Legendary Night (Please Vote!)

Legendary Night (Please Vote!)

Duncan's Home.

"Wow, my son is so handsome."

Watching Adam emerge in a sharp suit, his mother Amy praised him from the bottom of her heart. "The girl you invited tonight is so lucky, isn't she, Bob?"

"Yes, yes!"

His father Bob nodded repeatedly, then said rather narcissistically, "Adam, looking at you is like looking at myself when I was young."

"..."

Looking at Bob's bald head and beer belly, Adam's mouth twitched. "Dad, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Anything."

Bob patted his chest, then seemed to think of something. He leaned close to Adam's ear with a slightly improper expression. "Do you need protection? Look, your dad already prepared it for you. Tonight is your prom, so curfews and all that don't exist~"

As he spoke, he pulled out a whole stack of things that looked like magically linked playing cards. The sight instantly reminded Adam of Rajesh and Howard.

In the future, Rajesh and Howard would carry them around at all times too, pulling out a whole stack at a moment's notice, utterly confident in themselves.

Bob was clearly equally confident in his son.

But what Adam had actually meant was that he wanted Bob to make a list of all the things he had enjoyed doing when he was young.

For the sake of his hairline, Adam planned to ban every last one of them.

Of course, Bob could hardly be blamed for getting the wrong idea.

In the United States, and later throughout the world due to Hollywood's influence, holidays and parties of all kinds were peak periods for blurred-pixel distortion.

And at parties held for special holidays, the blurred-pixel distortion rate rose by several more percentage points.

A bunch of hormone-fueled young men and women, meeting up before they were about to part ways, swaying together in each other's arms beneath dim, flashing lights and emotional background music?

Unless they had specifically practiced the Sunflower Manual, who could hold out?

"Bob!"

Amy raised her voice and rolled her eyes irritably.

"Come on."

Bob waggled his eyebrows. "Adam is an adult now. Of course there are some things we need to explain to him. Do you want to be holding a grandchild already?"

"Hell no!"

Amy cried out, "Adam is the child with the brightest future in our family. I absolutely cannot tolerate him being tied down by a child."

Then she grabbed Adam and earnestly reminded him, "You absolutely cannot get anyone pregnant. Your mother was good at everything back then—dancing, singing, writing poetry. I nearly became a star, but your father tricked me, I got pregnant, and now I can only stay in this small town and work as a nurse..."

"Mom."

"Hmm?"

"The child you were pregnant with was me."

Adam could not help interrupting Amy's muttering.

"Oh, right."

Amy came back to herself and gave him an apologetic smile. "Mom didn't mean anything else. You are the crystallization of our love, and we both love you. I don't regret my choice at all... but if possible, wouldn't it be happier to follow the path of your dreams, fulfill them, and only then raise children with someone you love?"

"That makes sense."

Adam nodded with a serious expression.

Under Amy's happy yet worried gaze and Bob's encouraging yet somewhat lecherous one, Adam took the two car keys Bob handed him, drove the pickup truck, and headed for Karen's Home.

By party tradition, whenever conditions allowed, boys were supposed to drive to their dates' homes, pick them up, and go to the party together.

As he drove past Little Sheldon's house, he saw Little Sheldon's brother Georgie Jr. standing beside a car in a suit as well. Only then did Adam remember that they were classmates and that Georgie Jr. was officially graduating today too. Adam stopped and greeted him.

"Hey, Georgie Jr."

"Hmph!"

Georgie Jr. snorted coldly, turned his face away, and ignored Adam.

"Missy, what's going on?"

Adam asked Missy, who was standing nearby with a grin, enjoying the show.

"He hates you."

Missy grinned.

"I can see that."

Adam shrugged. "But why?"

"Veronica."

Missy pursed her lips like a little adult. "She's my brother's girlfriend now, so you get it, right?"

"Veronica Green? Veronica Mitchell? Or Veronica May?"

Adam asked uncertainly.

People having the same name was the same everywhere, and he happened to know several Veronicas.

"Fuck you!"

Georgie Jr. raised his middle finger.

"The Veronica with the dimples when she smiles."

Missy rolled her eyes and reminded him.

"Oh, Veronica May."

Adam suddenly understood. "She does have a pair of very sweet dimples. OMG! Believe me, those are absolutely God's Blessing. Congratulations, Georgie Jr. I heard Veronica has become a good girl now. I wish you two well."

With that, he smiled, hit the gas, and drove off.

Beautiful women had always been sources of trouble, in every age and every land.

The old Veronica smoked, drank, had tattoos, and cheated... boys had to line up just to meet her. But she knew herself well and did not think she was a good girl, so Adam had been quite familiar with her.

Of course, just like with Jennifer and the other girls, those unpublicized friendships began silently and soon ended just as naturally.

Two years ago, Little Sheldon's mother Mary, a devout believer, had been assigned by the church pastor to organize a House of Hell event in the church's name on Halloween night.

Inside the haunted house, seven skits depicted Christianity's seven deadly sins—gluttony, greed, sloth, **, pride, envy, and wrath—in the hope that people would seek redemption from God after learning about sin.

The event worked very well, but everyone was just there for the spectacle. Not a single person was willing to go confess their sins to Mary, who was playing an angel.

Until one normally wild girl saw the seven deadly sins, especially the terrible consequences caused by **. Frightened, she ran to Mary to confess, reformed herself from then on, actively participated in church activities, behaved with dignity, wore a holy expression, and looked every bit the devout believer.

That girl was Veronica.

Before the House of Hell event, Georgie Jr. had already fallen for Veronica. At the time, Veronica was naturally free-spirited, and because Little Sheldon helped tutor her, she had even taken the initiative to invite Georgie Jr. to her house.

Unfortunately, Veronica became curious about the House of Hell event and went in with Georgie Jr. Afterward, she transformed into a dignified, holy maiden. All her previous initiative toward Georgie Jr. completely vanished, and she said she now wished only to serve God wholeheartedly.

Georgie Jr.'s feelings at the time were easy to imagine. Yet when he saw Veronica's drastically changed style, dignified and holy like a saint, he fell for her even harder. During a church event in full view of everyone, he absentmindedly kissed Veronica, only for her to punch him straight into the holy water pool.

Their relationship was temporarily interrupted. But as Georgie Jr. grew older, and as working and earning money gave him intense confidence, his masculine charm grew greatly. At last, he attracted Veronica's attention again.

Not long ago, they finally got together and officially became boyfriend and girlfriend.

Then Georgie Jr. happened to overhear Veronica's best friend teasing Veronica enviously about the secret, mutually beneficial and friendly relationship she had once had with Adam.

Added to the fact that Adam was friends with the brother he hated, old grudges and new piled together. The only reason Georgie Jr. did not throw a punch was that his mother Mary and sister Missy both liked Adam, and he did not want to make them angry.

Smith Family.

Ding-dong.

Adam straightened his suit and rang the doorbell. Listening to the sound of someone coming downstairs and approaching footsteps from inside, he suddenly felt a little excited for some reason.

PS: Thanks to Little Dudu and Who Am I? for the tips!