then.
Mu Zixu, about to open the door, stopped mid-motion, turned around, and sized me up before laughing uncontrollably. Just as I was about to explode with anger, he finally managed to suppress his laughter.
He asked, “Girl, where do you live?”
I said, “Kid, didn’t I ask you first?”
He mischievously replied, “I’m Mu Zixu, a resident of Apartment 2, B Seat, 18th floor.”
B Seat, Room 2? Oh NO! How could I forget the staircase and elevator exit were in opposite directions?
I heard his wild laughter again, and I lunged forward to kick him mercilessly, feeling satisfied seeing him grimacing in pain.
I said, “Kid, you’ve provoked me.”
I’ll definitely get ten times revenge.
Before leaving, I made sure to glare at him fiercely, and thus began my saga of oppressing that kid’s life…
I said, “Mu Zixu must be very happy to have you as a girlfriend, right?”
At that moment, I was leaning against the kitchen glass door, watching him cook noodles for me.
He glanced back at me with a helpless smile, “Young lady, you should learn to take care of yourself. Otherwise, who will want to marry you?”
Yes, long ago, I told myself in my heart that as long as Mu Zixu was around, I – Fei Xinran – would never be afraid of anything!
It was that summer when my parents ruthlessly left me behind.
