Chapter 165 Death
"Your birthday is July 11th. Is this according to the Gregorian calendar or the lunar calendar?" Huo Beixi asked when sitting together.

"We celebrate birthdays here according to what's registered in our household registration book. The day on the book is what it is," said Hua Xiali.

She thought that the custom of celebrating birthdays here was quite good. They just celebrated according to the date in the household registration book and there was no way they would make a mistake.

"Then arrange everything recently and save time for July 11th." Huo Beixi said seriously.

Hua Xiali raised an eyebrow and smiled curiously, "Why? Are you going to celebrate my birthday?"

"We were not familiar with each other last year and missed your birthday. This year I want to celebrate your birthday properly." Huo Beixi straightened Hua Xiali's body and made her face him. His dark eyes looked deeply at her, "Is that okay?"

Hua Xiali smiled brightly, "Why not?"

It was her birthday, but she didn't need to do anything. Besides, she had never celebrated her birthday from childhood to adulthood, in her past life or this life. In her past life, when her conditions improved, she only celebrated birthdays for her children, but never for her own. She didn't even cook an extra boiled egg for herself on her birthday.

In this life, she puts herself first, will never compromise herself again, and will never devote herself completely again.

Hua Xiali is quite looking forward to the birthday party prepared by Huo Beixi. She wonders what kind of birthday surprise he will prepare with his aesthetic taste as a man.

However, it’s my birthday, so I can’t just let Huo Beixi prepare for it, I have to prepare it myself too.

But what should I prepare? There is no cake shop in my hometown, otherwise I could go and customize a birthday cake!

After much thought, Hua Xiali decided to cook a table of delicious food. It happened that she had a lot of things in her space. She was a wholesaler, and she would definitely keep some of the things she needed in daily life for herself.

Hua Xiali went to her new home in the evening and used the kitchen there to cook delicious food. Since it was just her and Huo Beixi celebrating their birthday together, there was no need to prepare too much food, otherwise it would be a waste if they couldn't finish it.

So Hua Xiali made bamboo fungus stewed chicken soup, bamboo shoots and pork, braised pig's trotters, pickled fish, turtle soup, and spicy snails. Knowing that Huo Beixi couldn't eat spicy food, he didn't put too much chili in it.

Hua Xiali went to the department store in the county town and bought a few bottles of red wine, some nice wine glasses, and a camera. Because they were new models and did not require complicated equipment, the price was higher, but if he could take some valuable old photos, it would be worth it.

Hua Xiali did not tell her family that she was going to celebrate her birthday this year, so no one remembered about it. Hua Xiali did not blame them because her family had never celebrated birthdays and they probably did not realize this matter.

Without realizing it, people will feel that time passes very quickly, like a fleeting moment, but when you count the days, it will feel extremely long. Hua Xiali's birthday arrived in her eager anticipation. She had lunch with her family at noon. Because she was going to celebrate her birthday with Huo Beixi in the evening, she ate half full at noon and planned to save some food for dinner. After all, she cooked several dishes, so she couldn't waste them, right?
And we don’t even know what Huo Beixi has prepared!

It was very strange. Hua Xiali went upstairs to read a book, but after a while she started to feel sleepy and her eyelids were drooping. She was not like this usually, and she almost never took a nap. But today she was so sleepy that she finally couldn't resist and went back to bed to take a nap.

It was very strange. She dreamed that she bit her finger and wrote her own name on Huo Beixi's tombstone, and then the two names were listed side by side on the tombstone.

When she looked down, she saw the date Huo Beixi died, July 1991, 7.
Hua Xiali was awakened instantly. July 7th, that was today. In other words, Huo Beixi died on her birthday in her previous life? But what happened on this day that caused his death?

Hua Xiali did not dare to waste any more time. He got out of bed in a flash, put on his shoes and ran to Huo Beixi's house. Seeing that his door was locked, Hua Xiali hurried to the house behind Huo Beixi's house. Seeing someone sitting under a tree by a small pond to enjoy the cool, Hua Xiali asked anxiously, "Uncle, do you know where Secretary Huo is? I have something urgent to find him, but his door is locked. It seems he is not at home."

The middle-aged man pointed to Hua Xiali's new house and said, "I saw Secretary Huo go to the river bend, upstream. I don't know if he has come back. You can go over and see if Secretary Huo is there."

"Okay, thank you." After Hua Xiali thanked him, he quickly ran back.

I don't know what Huo Beixi is doing in the river bay. Is he trying to catch pearls from freshwater clams to surprise her? That's unlikely. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would act on impulse, because he would arrange everything in advance and never wait until the last minute to do something in a hurry.

When Hua Xiali ran to the river bend out of breath, he saw several children lying wet on the dam upstream. There were other children crying beside them, and someone was calling Huo Beixi's name.

But Huo Beixi was nowhere to be seen at the scene. Hua Xiali grabbed a boy's shoulder and asked anxiously, "Where is Huo Beixi? Where is Huo Beixi?"

The boy pointed with trembling fingers at the spot in the middle where ripples were still rippling slightly, and said with a sob, "Secretary Huo and Su Weidong sank..."

Hua Xiali didn't have time to think so much. She just jumped into the water with a "splash" like a swimming athlete, and swam towards the deepest part in the middle.

There were several wet children on the shore just now. Huo Beixi must have been exhausted after rescuing them. And in the process of rescuing Su Weidong, he completely ran out of strength.

Hua Xiali dived into the water and saw a black shadow underwater. She then swam towards the black shadow. Huo Beixi still held Su Weidong high in his hands. I guess he was still thinking about lifting Su Weidong out of the water at the last moment?
But he was too proud of these children. When someone fell into the water, they just stood there crying and shouting, and no one went back to the village to call for help. If Huo Beixi had not been here, several families would have been plunged into endless grief today.

Hua Xiali came in front of Huo Beixi, stretched out his hand to hook his head over, then kissed his lips and fed him spiritual spring water directly, as if supplying him with energy. After a long time, Huo Beixi's eyelids loosened slightly, and then he saw Huo Beixi slowly open his eyes.

There was a hint of confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't know what was going on.