Chapter 1: The Sky at Eighteen

The hotel in Provincetown was so quiet that all that was left was the old clock in the hallway, tada, tada.

In the room on the first floor of the hotel, the morning sunlight poured in through the curtains, and on the white double bed in the room, the woman slept uneasily, and the discomfort coming from her body caused her to turn around and wake up.

The white silk quilt covering the body slipped off, revealing a slightly bruised upper body, the bruised hickeys on the body looked particularly ambiguous on such a morning, and anyone could see how intense last night had been.

The memory only lingers on yesterday night, when the white-shirted teenager with a slightly drunken smile and a bouquet of brightly coloured lavender in his hand kissed her blushing cheeks and said to her, "I hope my Foamy will always be eighteen!"

At that moment, the whole cafe cheered for them.

Later, she was too happy, so she clamoured for a drink, and Lin Jin Yao couldn't argue with her so he gave her a little, and then, she seemed to get drunk.

Under the good tutelage Su Mo never drink, this is the first time she experienced a hangover, this feeling is really unbearable, she raised her hand and wanted to whack her head to make herself clearer, but unexpectedly found the body discomfort.

She looked down in a hurry, the unfamiliar marks all over herself under the covers, the sting between her legs still there.

The sheets bloomed with her first time, and that blinding colour made the fear unmistakable.

"Jin, brother."

For her birthday dinner, she drank and was sent back by brother Jin.

She woke up in the morning, only to find that she had changed from a girl to a woman, and now the only thing she could think of was Lin Jin Yao.

In the room, clothes and shoes were messily thrown on the floor, and the white bottomed floral dress given to her by brother Jin seemed to have been torn, showing how crazy it was.

She was a little scared, but when she thought that Lin Jin Yao had done it, she felt a little blush.

If it was brother Jin, why wasn't he there? Was he afraid she'd get angry so he fled?

Su Mo was very sad, after all, it was the first time she encountered this kind of thing, the clothes on the ground could no longer be worn, and she didn't want to move, wrapping the quilt around her body in tears.

Of course she knew that brother Jin wouldn't bully her, the two of them had grown up together and their relationship as a couple had long been recognised by both parents.

If she hadn't been under age, I'm afraid she would have been engaged already.

When she thought of what she did with her beloved boy last night, Su Mo's face unnaturally reddened.

If Mum and Dad were still alive, they would have beaten her to death, but not so much Auntie, who would have thrown her hands up in support and would have made sure they got engaged right away.

The mind began to wander uncontrollably, and when the sound of the door opening came, the body reacted instinctively, and the little head was busy turning away, with anticipation in its eyes.

After the door was pushed open, Lin Jin Yao's handsome smiling face appeared in the doorway, "Mo Mo, you're awake?"

Lin Jin Yao was handsome and had a nice voice, Su Mo had always enjoyed hearing him call out her name.

The word 'froth' came out of his mouth as if it were a dreamy bubble in the sunlight.

At this moment, hearing Lin Jin Yao's voice, Su Mo was relieved and at the same time, she suddenly felt aggrieved, a pearly face appeared pathetic, and she looked at him with tearful eyes, "Brother Jin, where have you been?"

"What's going on here? Why are you crying?" Lin Jin Yao rushed over and put the things in his hands on the bedside table, reaching out to touch her head, "Is your body not feeling well?"

Why does brother Jin ask that? Doesn't he know that a girl's first time hurts?

Su Mo looked at him with a blushing face, "Brother Jin, will you treat me well in the future?"

Lin Jin Yao laughed and nudged her nose, "Foamy seems to be very sentimental today? You are my princess, if I don't treat you well who else can I treat well?"

"I like brother Jin the most." Su Mo reached out and hugged Lin Jin Yao, burying her face in his chest and deliberately winking mischievously at him, causing his heart to race for a moment, and she hurriedly reached out to hold the person down.

It was only when he pressed this that he realised that Su Mo actually had no clothes on under the quilt, Lin Jin Yao's body stiffened in an instant, this bad girl had come to challenge his stamina as a man again.

Lin Jin Yao hurriedly took down the two arms around his neck, his tone spoilt, "Mo Mo, you're naughty again, hurry up and put your clothes on, I bought the fruit porridge that you love to drink, come over and drink some water first."

Lin Jin Yao turned to pour a glass of water, and only when he turned back did he see those marks on Su Mo's body, all over her neck and shoulders and collarbone, and perhaps there were more under the quilt.

Bump!

His arm touched the box filled with clear porridge, and the aroma of the porridge wafted out as if it were a sarcastic reminder of his folly, that he had cherished her beauty while she blossomed under another man.

"You, on you ..."

Su Mo apparently hadn't noticed Lin Jin Yao's abnormality yet, and with a shy face, she lowered her head and whispered, "Brother Jin, last night when we were like that, wasn't it like we were a real couple?"

The cup in his hand made a muffled 'bang' sound, the shattering spread, blood stained his palm, but Lin Jin Yao didn't feel any pain, he threw the cup out with force and yelled at her, "It wasn't me- "

As far as he could remember, Lin Jin Yao had never spoken out loud to her like this.

Su Mo looked at him in surprise, when she saw the disappointed expression on his face, her heart slowly turned cold, "What do you mean when you say it's not you?"

Lin Jin Yao closed his eyes fiercely for a moment, he held his girl in the palm of his hand like a princess and had been silently guarding her.

Instead, she had sex with another man on the day she came of age.

It felt as if the treasure that one had cherished for a long time had been taken by someone else at the last moment, such a discrepancy was really hard to accept.

"How could you when I was right next door last night? Is this how you repay me for spoiling you?"

The one who had sex with her last night wasn't actually Lin Jin Yao?

Sumo felt like she was about to break down, she didn't know what was going on.

One second she was caught up in the shyness and happiness of ignorance, and this moment it was as if she had been pushed into a bottomless abyss.

Fortunately, she still wanted to defend herself, she grabbed Lin Jin Yao's arm and explained to him, "I thought it was you, I didn't know what was going on, brother Jin, believe me."

She wanted to explain, but she didn't know what was going on herself.

Moreover, Lin Jin Yao was in a bad mood right now, he didn't want to listen to her explanation at all, he removed her hand, and in his eyes was a coldness he had never seen before.

Lin Jin Yao was conflicted in his heart, looking at Su Mo's aggravated and painful crying, he felt his chest was stuffy and painful.

His princess was crying, and how he wanted to take her in his arms and comfort her, but he couldn't.

He was a man, after all, and he didn't think any man would be able to keep his cool after seeing this scene.

It was also because of his silence that made Su Mo's heart go slightly cold, so it felt so bad to be rejected.

Su Mo looked at her hand that was pushed away, choked and said, "Brother Jin, are you angry with me? I didn't mean it, believe me, I don't know what's going on, I've been like this since I woke up, don't be angry, okay?"

Of course Lin Jin Yao believed her words, but after all, he was only nineteen years old, and there was no way he could face her in this situation.

So he chose to leave here first, there were some things he needed to think through.

"I think we should both calm down a bit." After saying this sentence, Lin Jin Yao didn't dare to look at her.

When he brushed past, he felt her hand gently pulling on the sleeve of his coat, and prayed to him humbly, "Brother Jin, I was wrong, can you forgive me this time? Don't you leave me alone, Foamy is scared."

When had his princess ever stooped so low?

Lin Jin Yao closed his eyes in pain, "Muo Muo, you have to give me some time, I'm a human being and it hurts too."

Hands hanging down feebly, watching Lin Jin Yao leave, Su Mo could no longer hold back her sobs.

Outside the door, Lin Jin Yao leaned against the wall, listening to the cries inside, his fists clenched little by little, the palm cut by the glass, the blood gurgled down, but it was not enough to match the he pain in his heart at the moment.

The innkeeper's wife was a local Frenchwoman, she came at the sound and was shocked to see Lin Jin Yao's hands covered in blood, she kindly came over to enquire, but was completely ignored by the others.

When she heard Su Mo's crying, the boss's wife guessed that the young couple had quarrelled, so she knocked on the door and went in to take a look.

First he consoled her in English, and then when he saw the marks on her body, he thought she had been bullied, and could not help but begin to swear, one moment in French, the next in English, and seemingly in the language of some other country.

Unfortunately, Su Mo had been concentrating on crying and simply ignored her, the boss's wife made a fool of herself and left on her own after comforting her with a few words.

Su Mo kept crying and crying and crying, and only when she was tired of crying did she lock herself in the bathroom, such a closed space actually gave her a strange sense of security.

The shower above her head poured cold water, soaking her whole body in the cold, tears mixed with cold water, but could not wash away the filth and humiliation.

The day before her birthday Lin Jin Yao asked her where she wanted to go to celebrate her birthday, at that time she chose this place without hesitation, at that time she didn't know that this trip would be a nightmare for her whole life.

She didn't understand what was wrong with all this, just before yesterday, everything was obviously fine, and it was on her eighteenth birthday that she was made to lose the most precious things in her life, her innocence and her love.

"Brother Jin, it's so nice and beautiful here, what should I do? I don't want to leave at all."

"If you like, we'll do it every month from now on."

"Nah, you said it yourself, oh! It's a puppy that lies, woof woof."

"I would never cheat on my princess."

That young, ignorant love still lingers in my ears, like the lavender fields I saw yesterday.

Yet before this love could blossom, it had been completely obliterated by herself.

It's been ten years since she first met Lin Jin Yao at her aunt's house, and she fell in love with this big, clean boy.

Ever since she was a little girl, brother Jin loved her the most, he tolerated all her faults and bad temper, spoilt her into a proud princess, even coming to France to study abroad, he had to follow her, just because he was afraid that his little princess would be bullied outside.

She remembers their meeting clearly, the first time he took her hand, the first time he confessed to her, the first time he fought another boy for her, the first time, he kissed her face.

Heaven took away her favourite mum and dad, but gave her a gentle and considerate prince, and she had once thought that Lin Jin Yao was Heaven's compensation for her.

Her love for him had long been so engrained that it had become an integral part of her life, and she thought that he would hold her hand until the end of her life.

But now, fate played such a big joke on her, the castle that Lin Jin Yao had built for her collapsed in this instant, and all the beautiful dreams were, on this day, shattered!