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

"Where, where do the fireworks come from?" Xia Ning's voice became a little stuttering.

"I asked Lemon to help me make it a few days ago." Lin Cheng also raised his head at this moment, looking up at the clusters of fireworks in the night sky. Lemon made an oversized firework. At this moment, the whole city's night sky was as bright as day, as if there had been a clear rain.

Pedestrians in the city stopped and looked up.

The sound of fireworks crackled, but the world seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, with only the sound of fireworks echoing in the silence.

"So romantic." Xia Ning's voice was drowned out by the fireworks. She just kept staring until the last cluster of fireworks went out. Then she turned her head and looked at Lin Cheng's profile.

Lin Cheng was staring at the fireworks in a daze.

Xia Ning couldn't help but become curious, what was he thinking at this moment?

When I was a child, I would jump up with excitement when I saw fireworks, but as I grew older, I became more and more quiet. Perhaps it is no longer the fireworks that are brilliant, but the memories that the fireworks carry.

It took Lin Cheng a long time to come back to his senses. He lowered his head and looked sideways at Xia Ning, who was staring at his profile in a trance. Lin Cheng smiled and asked, "Why are you staring at me?"

"What were you thinking about just now?" She always felt that Lin Cheng's eyes had become so quiet, so quiet that they seemed a little sad.

"I thought of a good friend of mine. I watched the fireworks with her at her house during the Chinese New Year."

"who is it?"

"She's dead." Lin Cheng stood up from the recliner. "Many of my old friends are dead. I'm the only one who survived."

Lin Cheng half-knelt down and stretched out his hand towards Xia Ning, "Okay, my dear princess, it's time to go to bed."

Xia Ning thought she would be disgusted by Lin Cheng's words and get goose bumps all over her body, but at this moment Lin Cheng's eyes were particularly sincere and gentle. At that moment, she suddenly couldn't tell which Lin Cheng was the real one.

She stretched out her hand, Lin Cheng gently grasped her arm and stood up, then accompanied her to the room. Xia Ning lay down obediently. Lin Cheng turned on a night light and took out a bedtime story from the bookshelf.

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The next day, it rained lightly in the early morning.

When Lin Cheng woke up, Xia Ning was hanging on him.

The girl in her sleep was very restless. She wrapped herself around him tightly, the hem of her white dress becoming disheveled. Her skin was soft, and her breath fell on his chest. Lin Cheng was just about to pat her butt to get her up, but the sound of the door opening was heard.

Who is it? Jiang Lingxue? That should be fine, Jiang Lingxue should know that Xia Ning is here with him? Lin Cheng just breathed a sigh of relief, but when his door opened, the person who appeared outside the door was... Sister Lizhi, who was wearing a small suit and trousers.

Lizhi's hair was tied into a ponytail. She was holding a lollipop in her mouth, and her left cheek was bulging. Seeing the scene in front of her, she tilted her head and asked, "Change your taste?"

"Listen to my explanation."

"I'm too lazy to listen." Lizhi replied lightly, then sat on the chair, crossing her slender legs. A small area of ​​ankle skin was exposed between the gap between her trouser legs and her leather shoes. She was wearing white socks, and her ankles were slender and soft.

Lin Cheng patted Xia Ning's butt at this time. Xia Ning slowly opened her eyes, still dazed. She leaned close to Lin Cheng's cheek and said, "Kiss..."

"No kiss." Lin Cheng stretched out his hand to touch her nose, sat up, wrapped the quilt around Xia Ning, and looked at Lizhi, "Why are you here?"

It was only then that Xia Ning noticed the litchi. She was stunned at first, and then her cheeks turned pink.

Lizhi's feet swayed slightly as she bit the lollipop in her mouth. "I heard something from Jiang Lingxue that you haven't told me yet."

"what?"

Lin Cheng was suddenly covered in sweat.

"I didn't even get an invitation to your wedding." Lizhi's eyes narrowed slightly.

How could this be a matter of whether or not an invitation was sent? Lin Cheng almost knelt down in front of Sister Lizhi and confessed his guilt. He stammered, "How about you listen to my explanation..."

Lizhi took out her cell phone and turned on the timer.

"I'll give you a minute."

In one minute, Lin Cheng had no room to polish the story. The version he had told Jiang Lingxue, Lu Xiaoxiao, and Xu Wanyue before had some polishing elements, and many details could be covered up by the Spring and Autumn style of writing, but in one minute...

Lin Cheng spoke rapidly, and started to speak unclearly after 30 or 40 seconds. Just when he talked about Ji Zhezhi's proposal of a fake marriage, Lizhi glanced at the time and said, "It's time."

Lin Cheng lowered his head, "I am guilty."

"Oh? What's your crime?"

"I should have reported this to sister Lizhi first, but there was no signal in the paradise, so I couldn't get in touch with her. I had thought I would tell you first after I got out..."

"Really? But I see that your location keeps switching between Lu Xiaoxiao, Jiang Lingxue, Xu Wanyue, and that female college student named Jiang Li. Oh yes, and now this Xia Ning." Lizhi's lips curled up slightly.

But her smile was a sneer.

Oops, now the problem is exacerbated.

"Because, because..." Lin Cheng was still trying to find an excuse, but after more than ten seconds, he lowered his head and confessed his guilt. "Because I was afraid of being killed by Sister Lizhi, I wanted to wait until I figured out how to start talking..."

"Really? But I feel like they don't want to tell me at all. They are all qualified to know, but I don't." Lizhi bit the lollipop in her mouth.

"of course not!"

"Then if I don't come to you, when are you going to tell me?"

"Just, just today."

"Is sending a message something that will cause your hand to break?" Lizhi tilted her head.

"Sending a message is definitely not as clear as meeting in person, so... so... I was wrong."

"Then how do you want to apologize?"

"Listen to Sister Lizhi!"

Lizhi said, "Oh!" and threw a small dagger in front of Lin Cheng, "Cut it off."

"What to cut?" Lin Cheng was sweating profusely.

"Cut what you can't control."

"Really?"

"Do I look like I'm kidding?"

Lin Cheng grabbed the knife, his hands trembling. After seven or eight seconds, Lizhi finally activated her ability and took the knife back. She stared at Lin Cheng in front of her without blinking, "It's strange, you are willing to marry a woman who is so beautiful?"

"Ji Zhezhi, it's not like you haven't seen her before. We even had tea together before."

Of course Lizhi had met Ji Zhezhi before, because she used to be a member of Lin Cheng's team. Ji Zhezhi had come to his team's lounge before and brought him some cold brew tea.

"Of course I know that woman."

Lizhi narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Please ask her to come and see you."

"Okay, okay, when?"

"It's team building time tonight, let's invite her. And please invite Qin Wutong as well. I haven't seen that guy for a long time."

"Okay, okay."

"I'll also invite Lu Xiaoxiao and Xu Wanyue to join the team building." Lizhi's voice was playful.

Lin Cheng had a bad feeling in his heart, but now that things had come to this point, there seemed to be no room for redemption. He could only nod, and Lizhi raised her toes slightly, "Take off my shoes."

Lin Cheng came to her side and took off her brand new leather shoes. Her white and tender feet were still wearing white socks. Before Lin Cheng could say anything, Li Zhi's feet in white socks were already against his chest. Her eyes were condescending, but her voice was soft and clear, "Lie down on the ground."

“No, don’t…”

"The marriage is another matter. Now that I caught you cheating on me in bed is another matter." Lizhi stepped on his chest with her little feet. "Why don't you let your new idol see how excited a puppy gets when it's stepped on?"

Xia Ning clutched the quilt tightly, revealing her little head, and her dark eyes turned around.

Hmm? It seems quite exciting.

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

Lin Cheng thought it would be fun to play some flirtatious games with Lizhi in private, but at the moment, there was Xia Ning watching him without blinking, and Lin Cheng wanted to die.

I want to die.

I want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

"Do you like it?" Lizhi's voice was soft.

"Not talking?" Lizhi's lips curled up.

"I like it."

"What do you like? Tell me."

"I like being stepped on by Litchi sister..."

"Say it again." Lizhi took out her cell phone and pointed it at Lin Cheng's face, her voice gentle.

"No, don't do that. Don't take photos or videos or anything like that..."

"Oh? Why didn't you think of asking for mercy now when you got married?"

"wrong."

"So, if you want to apologize, you have to show your sincerity. Say it."

"I like it. I like being stepped on by Litchi Sister. Hehehe, I like it very much. Hehehe, Litchi Sister's little feet are white, soft, and fragrant. Hehehe... I like them very much..."

"Bitch."

Lizhi knows that this guy will become shameless after his shame reaches its limit.

But she had already recorded the video in its entirety. "What do you think of this video as entertainment material for tonight's team building?"

"I'm going to cry, I really want to cry..."

"Cry?" Lizhi tilted her head. "No, and... no."

Lizhi stopped and gently rubbed Lin Cheng's chest with her toes. After a long while, she raised the corners of her lips and said, "Continue."

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Lin Cheng's punishment was to be forced to watch the video that Lizhi had just recorded with Lizhi and Xia Ning.

The corners of his mouth began to twitch wildly. If possible, he wanted to die now. If this video was seen by other people, it would be time for him to say goodbye to this world, right?

"No, you're not really going to let it go, are you?"

"It depends on your performance."

"What do you mean by a good performance...?" Lin Cheng asked cautiously.

"If we get into a fight tonight, who will you speak up for?"

Lizhi handed the problem to Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng lowered his head and began to think about whether there was any room for maneuver, but the next second Lizhi pinched his face and said, "Do you need me to help you call that female college student?"

"I'll ask her if she's coming... She may not come..."

"Give me Ji Zhezhi's WeChat and I'll call Ji Zhezhi."

Lin Cheng had no choice but to silently report Ji Zhezhi's WeChat account to Lizhi. Lizhi's friend request was quickly approved. Lin Cheng just sent a message to Jiang Li asking her if she wanted to come to the party tonight, and then he saw... Lizhi had already sent the video she had just taken to Ji Zhezhi.

Lin Cheng lowered his head and covered his face with his hands.

Will I die if I jump from the thirteenth floor now?

291 Waiting to Die

Ji Zhezhi's hand holding the tea paused for a moment.

She now lives with Qin Wutong. She doesn't have anything to do. Recently, she has been teaching herself to paint. The Internet is really a convenient thing. She can find countless tutorials for her to learn by just searching.

She received a friend request from Lizhi. Of course she knew Lizhi, as she later became a member of the Siming team. Not only did she know this, she also knew that Lizhi was Shu Wan's biological sister, and that Shu Wan had once used her special abilities to save Lin Cheng's life.

If possible, she had no intention of becoming enemies with Lizhi. After all, no matter how she thought about it, she knew that Lizhi must be a very important person to him.

But obviously Lizhi doesn't think so.

Ji Zhezhi put down the teacup in her hand, held her chin, and watched the video in its entirety. Her eyes remained calm and even-tempered throughout the video. It was not until the end of the video that she typed a reply, "Very interesting."

"The fruit shop is holding a team-building event tonight. Do you want to join us?"

"What?"

"Chatting, drinking, singing, watching movies, etc. They are all Lin Cheng's good friends, and they get together to have fun."

Ji Zhezhi hesitated for a moment.

In fact, she had refused on the grounds of being unwell, but she knew the reason was false. The real reason was that she wanted to avoid the limelight temporarily. She had also thought about whether it was possible to gradually defeat the women around him one by one, but this time, Lizhi had formed an alliance, and she didn't think she could fight so many people on her own.

But this is also an opportunity.