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

"Don't cry..." Lin Cheng walked forward and wanted to hug her, but Lu Xiaoxiao took half a step back.

So he didn't know how to move forward.

"You... go back." Lu Xiaoxiao lowered her eyebrows, her voice was very soft, but she couldn't stop trembling.

Lin Cheng was silent for a second or two, then nodded gently, "Okay, go home first, and I'll go back after I see you go in."

Lu Xiaoxiao did not insist any further. She turned around and did not look back. She walked forward step by step. The door opened quickly. Lin Cheng watched her gradually walk into the shadows. Her slender figure was gradually submerged by the snowflakes.

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Lu Xiaoxiao didn't open the door.

She sat on the steps of the gate. The lights were on and the ground under the steps was covered with snow. She sat there quietly, looking at the falling snow under the lights in front of her. She was still wrapped in Lin Cheng's coat. Shouldn't she have returned the coat to Lin Cheng just now?

She remembered everything Lin Cheng had said just now, but she didn't know what to say or what to do. Should she pretend that nothing had happened? Perhaps she should pretend that nothing had happened, because his story with Lu Lingling started before he met her. It would be better if he only told the last two-thirds of his story.

But he told Lu Xiaoxiao all the stories. He also told Lu Xiaoxiao what happened after the battle with Minghe that night. Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly felt that Lin Cheng was right. Maybe she shouldn't listen. What if some things happened? As long as all the people who knew about it buried it, then nothing happened.

But now that she knows the truth, how should she face the future?

If she didn't know what happened that night in the Styx, maybe she could accept it, because at that time, under the abyss disaster, everyone became crazy, which seemed to be excusable, and that period of history could be sealed. But that night, that night... She and Lin Cheng had already known each other, and she had an intimate relationship with Lin Cheng, but they still... They still... did it again!

Lu Xiaoxiao hugged her knees and looked at the heavy snow in front of her. Her mind became more and more confused until footsteps sounded behind her.

"Why don't you come in?" Lu Lingling's voice was gentle.

Lu Xiaoxiao slowly turned her head. Lu Lingling was wearing a black nightgown. The smooth fabric fit her slender body. Her hair was loose, but even so, she was still extremely beautiful.

"I know everything." Lu Xiaoxiao said slowly.

"Know what?" Lu Lingling asked softly.

"He told me everything about you and Lin Cheng." Lu Xiaoxiao said word by word.

Lu Lingling walked over to her and also sat down on the steps, but compared to Lu Xiaoxiao's posture of curling up her knees, her slender legs were stretched out. After a while, Lu Lingling asked softly, "Well, what are you going to do?"

"I don't know." Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head.

The two women fell into a strange silence at the same time.

"Why... do you treat me like this?" Lu Xiaoxiao was the first to break the silence.

Lu Lingling looked at her profile and saw the tears in the corners of her eyes, but she did not reach out to wipe them away, nor did she show much concern. She just asked, "What?"

"Why...did you seduce my boyfriend?"

"I think the words you used are inappropriate." Lu Lingling had a blank expression on her face, and there was no trace of apology in her words.

"Is it inappropriate? He's my man! But you deliberately provoked him, provoked him and you... and you..."

"I knew him long before you met him, so I was here first." Lu Lingling said calmly, "If you mean the night we faced the Styx, you two hadn't confirmed your relationship at that time, right? So, I said your words were inappropriate, and he wasn't your boyfriend at that time."

"You are my mother!"

"So what?" Lu Lingling still looked at her calmly, "You are already an adult, I have no obligation to coax you or give in to you."

"You are shameless!" Lu Xiaoxiao's chest began to rise and fall violently with her rapid breathing.

"Really?" Lu Lingling just looked at her calmly, "He is my first man. Rather than saying you are my daughter, it's better to say you are my clone. I have tried hard to treat you as my daughter, but I really don't know how to be a good mother. All I can do is to give you some help in certain aspects after you become an adult. The path you choose is always your own."

"Have you never treated me as your daughter from the beginning to the end?" Lu Xiaoxiao stared into her eyes blankly.

But there was really no emotion in Lu Lingling's eyes. She was as cold as an emotionless ice sculpture. "I tried hard to play the role of a mother, but I failed. Just as you feel, I am indeed a failed mother. My only regret for you is that I brought you into this world but did not give you the care that other parents should give to other children. This is my fault."

"I never need you to be grateful to me for giving you life. I always hope that you are an independent individual. If you want to break up with me, I will agree."

338 Will You Stay With Me Forever?

Lu Xiaoxiao stared blankly at Lu Lingling in front of her. She always felt that something in her heart seemed to be quietly breaking.

"Am I being too cruel to say this?" Lu Lingling seemed to be talking to herself.

Lu Xiaoxiao's lips moved slightly, but she found that she couldn't make any sound.

"I admit that I owe you a lot because I didn't fulfill my responsibilities as a mother. I spent very little time with you when you were a child, but I tried my best to give you the best living conditions so that you can choose to be whoever you want to be. I originally wanted to propose that we sever our mother-daughter relationship and have no further contact after you become an adult, but I never knew how to say it."

"After the Abyss was ended by Lin Cheng, I also thought about what role I should play in this world. At that time, I thought I should try to be a good mother and accompany you well. It seems that our relationship has indeed eased in those two years, but deep down I still feel very uncomfortable. I can't treat you as my daughter, and I can't find a reason to continue living from you."

"Maybe I should continue to be indifferent, until you won't feel sad even if I suddenly leave one day."

"For so many years, I have been an extremely selfish woman. I would do anything for revenge. But now that the flame of hatred is extinguished, I seem to have nothing left." Lu Lingling stretched out her palm and watched the snowflakes fall into her palm, slowly melting into cold water droplets.

"That day I asked Lin Cheng what kind of role he wanted me to play? But he didn't give me an answer. He thought I should make my own choice. I have been thinking about the answer these days, but I just came up blank."

"I don't know if I love him or not. He is obviously much younger than me, and he was just a little boy when I met him. But he fulfilled my only wish to live. He ended the abyss, but at the same time extinguished all the burning flames in my heart. I think I should love him. It seems that I also have some kind of desire, a desire for him to treat me as a woman he can love, as if this would give me a reason to continue living in this world."

"But he hated me." Lu Lingling looked at the snow in front of her calmly, "Because at that time I was blinded by the flames of revenge, but it seemed that at that time I suddenly realized clearly that I loved him. Although he didn't love me at all, when I heard that he was going to the abyss alone and end everything, I suddenly fell madly in love with him, because he was going to fulfill the only wish I had in my life for so many years. The crazy love made me become a madman and do things he hated."

"After he came back from the abyss, I went to look for him, but no matter how humble I was, no matter how much I begged, he always looked down on me and said some very unpleasant things to me. I had no choice but to leave him. My dark desires twisted me to the point of going crazy, until one day I suddenly discovered that he and you had actually developed a relationship."

"I'm jealous." Lu Lingling did not hide her emotions. "I'm jealous that you can be by his side, I'm jealous that you can be a part of his world, I'm jealous that he's so gentle in front of you, the desire of jealousy is driving me crazy, so I want him to be angry, and I also want him to lie on top of me and breathe. I'm such an extremely selfish woman."

"But I am so selfish, and it seems that the more selfish I am, the more I am hated. I know this is the inevitable result, but I can't bear not to do it."

"You had a fight with him, didn't you?" Lu Lingling looked into Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes.

Lu Xiaoxiao stared into her eyes blankly, and she answered stubbornly, "No."

"No, you must have had a fight because you couldn't accept the fact that your mother had slept in the same bed with the man you liked... Ha... You must be in pain now... I have never loved you, and I have never thought of treating you as my daughter... You are just a replica... But as a replica, you can get what I have always dreamed of. So I am jealous of you, so I hate you."

Lu Lingling suddenly laughed, "It's fine now, you don't have it anymore... and you won't have it anymore... Since I can't get it, you can forget about it!"

It was the first time that Lu Xiaoxiao saw such a crazy emotion in Lu Lingling's eyes.

She had heard about Lu Lingling's past in some gossip in the alliance. Many people thought she was crazy, but she had never felt that in her memory. In her memory, Lu Lingling had a cold expression at most, but she was still very good to her. She never scolded her and never placed too much expectations on her. It seemed that her childhood was always free except for the lack of companionship.

She envied the warmth her peers enjoyed, but also felt secretly glad that she had always been free when she saw the heavy expectations they carried.

But now she truly saw the crazy side of Lu Lingling.

"You...are dreaming! As long as I want you, you'll still be mine...but you'll never get it in your life!"

"Really?" Lu Lingling sneered, "If you want to leave, he won't try to keep you... because you're not that important to him. He never really cares about someone, except for the girl named Lizhi."

Lu Xiaoxiao stood up from the steps, and she suddenly sneered, "Really? But when I asked him today what choice he wanted me to make, he wanted me to stay."

The smile on Lu Lingling's face suddenly stopped.

"Are you still deceiving yourself? You are just an insignificant character to him. There is no shortage of women around him, but no woman has ever been able to truly enter his heart."

Lu Xiaoxiao took out her cell phone from her pocket and called Lin Cheng. The call was quickly connected. Lu Xiaoxiao turned on the speakerphone. She looked at the screen, took a deep breath, and asked softly, "I'll give you a chance to choose. Lin Cheng, do you want me to stay?"

"Ah."

"why?"

"because I love you."

Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly laughed and said to the phone, "Come pick me up. I don't live at home anymore."

"I'll be just outside the door in a minute."

Lu Xiaoxiao hung up the phone and looked at Lu Lingling in front of her provocatively. Since she had never treated her as her own daughter and since she had never loved her, why should she treat her as her own mother?

"Even if I'm just a replica, I'm still better than a lunatic like you." Lu Xiaoxiao said word by word.

But Lu Lingling just sat there, her lips slightly parted, but no sound came out, as if the light in her eyes was gradually dimming.

Soon, the roar of a car was heard outside the villa courtyard. Lu Xiaoxiao stood up, looked at Lu Lingling who was still sitting there, and said lightly, "I'm leaving."

"Go away and don't come back again." Lu Lingling no longer looked at her, her voice was too cold.

Lu Xiaoxiao stood up and ran out of the snow. Lin Cheng had already gotten out of the car and opened the passenger door for her. Lu Xiaoxiao got in, glanced at Lin Cheng's profile, and said, "Go home."

"Okay, let's go home." Lin Cheng looked at her profile and answered softly.

In the villa.

Lu Lingling was still sitting quietly on the steps. The courtyard was already covered with snow. It took her a long time to slowly stand up. However, she did not go back to the room. Instead, she lay down in the snow.

The heavy snow gradually covered her body, and she closed her eyes as if she was about to fall asleep.

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On the way home, Lin Cheng looked back inadvertently and saw tears falling from the corners of Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes.

He took out a tissue and handed it to Lu Xiaoxiao, who took it. Lin Cheng was silent for a while and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"I had a fight with my mother."

After saying this, Lu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment. After a moment, she suddenly laughed, but this smile on her face looked extremely pale. "No, she never treated me as her biological daughter... She only treated me as a copy and never, never truly loved me."

"Did she say it herself?"

"She said it herself!"

But when Lin Cheng looked at Lu Xiaoxiao's tears in front of him, he suddenly fell silent.

Love or not is never something that can be said.

"What did you say?" Lin Cheng asked softly.

Lu Xiaoxiao repeated to Lin Cheng everything that Lu Lingling had just said. After listening to everything, Lin Cheng looked at the falling snow outside the window.

Many times what you say is not important, what matters is the result.

What will happen after tonight? Lu Xiaoxiao will begin to hate Lu Lingling and cut off contact with her. From now on, they are no longer mother and daughter, so Lu Xiaoxiao will no longer have wild thoughts. It seems that everything can be turned over and started over.

Lin Cheng suddenly gently pinched a very small earring on his ear.

"Is this your choice?" he sent a telepathic message.

"Be good to my daughter. This ridiculous farce should end. I wish you happiness."

The voice coming from the other end of the earrings was a little tired and hoarse. After a while, Lin Cheng realized that the connection between the two earrings had been lost. That was a birthday gift that Lin Cheng had given her before. It was made by Lemon at his request. It could be used to unilaterally start a conversation and contact Lu Lingling. It also had the function of unilaterally eavesdropping on everything around Lu Lingling.

Occasionally, Lin Cheng would hear this guy suddenly whisper his name in the middle of the night, followed by a slight gasp, or a long period of silence.

Now the earrings had been destroyed by Lu Lingling. Lin Cheng silently took off the earrings and gently threw them out of the window. The wind outside the window was noisy and noisy.

Lu Xiaoxiao was brought home by Lin Cheng. After taking off her coat, she huddled into the soft quilt. Lin Cheng gently hugged her soft body. At this moment, Lu Xiaoxiao seemed to have become a helpless kitten. She huddled in Lin Cheng's arms, curled up, and tightly wrapped her slender arms and snow-white legs around him. She raised her head, and all the pride in her eyes was gone, instead revealing a bit of pity.

"Will you stay with me forever?"

"Of course, go to sleep, good night." Lin Cheng lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead.

339 Bad Learning

When Lu Xiaoxiao woke up, Lin Cheng was sitting on the bed in a daze.

She slowly got out of the bed, pressed her body against Lin Cheng, and looked into his eyes closely, "You woke up so early."

"I just woke up." Lin Cheng rubbed her head, "What do you want to eat in the morning?"

"What's there?"

"There are pancakes, beef noodles, hand-pulled pancakes and steamed dumplings downstairs. If you want to eat them, I can go buy them for you, or I can cook noodles for you. There should be two eggs at home."

"Well, I want to eat pancakes."

"Okay, what do you want to add?"

"I'll go down with you." Lu Xiaoxiao quietly held Lin Cheng's hand.

Lin Cheng could clearly sense the uneasiness in her eyes.

In fact, Lin Cheng did not sleep all night last night. He had been trying hard to think about how to solve this matter satisfactorily. However, it seemed that there were never so many perfect endings in this world. Before thinking about the correct solution, he had to take care of Lu Xiaoxiao's emotions first.

After all, she has left home, and now he is the only one she can rely on.

Lu Xiaoxiao put on her clothes and went downstairs with Lin Cheng to buy pancakes. Then they went to the supermarket to buy toiletries, her towel, toothbrush, cup and so on. She would probably have to stay at Lin Cheng's place for some time, and she had nowhere else to go.

After returning home, the two of them curled up on the sofa and watched TV.

Lu Xiaoxiao had no work to do today. She had been quite free these days. Lin Cheng stayed with her on the sofa, covered with a blanket. Although there was a bit of cold wind outside the window, the room was quite warm.

Fortunately, Lu Xiaoxiao already had a lot of clothes in her storage ring.

At noon, Lin Cheng bought vegetables and cooked. In the evening, the two of them cooked two more dishes with the leftovers from lunch. Lu Xiaoxiao would actually run to the kitchen to wash the dishes obediently.