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

"Anyway... leave it to me this time."

So Lin Cheng continued to lie on the sofa. On the table were the washed grapes bought by Jiang Li. Lin Ran suddenly felt that the world was so gentle. After washing the dishes, Jiang Li took off her apron and walked out to his side. She stretched out her hand and gently pinched his face, "Then I'll leave first."

"Ok?"

"I have classes later."

Lin Cheng was stunned for three or four seconds before he suddenly realized that Jiang Li was a female college student.

He took the ginger pear and picked it off, bit off the peeled grapes, then sat up and said, "Shall I take you there?"

"Okay, but I need to go home and change my clothes first."

So Lin Cheng started his scooter, and Jiang Li sat on the back seat, gently hugging his waist. He didn't ride fast, but the streets were filled with the bleakness of autumn wind. After all, every autumn rain brings cold weather. Lin Cheng followed Jiang Li back home. She took off her black hip skirt and shoulder-baring top, and changed into a white sweatshirt and loose jeans, wearing sneakers. Her jet-black hair was tied into a bun, looking pure and gentle.

Jiang Li's campus was not far from her home. Lin Cheng walked her all the way to the school gate. Jiang Li winked at her and said, "Would you like to go in with me?"

"Can I come in, too?"

"Of course."

So Jiang Li quietly took Lin Cheng's hand and walked to the school, took him for a stroll by the lake, and told him some interesting things on the university campus. Lin Cheng looked at his peers coming and going around him, and felt a sense of both strangeness and familiarity.

Several couples passed by them, and they seemed to be one of them.

After walking around for a while, Lin Cheng sent Jiang Li to school, then returned to the school gate and rode his motorcycle home. But as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw a person sitting at the door.

The silver-haired girl leaned against his back, like a homeless stray puppy. Lin Cheng looked at her in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Why did you delete my WeChat?" The moment Xia Ning saw him, there were mixed emotions in her eyes: three parts anger, three parts grievance, three parts pity, and one part coldness.

"what……"

Lin Cheng really couldn't find a suitable reason. He just thought it would be bad to bother about it in the future so he just deleted it. It was like throwing away a bag of garbage downstairs. Ha, thinking about it this way, he really had no conscience.

Xia Ning discovered that her WeChat account had been deleted last night.

She first sulked with herself for an hour and swore to ignore Lin Cheng, a psychopath, for at least three days. How could she just leave without saying a word? How did she make him angry? Wasn't it him who said weird things and made weird jokes first? Didn't she have the right to be reserved for a moment?

Besides, this guy was probably just making fun of her again.

Xia Ning tossed and turned in bed for an hour, and finally reconciled herself. She decided to talk to Lin Cheng calmly and even thought of at least three ways of conversation. But the moment she sent the message, what she saw was a bright red exclamation mark.

Then she almost didn't sleep the whole night, and only took a nap in the morning. After waking up in a daze, she put on some light makeup and rushed to Lin Cheng's house, demanding an explanation from this guy.

No, it’s about torturing this guy. He must give an explanation!

Lin Cheng dragged out the tone of "ah" for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation. Finally, he scratched his head and said, "I always feel that it's not good to bully you like this. I feel guilty."

"What do you mean by having a guilty conscience?"

"That's right, think about it, I'm a scumbag, right?"

"Yes."

"Then put yourself in my perspective. If there is a girl in front of you who looks easy to deceive, a little cute, with fair skin and pretty legs, and is easy to bully, would you want to bully her?"

Xia Ning gritted her teeth slightly. Was this guy praising her or scolding her?

"Think about it, as long as we're in contact, we can't help but want to tease her. If we tease her too much, it won't be clear and it will cause trouble for her, so... just delete it."

"Is this the reason?" Xia Ning slowly stood up from the door.

"I guess so..." Lin Cheng felt righteous but confident. The next second, Xia Ning's head hit his chest.

Lin Cheng took a step back after being knocked. Xia Ning's eyes were now filled with 50% anger and 50% grievance. "What do you think of me? A toy that can be thrown away at will?"

"But I still think the starting point is for your own good." Lin Cheng stretched out his hand and put it on her shoulder. "What do you think about us contacting each other less in the future?"

"You're tired of playing with it... so just throw it away, right?"

"So what do you want to do, or do you want me to continue bullying you?" Lin Cheng lowered his head, suddenly hugged this guy, and then... lifted her up, forcing her snow-white face to face his, "Hmm?"

Why couldn't she be angry with this guy? He was such a jerk, but she still didn't dare to look into Lin Cheng's eyes, even though his eyes were so close.

"You're really annoying."

"It's been like this for a while."

"Can't you change your psychopathic personality?"

"As long as I am happy, I don't bother to care about other people's feelings."

"You will have no friends if you continue like this. Why do so many girls like a bastard like you..."

"Relationships are like this. The less you care, the more calm you can be. The more you care, the more timid you become. You want to show your best side to the other person, and then end up messing up everything."

That's probably the reason.

Xia Ning was dressed quite simply today, a white T-shirt and black casual trousers. Her chest was slightly curved. Lin Cheng's hands were holding her ribs. She was so light, probably not even 90 kilograms, despite being quite tall.

"You are so thin." Lin Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"I used to be anorexic..."

"That's because you've never eaten the food cooked by your brother Lin Cheng! Today you are blessed!"

"What does it mean to be blessed?"

"I'm in a good mood and ready to cook. Elbow, come with me downstairs to buy groceries." Lin Cheng put Xia Ning down, grabbed her white and tender little hand very naturally, and led her back to the elevator. Xia Ning was taken away in a daze. After getting out of the elevator, she suddenly realized that she was here to question and torture Lin Cheng, but it seemed that she was inexplicably led by the nose as soon as she came in front of him.

Lin Cheng took her to the supermarket, got a shopping cart, and Xia Ning skipped to buy jelly chips. Lin Cheng bought the vegetables. After returning home, Xia Ning was placed on the sofa by Lin Cheng. She wanted to help, but Lin Cheng estimated that she would at most make things worse, so he let her watch TV obediently.

He made braised pork for dinner again, even though Xia Ning said she didn't eat fatty meat.

"It must be that what you have eaten before was not tasty. Try a piece." Lin Cheng's voice was sincere and his smile was gentle.

"It's hard to imagine that every time a jerk like you smiles like that, it looks so... genuine."

"Don't talk so much nonsense while eating." The next second Lin Cheng's tone became cold and stern again.

Xia Ning picked up a small piece of braised pork, put it in the bowl, and took a bite. It had a soft and sticky texture with a salty and sweet taste, and it was so tender that it seemed to melt in the mouth. Lin Cheng also added a little bit of fried pickled plums, which was sweet and salty. Xia Ning's eyes widened.

It’s not that she had never eaten delicious food, but she swore that none of the meals she had eaten over the years were as delicious as the ones Lin Cheng cooked.

"You actually know how to cook?"

"what about the taste?"

“It’s…delicious.”

"Then eat more."

Xia Ning was dazed again when she saw the guy's gentle smile.

No, don't believe it, this guy is obviously a devil.

But the food he cooked was really delicious. Xia Ning ate so much that she sat down on the sofa. When Lin Cheng came back after cleaning up the dishes, Xia Ning was already lying there exhausted.

Lin Cheng came and sat next to her, and they watched TV together without saying anything.

After a while, Xia Ning reached out and weakly poked his waist, "I sent you a friend request on my main account."

Because the account Lin Cheng had added before was Xia Ning's small account, Lin Cheng thought about it and approved it. However, he also poked Xia Ning's waist and said, "I will give you a special power now."

"what?"

"If I want to do something mean to you in the future, I allow you to slap me and promise that I won't get angry."

"Are you sick!!!"

"I have no choice. Otherwise, I always feel like it's a candy right next to my mouth. It would be a pity not to taste it."

"That's what you said."

"Yes."

Xia Ning moved her body and rested her head on his legs. Lin Cheng put his hand on her head and gently massaged her head. His massage technique was also great. Gradually, Xia Ning felt her body warm and she fell asleep on her side. After falling asleep, Lin Cheng carried her to the bed. Lin Cheng lay down beside her, turned on the TV and continued watching it, and by the way, put a pair of cats between the two of them.

Her sleeping posture was very messy, with her T-shirt turned up, revealing her fair and tender belly. Lin Cheng looked at her carefully for a while and confirmed that he really didn't seem to have any strong desire for her.

I told you, there’s nothing to control about the girly genre except for the cute and dark-hearted Litchi sister!

216 Try your best

Every evening has a different sunset, and the shape of the clouds is always as unpredictable as the wind.

Lin Cheng was not looking at the clouds. He was busy in the kitchen with an apron on. He hadn't cooked for a long time. He was always impatient with life and always wanted to simplify everything. It only took three minutes to soak a bucket of instant noodles, but it took one or two hours to cook a meal, just to fill his stomach.

His sense of taste is nothing more than a simulated illusion to deceive himself, a delusion, a fantasy of what food should taste like, and then giving himself feedback. The feedback comes from the illusion constructed by the past memory library. So he likes to eat spicy food, because he used to love spicy food, and his memory library has the most things, so the feedback he receives from eating spicy food is the most real.

[Black Phoenix] It is obvious at first glance that he is no longer a human being. His current appearance is just a simulation of fate based on the rules of the world. If one were to say what his essence is now, he should actually be considered an abyss creature that looks very similar to a human.

The Queen of the Abyss is the supreme being in the abyss. She cannot be killed, so Lin Cheng devoured her core and became the new Emperor of the Abyss. Before leaving, he modified the time flow rules of the Abyss. However, in just three years, a new emperor has been chosen in the Abyss. Perhaps in less than a hundred years, forty years, or fifty years, the abyss will descend again.

There are only two ways to completely solve the problem of the coming of the abyss. Either completely destroy everything in the abyss and turn it into a wasteland, or become the new Emperor of the Abyss and take charge of everything in the abyss. Obviously, the former is not feasible, but the latter can be considered.

Forty or fifty years later, he will be an old man in his sixties or seventies. It seems that he is lucky to live to this age. His original life goal was to live to forty years old and consider it a success.

Alas, it would be great if all the creatures in the abyss were beautiful girls. Then, if I could become an emperor, I might be able to enjoy a good life.

..............................

When Xia Ning woke up, Lin Cheng had already walked out of the kitchen with the dishes. She came to the table holding the bowl, and the pork elbow that Lin Cheng had stewed for three hours was eaten by the two of them. After eating, Xia Ning sat on the balcony, opened the window, and burped in a very ungraceful manner while enjoying the wind coming in from the window.

An inexplicable feeling of happiness suddenly came over me.

Unfortunately, there was a knock on the door. Lin Cheng went to open the door. The middle-aged man outside the door was tall and straight with deep eyes. Lin Cheng sighed helplessly, "Why are you here again?"

The moment Xia Ning looked back, her pupils suddenly dilated.

She hasn't seen Xinjun for several years.

Even though he is her biological father.

Xin Jun's eyes looked around, and even when he saw Xia Ning appear on the balcony, he was not surprised at all. He just said, "The prophet of the alliance felt... the advent of reality distortion, but was distorted by another force in an instant. Is it you?"

"it's me."

"Who is that reality-bending person?"

"You only need to investigate my whereabouts. It's easy to guess, isn't it? There's no need to ask these questions that you obviously know the answer to. I have already sealed and controlled her abilities, so she won't cause any chaos."

The new king was silent for a moment.

Lin Cheng knew what he wanted to say, so before he opened his mouth, Lin Cheng interrupted him, "I made an agreement with her that if she is willing in five years, she can do whatever she wants, but before that, I will not let her join the alliance or any force... I also don't want you to disturb her life, do you understand?"

"Her ability will have an impact on the alliance..."

"You'd better understand. I don't want to say it again." Lin Cheng repeated the last sentence.

Xinjun's eyes gradually became cold.

"Since you've chosen to retire, why not enjoy life as an ordinary person... isn't that good?"

"She's my friend's sister, so I have to take care of it."

"From what I've heard, your power is not as strong as it used to be."

"So... do you think you can challenge me?" In an instant, the lazy aura on Lin Cheng's body was completely restrained, and a strong murderous aura enveloped the entire room.

Xinjun’s ability is more than seven times what Lin Cheng has now.

The murderous aura released by Lin Cheng did not affect Xin Jun. The ability of molecular influence was trying to deconstruct his energy core, but all he could see was a cloud of mist. He couldn't help but feel confused, "What exactly are you now?"

"It has nothing to do with you. If you dare to reach out to her... I think it's a good idea to nominate another resistance organization to replace the Alliance. What do you think?"

“I don’t think they’ll do any better.”

"What difference will it make? It'll just mean more blood will be shed and more people will suffer. Who cares? I won't anyway."

Xinjun stared into his eyes for a long time, then looked away, "Forget it."

He had a scale in his heart. Obviously, for a person with the ability to distort reality with unlimited growth potential, it was not a very cost-effective thing to offend the guy in front of him. To this day, Xinjun still could not see through what his power was.

Xinjun moved his eyes to the girl who was looking at the sunset outside the window. He was silent for a moment. In the end, he said nothing more. He turned around and left. Lin Cheng closed the door. From beginning to end, he did not let Xinjun step in.

Lin Cheng turned around and looked at Xia Ning, "Don't you want to say hello?"

"I don't recognize him."

"So...what happened back then?"

"The insider in the alliance got his information about my mother's existence. The resistance group kidnapped my mother and wanted him to release a prisoner in the underworld. He deployed a plan to annihilate most of the resistance group."