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

"I blush...because you have changed." Before Lin Cheng walked out of the bathroom, she suddenly said coldly to Lin Cheng's back.

Lin Cheng didn't look back, but stopped and asked with a smile, "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

Ji Zhezhi couldn't answer. After a while, she said, "Go out and wait for me. I want to take a shower."

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There is a nightgown in the bathtub.

So Ji Zhezhi came out wearing that black suspender nightgown. The nightgown was not long, and the hem only fell to half of the thigh. Lin Cheng was sitting on the sofa, flipping through his phone boredly, and when he saw her come out, his eyes couldn't help but linger for a while.

But Ji Zhezhi's eyes were cold and indifferent, "In the past you would always look away."

"Because I was very shy before." Lin Cheng winked at her.

"You're shameless now, aren't you?"

"No, it's because I now have a pair of eyes that can discover beauty." Lin Cheng turned off his phone, looked at Ji Zhezhi's face seriously, and said, "You are so beautiful."

Ji Zhezhi still stared at him coldly.

As long as she stared at him coldly, it was Lin Cheng who was embarrassed. After several seconds, the corner of Lin Cheng's mouth twitched slightly, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Do you want to see me blush?" Ji Zhezhi tilted his head.

"Want to see."

"It can't be done."

"That's a shame." Lin Cheng stood up, "Then I'll go back first."

"Just leave?"

"You were the one who asked me to practice sword. If you don't want to practice, you can just go back." Lin Cheng answered innocently. Ji Zhezhi watched him turn around without hesitation, and the uncontrollable, panicked and helpless feeling surged in his heart again.

can not say it clearly.

"Yes, I have something else I want to talk to you about." Ji Zhezhi said softly.

"Oh, okay." Lin Cheng sat obediently on the sofa. Ji Zhezhi came and sat opposite him, picked up the kettle to boil water. Lin Cheng sat there, quietly waiting for her to come back. Watching her make tea was also a very pleasant thing.

After all, Miss Ji is an expert at making tea.

Ji Zhezhi made the tea, but did not speak first. He just took a sip of tea silently. Lin Cheng also picked up the teacup. He was afraid of the heat, so he blew on it for a long time.

"I want to ask you a favor." said Ji Zhezhi.

"Well, you said."

Lin Cheng put the teacup to his lips and was about to take a sip when he heard Ji Zhezhi say, "Please marry me."

"puff."

Lin Cheng's hand trembled, and the scalding tea fell on his fingers, and a lot of it spilled on his chest. He widened his eyes. Ji Zhezhi took out a tissue, stood up, bent down slightly, and slowly wiped the water droplets on his collarbone.

"Is this a joke?"

"Yeah." Ji Zhezhi replied indifferently.

"..." Lin Cheng always felt that this girl was taking revenge on him for praising her beauty just now.

But he didn't move, letting Ji Zhezhi's slender fingertips wander on his collarbone, his eyes secretly looking at her collarbone, but unfortunately her nightgown just happened to stick to her neckline, and even if she bent over... it seemed that there was nothing to see.

"Look again and you'll poke my eyes out."

“I can’t see it again.”

"That's also a poke."

"Hmph, then I won't look at it." Lin Cheng raised his head and looked at the ceiling.

Ji Zhezhi sat back opposite Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng was still looking at the ceiling. Ji Zhezhi looked at him and said, "Turn your head around."

"I won't look, because I'm afraid you'll poke my eyes."

"Oh." Ji Zhezhi said calmly, "But I do have something I want to ask you for help with."

"You said."

"Promise me first."

"I don't. You speak first."

"You said you'd do anything to make it up to me."

"Favors are the best strategy, threats are the worst strategy, don't you think?" Lin Cheng looked at the ceiling and laughed.

"That makes sense. Let me talk first." Ji Zhezhi said softly, "The Zhezhi Sword was supposed to be passed down to me, but I was not qualified to wear the sword. When I was born three years ago, my family entrusted the sword to me and told me to bring it back, otherwise there would be a severe punishment."

"So you...were punished?"

"Well, after returning to the family, I was caned 100 times. My mother carried out the punishment herself. My skin was torn and bloody. I didn't get out of bed for three months."

Lin Cheng lowered his head and looked into Ji Zhezhi's eyes. Ji Zhezhi's eyes were very calm, as if he was talking about something that he didn't care about. The guilt in Lin Cheng's heart reached its peak at this moment. He lowered his head slightly, "I'm sorry... I will make it up to you."

"I'm just kidding." Ji Zhezhi said lightly.

Lin Cheng took a deep breath.

"Give me back my guilt!!!"

Because this guy has no expression on his face even when he lies, and can speak nonsense seriously, Lin Cheng really can't tell the difference, so she looked at her with resentment. Ji Zhezhi said lightly, "The purpose of my coming into the world this time is also to find the Zhezhi sword. Although the sword has been found now, it is no different from an ordinary sword blade at this moment. This time... I will really be punished."

"Then I'll go back to the Ji family with you?"

"You are an outsider." Ji Zhezhi said calmly, "The Ji family is my family. If you do something wrong, you will be punished. I chose to give the sword to you, so I don't need you to stand up for me."

Lin Cheng had no choice but to remain silent.

What Ji Zhezhi said made sense. He could go home with Ji Zhezhi and threaten her with force, saying that if anyone dared to punish her, he would beat them to death... But this was just childish pranks. Ji Zhezhi was a member of the Ji family, so this was her world, and her world had its own rules.

"But this matter is not important." Ji Zhezhi said calmly, "It was just a caning. My mother was very gentle, but there is something more important."

"You said."

"I'm getting married." Ji Zhezhi looked up at him.

Lin Cheng was stunned for a while, "Is this another joke?"

Ji Zhezhi shook his head, "No."

Lin Cheng quietly waited for her to say the next word, but Ji Zhezhi was also watching Lin Cheng's reaction, so the two of them were silent for a few seconds. In the end, Ji Zhezhi did not see the surprise and disappointment she wanted, and slowly said, "I am already old enough to get married in this paradise. When I reach the age, I should get married and continue the family line."

"so?"

"With my status, Daddy will hold a martial arts competition for me in the entire Paradise, and the final winner will be qualified to marry me."

"Wait... can any of them beat you?"

"No."

Ji Zhezhi looked at the confusion in Lin Cheng's eyes and explained for him, "According to the rules, I cannot go on stage, otherwise no matter who stands in front of me and wants to marry me, I will stab him in the neck with a sword."

"So what do you need me to do for you?"

"Join my martial arts competition and defeat them all."

"and then?"

"Then I will tell Daddy that I don't want to marry you. I will ask Daddy to arrange a sword fight between you and me, and you will lose to me on purpose."

"That'll be fine?"

"If I ruin this martial arts match and delay it for a while, the Ji family and the Qin family will also be preparing to enter the world. By then, there will be many things to deal with, and they will not be able to take care of my marriage for the time being."

"Is this what you are planning?"

"Yes." Ji Zhezhi nodded gently, "I don't want to get married, but my parents' expectations are all on me, and I can't let them down, so... I can only delay it for a while."

"What happens next?"

"I don't know." Ji Zhezhi shook her head. "Maybe she'll come to her senses in the future and want to find a suitable man to marry."

"You can't think straight now?"

"It's hard to believe that men are all disgusting."

"Me too?"

"You weren't before, but now you are a little bit."

"Hehe, what about your father? He is also a man."

Ji Zhezhi was speechless.

After a while, Ji Zhezhi spoke, "The Ji family and the Qin family are both very rule-abiding families. We have been taught by the family rules since we were young, so we must abide by them. But when I think about getting married and raising children in the future, I feel scared. Over the years, I have never had any feelings for any man."

Lin Cheng said "oh" meaningfully.

"You oh what?"

"Why don't you try a woman?"

"No feeling." Ji Zhezhi glanced at him indifferently, "I feel upset when I see Qin Wutong's pair of eyes."

"Maybe I just haven't met the right man."

"If I have no feelings for Siming at all, how do you think other men can move me?"

"Although it sounds like you are praising me, it also feels like you are scolding me in a roundabout way."

"Nothing."

"Why didn't I find you so interesting before?" Lin Cheng smiled at her.

"I've never found you so frivolous before."

"Because I've never been frivolous, okay?"

"Really? Then who was the person who stared at my chest in a daze for more than two seconds when my clothes were torn by your sword?"

"I don't know, maybe it's Sima Ming. I'm Lin Cheng, it definitely isn't me." Lin Cheng answered confidently.

Ji Zhezhi gave him a cold look, "So you agreed?"

"It's all small matters. I'll keep my word. Just tell me the time. I'll be there to accompany you anytime."

"Twenty days later."

"Okay." Lin Cheng stood up, "Then I'm leaving."

Ji Zhezhi looked at him seriously and said softly, "Goodbye."

Lin Cheng waved at her, turned and left. Ji Zhezhi looked at the tea tray on the table.

From beginning to end, he never took a sip of the tea in front of him.

...Did he guess that she had secretly spit inside?

242 Give You Half

Of course Lin Cheng had no idea what other little pranks Ji Zhezhi had played in the tea.

He just thought that the tea was too hot, so he simply didn't drink it. He always felt that Ji Zhezhi had become dangerous. Danger is always accompanied by the temptation of the unknown. Unfortunately, Lin Cheng is not an adventurer.

Lin Cheng suddenly thought of something on the way home.

He hasn't returned the Sun-Breaking Sword to Qin Wutong yet.

Lin Cheng thought that they were so busy drinking that they forgot about their meeting that day, so he sent a message to Ji Zhezhi, asking for the address of the hotel where Qin Wutong was staying, and rushed over.

And in the living room.

Ji Zhezhi looked at Lin Cheng and the message she asked for Qin Wutong's address.

...Sure enough, spitting was too kind to him.

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Lin Cheng reached out and knocked on the door.

The door was only opened a tiny crack, and Qin Wutong's eyes peeked out from inside. When she saw it was him, her eyes lit up, "Why are you here?"

"I suddenly remembered that I haven't returned the Sun-Breaking Blade to you yet."