Who says those who retire at the speed of light are not heroes?

“It hurts, but it’s okay once you get used to it.”

"I guess I shouldn't have come..."

"But once you're here, don't even think about running away."

Xu Wanyue slowly turned around and put her cheek close to him, breathing heavily. The distance between them became very close. The moment the tip of Xu Wanyue's nose touched his, she seemed to suddenly think of something and asked, "Did you kiss another woman just now?"

"……Yes."

"Then no kissing." Xu Wanyue quickly moved away. Although the bed was not big, it could still accommodate two people. Xu Wanyue lay on one side of the bed and patted the bed gently. "Come to sleep. I'll coax you to sleep before I go home."

148 Don't hang

Lin Cheng was actually confused all the way why Xu Wanyue came to the hospital to find him late at night, but at this moment he suddenly understood.

Because Xu Wanyue was afraid and cried out in pain in the ward, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

It's that simple.

"If you're worried about me, why do you go home in the evening?"

"Because Xiaoxiao is here too..." Xu Wanyue hugged Lin Cheng in her arms, "Xiaoxiao is here too. It would be awkward if we stayed."

"Am I less important than she is?"

"Well, you are all very important, so I'm going to go home first and sneak over here at night."

"Just now you said you were going for a walk."

"You don't believe it anyway, right?" Xu Wanyue said softly.

In fact, Lin Cheng always had a vague feeling that Xu Wanyue was not so foolish. She would also worry about gains and losses and think about many inexplicable things, but the way she finally showed rarely made people worry.

Purity and silliness are just cocoons that wrap around a soft heart.

Lin Cheng's neck was resting on her arm. He only needed to slightly turn his head to bury his cheek in her soft chest. He thought so and did so. She was wearing a soft underwire-free inner garment, which felt soft when rubbed against her chest.

Xu Wanyue grabbed his neck with her hands, "Stop rubbing!"

Lin Cheng suddenly realized that he had crossed the line.

They had clearly agreed to break up and not be awkward anymore, but at this moment, he was the one who crossed the line and was wrong. He was clearly just thinking about it, but the thought turned into a subconscious action. Perhaps it was because Xu Wanyue was too easy to talk to. Many times, even if he refused with good words, as long as he acted coquettishly and made a scene for a while, she would still gently compromise.

"You're too gentle to me."

"Then I can be a little more indifferent to you in the future."

"No, I want to be gentle."

"There is still one month left, Lin Cheng. After one month, your value will be exhausted." Xu Wanyue's voice was very soft, as if even she herself was a little confused.

"Will you abandon me then?"

"You will abandon me." Xu Wanyue said something very puzzling.

"Hmm? What if I don't have one?"

Xu Wanyue did not answer, but just whispered, "Still asleep."

"I can't sleep."

"So what did you and Jiang Lingxue do just now?"

"Well, it's probably what you think."

"Then...will Jiang Lingxue step on you hard, or even whip you or something..." Xu Wanyue's cheeks flushed a little pink.

Lin Cheng was startled, "Why do you feel that way?"

"Because Jiang Lingxue is the kind of girl with a very sadistic temperament."

"Do you believe me when I say that she is actually quite different in private? Have you forgotten that she admitted her XP last time?"

"Eh? I don't believe it."

Lin Cheng suddenly thought of something, took out his mobile phone and found the photo album in his mobile phone. There was a photo of Jiang Lingxue taken more than a year ago in his photo album. The woman in the photo was wearing a black dress and her body was tied up with ropes. The photo was taken very carefully and had a bit of the atmosphere of artistic photos. There were many photos like this in Lin Cheng's mobile phone. When Xu Wanyue saw the first glance, she covered her eyes first, and after a while, she quietly separated her fingers, blushing and her heart beating fast.

"That's... too much."

"She likes it."

"Why would anyone like to... be bullied?"

"It's a perverse pleasure mechanism. It's very complicated to explain, but as long as it doesn't affect your life, it's fine as long as you're happy."

"So do you like it?"

"I just feel so bitter, nothing matters."

Xu Wanyue nodded in confusion and lowered her head to look at his face, "That's good."

"What do you mean... that's good?"

"Because... the thought of being tied up with ropes and blindfolded is so scary. I would be very scared."

"I didn't say I would bully you like this. Wait, so you just imagined what it would be like if I bullied you like this, right?"

"No, no!" Xu Wanyue stretched out her hand and covered his lips in panic, "It's time to sleep, sleep well."

“But I really can’t sleep.”

"Be obedient, next time...sister will give you a reward."

"What's the reward?"

"Reward you... touch your feet."

"Hehe, this kind of temptation doesn't work on me anymore!" Lin Cheng winked at her. Xu Wanyue looked at him aggrievedly, "We agreed not to be shy. If you do this...it will be very difficult for me."

"Okay, then touch your little feet." Lin Cheng closed his eyes.

Xu Wanyue hugged him gently, then lowered her head and kissed him lightly on the forehead, "Good night."

That's an added bonus.

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The next day, early morning.

When Lin Cheng sat up from the hospital bed, Xu Wanyue, who had been hugging him, had disappeared.

In fact, he vaguely felt it, because at seven o'clock in the morning, Xu Wanyue's alarm clock rang. After she kissed Lin Cheng on the forehead, she whispered that she was leaving first and left the ward.

As for the reason? Maybe he was afraid that when Lu Xiaoxiao came, she would find it awkward to see them sleeping together? So Lin Cheng didn't open his eyes. Although he was always willful on weekdays, he couldn't embarrass Xu Wanyue.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Lu Xiaoxiao brought Lin Cheng the soup dumplings he asked for, and called a healing ability user to check his injuries. His injuries were almost healed, and he could be discharged from the hospital at noon. Lin Cheng was able to lie on the bed. Lu Xiaoxiao took chopsticks to poke the soup dumplings first, then blew them cool carefully and brought them to Lin Cheng's mouth. Such enjoyment was rare, so Lin Cheng was very well-behaved and didn't say much, for fear that Lu Xiaoxiao would directly stuff the hot soup dumplings into his mouth if he said a few more words.

"My energy level is 400." Lu Xiaoxiao said suddenly.

"That's a good thing."

Lu Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, "But I haven't trained in the past few days, but my energy is still increasing inexplicably."

"Because... transcending the fear of death will cause energy to continue to grow slightly, right?"

"Why do I always feel like you're hiding something from me?" Lu Xiaoxiao stared at his face seriously for several seconds. "I tried hard to recall the time when my energy increased the most. It wasn't after the training ended, but after we...did it."

Lin Cheng's eyes twitched slightly, "Okay, I'll tell you in secret... I can share some of my pure power."

"Through... this method?" Lu Xiaoxiao seemed to have guessed it, but when Lin Cheng admitted it himself, her cheeks still flushed. After all, this was too... embarrassing to talk about.

"Yes, and it's excess energy, so it doesn't matter if I share it." Lin Cheng replied quietly.

...Lu Lingling’s 50,000 energy all comes from me.

"Well...perverted." Lu Xiaoxiao gave this evaluation in the end.

"..." Lin Cheng was speechless, and he skipped the topic. Lu Xiaoxiao borrowed his phone, and Lin Cheng handed it over subconsciously. He didn't know what she was going to do. As a result, this guy directly opened his WeChat and started to look at his chat history. He didn't look at Xu Wanyue's, but at Jiang Li's. Lin Cheng wanted to grab it, but Lu Xiaoxiao dodged sideways. The corners of her lips curled up, "You didn't call her last night?"

"Why do you want to call me... You see, I have set my messages to Do Not Disturb. If I just ignore them for a few days, they will gradually lose their enthusiasm." Lin Cheng said helplessly, "Give it back to me."

"Why are you so nervous? Is there something else that you should not face?"

"No, but it's very rude to look at other people's phones."

"You can also look at mine." Lu Xiaoxiao raised her head slightly.

"Hehe, not interested."

Lu Xiaoxiao's face suddenly turned cold and she threw the phone back to Lin Cheng.

Lin Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. On his phone, there was a chat record of Xu Wanyue asking him why he was not in the hospital last night. Lu Xiaoxiao sat beside his bed. Lin Cheng looked at her with her arms folded across her chest and a cold look. He tentatively whispered, "I want to eat an apple."

Lu Xiaoxiao picked up an apple and put it close to his mouth. Lin Cheng closed his mouth and looked at her, "It's not peeled."

Lu Xiaoxiao finally picked up the knife, but she looked at him with sinister eyes. Lin Cheng always felt that she was going to stab him with the knife and make two holes.

"Little punching bag." Lin Cheng muttered in a low voice.

The next second Lu Xiaoxiao raised her head, "What did you say?"

"Nothing, nothing." Lin Cheng shook his head like a rattle. Lu Xiaoxiao peeled the apple and handed it to his mouth. Lin Cheng lowered his head to eat it. Lu Xiaoxiao still gently rotated it slowly. Lin Cheng looked up at her eyes and said, "You eat it too."

Lu Xiaoxiao lowered her head and took a bite, but Lin Cheng saw her gritting her teeth... it was so funny.

It's so fun to make fun of it.

"Isn't it bad for you to treat that girl named Jiang Li like this?" Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly said.

Lin Cheng was stunned for a moment, "You are so difficult to serve."

When talking to Jiang Li about how jealous she was, she said it was not good to justify it. This time, Lu Xiaoxiao was not right. She replied in a low voice, "I just feel... like this is too much."

"If you don't like someone, but you respond to their enthusiasm casually, giving them the illusion that they like you, it will be hard to end the relationship. My favorite romance writer once said, 'If you don't love someone, then everything is wrong. If everything you do is wrong, then just let it be wrong.'"

"Oh, is this why when you were chatting with me the other day, all your replies were "oh so cool awesome awesome hahahaha"?"

"..."

Hooked.

"Because you were abnormally enthusiastic during those few days. If I responded to your enthusiasm at that time, what would happen if your enthusiasm faded away and I still had that enthusiasm? If I can avoid intense joy, I won't be sad."

"Why does the second half of this sentence sound so familiar?"

"Charlotte's poem was quoted by Dazai."

"Anyway, whatever you say makes sense."

Lu Xiaoxiao snorted coldly.

She turned her face away, clearly showing a cold and angry look, but it was as if sour grapes were quietly exploding in her heart. Lin Cheng suddenly raised his hand and gently hooked her fingers. Lu Xiaoxiao turned her head and looked into his eyes.

“Although saying this may make me seem arrogant and make you feel that I am a little shameless, and saying it out loud will make me feel particularly ashamed, but the shield has been put up, and I think I still have to say this... Love is a great thing, and it is a great thing to have such an emotion. It’s okay to fall in love with anyone, but don’t fall in love with me.” Lin Cheng restrained all his playful smiles, and at this moment his eyes revealed a bit of sincerity.

"Why?" Lu Xiaoxiao's heart inexplicably calmed down again, perhaps because of his sincere eyes.

"Because I'm a lunatic, heartless, and don't have the ability to love. I can't respond to your love, and I don't know how to respond. Well, this is too abstract... Let's put it another way. Just think that a bastard like me would never be willing to hang himself on a tree."

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ps: It’s September!!!

149 I'm about to cry

　"You are indeed an asshole."

After Lin Cheng finished speaking, he no longer looked into Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes, even though he was secretly observing her from the corner of his eye. After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Lin Cheng lowered his head even more and nodded, "Yeah, yeah."

"But you told me before that sticking to yourself is absolutely right."

"I told you to stick to yourself. If you listen to me, can you still be considered to be sticking to yourself? What a paradox."

"I don't care about that, just shut up." Lu Xiaoxiao came to the bedside, rested her knees on the bed, and slowly moved her upper body towards Lin Cheng. She reached out and gently lifted his chin.

Two pairs of eyes looked at each other, one pair was gray, the other pair was bright.

"Anyway, I've fallen in love with you. It doesn't matter if you don't love me now. I will wait until the day you love me."

“What if there wasn’t that day?”