High Martial World: I Gain Passive Skills Daily-Chapter 58 - 57: She Beat Me Up in the Womb

Chen Kuang, of course, wasn’t drunk, nor could he get drunk.

Perhaps it was a byproduct of fully activating the Carefree Wine, but now his alcohol tolerance had improved, and after downing dozens of glasses just now, he seemed completely unaffected.

He ended up drinking Lin Er You, the host, into a stupor instead.

"Even though the status bar didn’t refresh, I guess I manually added a ’never gets drunk’ passive to myself..." Chen Kuang thought to himself.

But sometimes, it’s not the wine that gets you drunk, but yourself.

"Are you drunk yet?" Shen Meinan’s eyes, which were strikingly similar yet completely different from Shen Xingzhu’s, were close at hand.

"A little," Chen Kuang nodded seriously, playing along.

Shen Meinan studied his face, her gaze tracing every contour.

In reality, anyone who wasn’t blind could see that Chen Kuang wasn’t drunk at all. His face was fair and handsome, with a calm and composed demeanor, showing no signs of intoxication whatsoever. Even when he stood up, he was as steady as a rock.

But after watching for a while, the girl became certain and said, "I think you’re quite drunk. Let me help you to the guest room, lest you fall along the way."

Chen Kuang smiled and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Shen."

Shen Meinan hesitated for a moment, reached out her left hand, and pulled him along, her ears suddenly turning a little red.

She mumbled, "Um... you, you can just call me Meinan. Otherwise, with so many Fellow Daoists named Shen in the world, how would I know who you’re calling?"

"Alright, Miss Meinan."

Chen Kuang responded compliantly in a low voice.

He lowered his head and saw the girl stumble, moving clumsily like a drunkard, and couldn’t help but smile.

Really, who’s the blind drunk here...

The guest room Lin Er You had arranged for Chen Kuang was just a floor below, requiring only a descent down the stairs and a turn, not very far at all.

However, Shen Meinan repeatedly reminded Chen Kuang to be extremely careful, almost wanting to narrate the height of each step in excruciating detail.

This short journey ended up taking an entire two quarters of an hour.

Chen Kuang even felt as if his palm would start sweating from being held too tightly.

However, in reality, this was merely an illusion caused by the girl’s tight grip, which she probably didn’t even notice herself.

Shen Meinan chattered non-stop like a little bird along the way, as if trying to cover her own nervousness, while inadvertently allowing Chen Kuang to glean some information.

Shen Meinan glanced back at him, curious, "Did you come to Jishao County to visit family? Are you from Jishao County?"

Chen Kuang nodded, "Sort of. I lived in Jishao County as a child, but left later."

Following the conversation, he countered, "And you, Miss Meinan?"

"Me?"

Shen Meinan was taken aback, "There’s actually not much... I came to Jishao County to travel and cultivate, to broaden my horizons... uh..."

Her voice grew softer and softer.

"Alright then."

She paused, suddenly pursing her lips, and with downcast eyes, she quietly said, "That’s what I tell everyone, but in truth, I just sneaked out from home for fun. You mustn’t tell anyone."

Ah, so it’s running away from home...

At her age, such actions didn’t seem all that surprising.

One can’t help but be curious, though, about what kind of upbringing could simultaneously produce a Shen Xingzhu and a Shen Meinan.

Chen Kuang shook his head and said with a smile, "That’s not what I was asking."

"I meant... where is Miss Meinan from, and what’s her family like?"

Shen Meinan stammered, glancing back at him, "My, my family?"

Chen Kuang nodded, "Yes."

He sighed, "To be honest, I lost contact with my family as a child. Although I say I’m here to visit relatives, I’m actually here to search for them. As a result, I’m feeling anxious upon approaching home and don’t quite know how ordinary people interact with their families."

"If Miss Meinan could give me some advice and share your experiences, that would be most welcome."

Shen Meinan opened her mouth.

So he had such a difficult past.

Yet another blind man, who knows how much he’s suffered to become a cultivator...

While Shen Meinan saw his outer calm as feigned strength, she couldn’t help but feel apprehensive, sensing a responsibility to provide some useful advice.

Yet despite pondering over it, no warm family scenes came to mind.

A feeling of frustration inevitably set in.

She pouted and said with some dejection, "You’ve truly asked the wrong person!"

"I have a twin sister in my family. Born from the same mother’s womb, yet we’re as different as heaven and earth."

So they are sisters!

Although Chen Kuang already knew the answer, he couldn’t resist teasing, "I bet Shen Meinan is the heaven."

Shen Meinan’s twin ponytails immediately bounced with joy, the bells jingling merrily, "Of course I’m the heaven, but... but others don’t think so."

Her twin ponytails drooped again, sagging like a rabbit’s drooping ears.

"My sister is aloof and stunning beyond comparison, destined to be unmatched in the world, an unrivaled celestial beauty. From a young age, I’ve heard so much praise about her that my ears have calluses."

"Though as she grew older, they didn’t even dare to compliment her anymore, leaving only fear and trepidation in their voices."

"And me?"

Shen Meinan tugged at her ponytail, winding it around her finger, muttering resentfully.

"I was born ten years after her, with average talent and looks, blending into a crowd without being noticed."

"They never had a kind word for me, always ’your sister this,’ ’your sister that,’ running comparisons about where I fell short today and where I fell short yesterday..."

No... at least in one aspect, you’re not average.

In fact, it’s quite exceptional.

Chen Kuang couldn’t help but think.

Of course, he dared not voice such comforting words, for fear of being thrown into the lake.

However, Shen Meinan was undoubtedly being overly self-critical.

Her eyes were identical to Shen Xingzhu’s, and given that they were twins, her looks couldn’t be far off either.

Her face was charmingly sweet and lively, blessed with a touch of chubby baby fat – any heavier would appear clumsy, any lighter would be wild. In poetic terms, she was like... a glowing cherry amidst pure white prunus swarms.

Though they were still somewhat youthful, she was without doubt a first-rate beauty in the making.

"Wait a minute."

Chen Kuang paused in his steps, suddenly realizing a flaw: "Ten years? Aren’t you supposed to be twins? How could you be born ten years apart?"

At this mention, Shen Meinan became even more agitated.

The girl’s brows rose sharply as she huffed indignantly, "You don’t know, it’s all that bad woman’s fault!"

"We were supposed to be born together, but because she punched and kicked me in the womb, I was thin and frail, leading my mother to believe one child was already dead, halting the labor process."

"Thus I ended up staying in the womb for another ten years, until my vitality revived and my mother gave birth to me again."

"At birth, my body was covered in bruises, it was tragic!"

Shen Meinan described the emergency of the situation with a solemn expression.

"..."

Chen Kuang twitched the corner of his mouth.

Halting childbirth midway, then spending ten more years in the womb before being born?

Forgive my boldness, but are you sure they didn’t just forget to remove the placenta and gave birth to a placenta?

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ps: Struggled to write a Chapter, timidly leaving a bowl here