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

Qin Wulin's eyes suddenly became extremely resentful, but fortunately after a moment, he just smiled helplessly, "Okay, okay, I will eat it one day!"

He picked up the wine bowl and said, "Come on, uncle, let's have a toast first."

Lin Cheng held the bowl and ate silently.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was quite subtle at the moment. Lin Cheng ate up all the dishes that Ji Zhezhi picked up and started drinking. After a few bowls of wine, Ji Qinglan whispered to Ji Qingpu to stop drinking, and Ji Qingpu agreed.

Ji Qingpu accompanied Ji Qinglan for a walk. There were three people left at the table. Qin Wulin's face was slightly red. He had drunk a lot just now. He moved his eyes to Ji Zhezhi who was sitting quietly on the side and said, "Ji Zhezhi..."

"Speak." Ji Zhezhi said coldly.

"I know you don't want to get married so soon... I will defeat all of them in your martial arts competition this year. If you don't want to get married, then wait. I'm not in a hurry."

"Then wait till you die."

"I will wait until I die. Maybe one day you will change your mind about me. We have known each other for so many years..."

Ji Zhezhi didn't say anything.

But Lin Cheng always felt that he should say something at this time. He turned his head and looked at Qin Wulin, "Brother."

"Ok?"

"I'm here to join her martial arts competition to find a husband, too."

"Hmm?" Qin Wulin seemed to be more sober all of a sudden. He patted his face and said, "You want to marry Zhezhi too?"

But Lin Cheng didn't know how to answer. Should he say yes or no? While he was hesitating, Ji Zhezhi gave him the answer, "I hired him to beat you up so that you would give up."

"Beat me? Hahahaha, is this true?"

"You'll know then."

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it later." Qin Wulin patted Lin Cheng's shoulder, "It's okay, I know you definitely want to marry Zhezhi, let's follow the rules of the Ji family, and I won't give in to you buddy when the time comes."

"If it doesn't work, I'll introduce my sister to you. She's so pretty."

"Your sister...is her name Qin Wutong?" Lin Cheng seemed to have guessed it.

"How do you know? You know him too."

"Yes, I know him."

"Then we are even closer. Come on, have another drink." Qin Wulin poured wine into the bowl. Lin Cheng clinked glasses with him. After they each drank a bowl of wine, Qin Wulin burped.

Lin Cheng suddenly said at this moment, "What if I tell you that you have no chance of defeating me, buddy?"

"Hahahaha you've started talking drunkenly."

"I mean, what if you lose to me?"

"Well, what's the big deal about winning or losing? It's not like whoever wins will marry Zhezhi. Who Zhezhi wants to marry in the end is up to her... She has disliked me since she was a child, and I'm used to it."

"Then why are you so persistent?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's because the broken branches are beautiful, or maybe it's because when we were young, everyone thought we should get married, the eldest daughter of the Ji family and the eldest son of the Qin family. Maybe I just like the way she ignores me. There are some things in life that you don't need to think so clearly. Maybe in the future she will meet someone she likes very much. There's nothing I can do about it. As long as she likes it, that's fine."

"It's time for you to go home." Ji Zhezhi said lightly.

"Okay, okay, I'll go now... Just take that fruit. When I sent a message to my sister to show off a few days ago, she wanted it but I didn't give it to her."

"Take it away."

Ji Zhezhi's voice was particularly firm. Qin Wulin could only put the box away silently. He stood up. It started snowing outside again. He didn't hold an umbrella, but just walked out of the courtyard silently. His back looked as miserable as a dog.

When his figure disappeared from his sight, Lin Cheng looked at Ji Zhezhi, and Ji Zhezhi was also looking at him indifferently.

"Quite an interesting guy." Lin Cheng commented.

"Do you think I should marry him?" Ji Zhezhi stared into Lin Cheng's eyes, not giving him any chance to dodge.

Lin Cheng scratched his head.

He clearly only thought for two or three seconds, but the next second Ji Zhezhi asked, "Why don't you speak?"

“I’m thinking…”

"Why do I have to think about such things?" Ji Zhezhi bit her lips lightly.

Lin Cheng was stunned for a moment. He seemed to see some crystal tears flashing in the corners of Ji Zhezhi's eyes. He rubbed his eyes, thinking that it was an illusion caused by his excessive drinking.

"Why do you want to know?" Ji Zhezhi asked again word by word.

"My head is a little dizzy. Shouldn't I think about this kind of question carefully for you?"

"Then keep thinking about it!"

Ji Zhezhi stood up and walked out in a hurry.

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Lin Cheng stood at Ji Zhezhi's door. He reached out and knocked gently, but there was no response.

He always felt like he had done something wrong. Alcohol was indeed a bad thing. Drinking too much would make him dizzy and his consciousness blurred.

After a while, Lin Cheng knocked on the door again, but Ji Zhezhi still did not respond. He stood at the door, did not leave, but just waited quietly.

The snow outside the eaves fell in. Lin Cheng didn't bring any thick clothes when he came, so he was shivering with cold.

Ten minutes? Maybe twenty.

"I'm asleep." Ji Zhezhi said.

"Don't be angry..."

"I'm not angry, please don't misunderstand me, I'm going to sleep, please don't disturb me."

Lin Cheng was silent for a while, then said softly, "I thought about it for a while, because I can never guess what you are thinking. I will definitely follow your will. As long as you don't want to marry him... then no one can make you marry him."

"You don't need to say this, and you don't need to do this. If you wanted to marry him, I would have been engaged to him three years ago."

"Since you have already made the decision...then why are you asking me?" Lin Cheng said softly.

“I won’t ask again.”

"I was wrong."

"I don't need you to admit your mistake, go to bed."

Lin Cheng didn't know what to say anymore. He stood outside her door, snow falling on his shoulders. At this moment, Lin Cheng finally understood why she was angry.

All the clues were connected together at this moment, and his mind suddenly became clear.

Lin Cheng stood outside the door for a long time without saying anything. After a while, he heard footsteps in the courtyard. He turned around and saw Ji Qinglan in a coat. She walked over to Lin Cheng with an umbrella in her hand. "What are you doing standing here?"

Lin Cheng lowered his voice and said, "I made Zhezhi angry."

"Hmm? Why? Because of that kid from the Qin family?" Ji Qinglan smiled helplessly. Lin Cheng thought about it and shook his head, "Not entirely."

"The boy from the Qin family grew up with Zhezhi. Originally, the two families had arranged a childhood marriage as a joke, but Ji Zhezhi had no interest in Qin Wulin since she was a child. Three years ago, when Zhezhi came back from the outside world, she should have been engaged to Qin Wulin, but she was unwilling to do so, so the engagement was shelved. Every year, the clan would bring up the matter, and Zhezhi would always reject it coldly."

"His father and I don't have any other options. Who can say for sure whether you like someone or not? If you like someone, you like him. If you don't like someone, you don't like him. In fact, his father and I think Qin Wulin is not bad. At least he treats Zhezhi well and thinks of Zhezhi whenever there is something good going on."

"Although her father and I have been working in the family for these years, the elders in the family have always been unhappy. They think Zhezhi should have married a long time ago. All the pressure falls on Zhezhi. Zhezhi has not been in contact with any boys in these years. Qin Wulin is the best of this generation in the Utopia and he likes her purely. But since she came back three years ago, she has been hesitant to confirm the marriage... Do you know why?"

Of course, the answer emerged in Lin Cheng's mind in an instant. He lowered his head slightly. Before he could speak, Ji Qinglan smiled helplessly and said, "Some things are better if you know them. Zhezhi has the same temperament as her father. She has a cold face on weekdays and keeps everything in her heart. If you don't coax her well, she won't tell others. She's very awkward."

"I don't know what your relationship with Zhezhi is. I can guess what she's thinking, but I can't guess what you're thinking... But I'm her mother after all. Please, Xiao Cheng, if possible, don't make Zhezhi sad."

Lin Cheng nodded gently, "Yes, I understand, Aunt Lan."

"It's cold outside, don't stand here, go back to sleep."

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute. Aunt Lan, go and have a rest first."

"Okay." Ji Qinglan left with an umbrella, but Lin Cheng did not leave. He stood quietly under the eaves. He did not speak, but just waited silently.

Half an hour? Maybe an hour.

Lin Cheng saw the door quietly opened a crack, and a pair of cold, slightly red and swollen eyes behind the door were quietly looking outside. When he saw he was still standing there, the door suddenly closed. After a moment, Lin Cheng pushed the door open and squeezed in. Ji Zhezhi stretched out his hand to push him away, but he hugged her tightly. Her body was pressed against the door, and Lin Cheng's hand gently pressed on her shoulder, "Don't be angry, okay?"

"I repeat, I am not angry."

"Oh, really?" Lin Cheng looked at Ji Zhezhi's slightly red eyes, but Ji Zhezhi didn't say anything.

"Didn't you ask me last night if I wanted to have a fake marriage?" Lin Cheng looked into her eyes.

“No.”

"Okay, it seems that I just dreamed about it, but I think it's a good idea. Since you don't want to marry Qin Wulin, then just marry me. This way, the elders at home will never bother you again, and you will be free in the future."

"I don't want it." Ji Zhezhi replied coldly.

"What did you say?"

"I said, I don't want it."

Ji Zhezhi's shoulders were held down by Lin Cheng, and the next second Lin Cheng's cheek suddenly came close to her. Ji Zhezhi's heartbeat suddenly accelerated at this moment, and his breath had already fallen on her cheek.

But Lin Cheng did not kiss her, even though their lips were only half a centimeter close.

"What did you say?"

"I said... I don't want it. If you dare to kiss me forcefully, I will bite your tongue."

"Does that mean I can still stick out my tongue?"

Lin Cheng gently kissed her lips and pried open her snow-white teeth.

270 Will die

Lin Cheng's lips were cold.

Because he had been freezing outside for an hour, and he had thought a lot during that hour. Everything in this world has its own cause and effect. When Lin Cheng heard about the fake marriage from Ji Zhezhi last night, everything was already clear.

What's more, after being rejected, she was obviously upset.

Compared to the coldness of his lips, Ji Zhezhi's lips were warm, as clean and soft as flower petals, and there seemed to be a faint fragrance. Lin Cheng felt as if he was lowering his head and holding a flower, with sweet nectar hidden in the flower.

Sweet temptation always contains unknown dangers.

Lin Cheng's screams rang out in Ji Zhezhi's room.

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"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts." Lin Cheng stuck out his tongue and made a slurping sound, looking at Ji Zhezhi in front of him. There was only a small light in the room, so he couldn't see the color of Ji Zhezhi's cheek. Her fingers were clenching the hem of her skirt, staring into his eyes.

"Deserve it!"

"You have such a cruel heart." Lin Cheng looked at her dimly.

"I told you...if you forcefully kiss me, I will bite you. It was you who wanted to kiss me."

"Is that so..." Lin Cheng nodded and said nothing more.

He didn't say anything, and there was a long silence in the room.

After a long while, he whispered, "It was so cold outside just now."

"I told you to go back to bed early."

"Well, I deserve it."

This sentence brought silence from Ji Zhezhi again.

She didn't say anything. Lin Cheng stood there quietly and waited for a while before saying, "Then I'm going back to sleep. You should also go to bed early."

He turned around, opened Ji Zhezhi's door, and stepped out.

His steps were clearly very fast, but Ji Zhezhi felt that everything in the world suddenly became very slow. Her heart suddenly felt as if the tip of a sharp knife was on her heart and would pierce through it in the next second.

She suddenly felt a little breathless, ran to the door, and grabbed the corner of his clothes, "You, wait."

Lin Cheng stood outside the door, looking into her eyes.

"I... didn't mean it." Ji Zhezhi lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"what?"

"When you kissed me... I was very scared... very uneasy... I didn't mean to bite you, but... I couldn't help it... I bit you subconsciously..." Her voice was intermittent, and there was a rare hint of weakness in it.

"Well, it's okay. It doesn't hurt that much."

"Next time...if you...don't be so sudden...I...maybe...won't...bite you." Her fingers gently twisted the hem of her skirt, and she lowered her head, no longer looking into Lin Cheng's eyes.