Chapter 2203 - 2206: Maimai’s Birthday 9

Maimai stared at the bead glowing with a deep blue light, "There are words inside. A string of beads on a bracelet, with each bead

containing a word embedded in it.

"Gu ZhiSheng LOVE Ling Maimai, the cattail reed twined like silk, the rock does not shift." Maimai linked the words on each bead together

and formed a sentence. She was amazed, with a slight blush on her face, and turned to look at him: "The cattail reed twined like silk, the rock does not shift, what does this mean?"

Sheng Sheng pinched her nose: "I told you long ago to learn more Chinese, but you didn’t listen." She didn’t even know what it meant.

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Maimai rubbed her nose twice: "Why should I learn Chinese? I’m not going to develop in China, so what does it mean? Tell me quickly."

"I’m not telling you, figure it out yourself."

"Fine, I’ll figure it out myself," Maimai said, and then posted the poem line on Weibo, asking what "the cattail reed twined like silk, the rock does not shift" means.

Immediately, it stirred her followers who playfully begged to know who said this to her.

Maimai kept scrolling through the comments, wondering why they were all playful pleas instead of explanations. Finally, she found someone who explained the line.

The cattail reed twined like silk, the rock does not shift. This phrase comes from The Han Yuefu poem "The Peacock Flies to the Southeast," spoken by Liu Lanzhi before she drowned herself, as a love vow to her husband Jiao Zhongqing. "You should be like the rock, I should be like the cattail reed. Cattail reed twined like silk, the rock does not shift." It means, despite being forced to part under pressure, the love between them is unbreakable. For the sake of love, he should be as unwavering as a rock, while she should be as resilient as a cattail reed.

After reading this, Maimai’s expression changed. She raised a fist and gave his thigh a strong pat: "You rascal, you dare say such ominous things to me?"

Sheng Sheng was utterly perplexed.

"This is what a woman ready to commit suicide says to her husband. How unlucky!"

Sheng Sheng: "..."

"You’re too much; today is my birthday, and you say things like this to me." The next moment, Maimai took the bracelet off and threw it on his leg: "Take it back, I don’t want it."

Sheng Sheng rubbed his forehead: "Do you know what this means?"

Maimai pouted: "Don’t underestimate me, the fans told me it means that the woman who committed suicide was forced to break up with her husband. Before her tragic end, she tells him that even if they part, their love endures unyielding. For the sake of love, he should be as steadfast as a rock, while she should be as resilient as a cattail reed, right?"

Sheng Sheng nodded: "This phrase is just about demonstrating the unwavering nature of their love. How is it unlucky?"

Maimai didn’t care, she simply felt it was unlucky: "In any case, I think it’s unlucky. Words from a dying woman are ominous. Humph, I don’t want you to say something like that to me someday before you die. No, no, I don’t want this bracelet!"

Sheng Sheng couldn’t believe she would come up with such twisted logic.

He held the bracelet in his palm: "Really don’t want it?"

"Of course not!" Ling Maimai wouldn’t covet anything she considered unlucky.

"Then I’ll have someone engrave new words and give it to you again." Sheng Sheng was helpless.

Maimai pouted: "This bead is already unlucky, even if you change the words, it’s still unlucky." Being in the film industry, luck is very important, and she doesn’t want to involve herself with anything she considers to bring bad luck.