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

At night, when Lu Xiaoxiao took out her nightgown from the storage ring, she was suddenly stunned.

After Lin Cheng saw her take out the skirt, he sat there for several seconds, blinking in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"...It's okay." Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head.

She bit her lips lightly, her eyes falling on the ring on her little finger. This ring was made by Lu Lingling herself. Compared to the space rings that those people in the alliance received, her ring was at least ten times larger. Lu Lingling spent a long time making it for her.

Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head and put all those emotions behind her. She picked up her skirt and went to the bathroom. Lin Cheng sat on the sofa. He had sent a message to Lu Lingling last night, but Lu Lingling hadn't replied yet. When he sent another message, he saw a red exclamation mark.

Lu Lingling deleted him.

Lin Cheng sighed helplessly. The sound of water splashing came from the bathroom. After a while, Lu Xiaoxiao walked out of the bathroom. She had a porcelain white body and was wearing a pink nightgown. Her hair was wet. She walked into the room and Lin Cheng picked up the hair dryer to blow her hair.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Lu Xiaoxiao was dazed again.

For some reason, she remembered the time when Lu Lingling taught her how to tie her hair. Lu Lingling taught her many ways to tie her hair. She would stand behind her and gently tie up her long hair.

When Lu Lingling sees a nice-looking dress, she will come to her and ask her if she likes it. If she likes it, she will buy it for her.

Lu Xiaoxiao always asked her why she didn't buy them herself. She would answer with a smile, saying that she was old and no longer suitable for such girlish skirts. Lu Xiaoxiao now has a lot of beautiful dresses, jewelry, and high heels at home, all bought for her by Lu Lingling.

It wouldn't cost her much anyway. Lu Xiaoxiao reached out and tapped her head, trying not to think about it. Lin Cheng blew her hair until it was 70% dry, then took out two controllers from the cabinet and plugged them into the computer. He looked at Lu Xiaoxiao and blinked, "Want to play games?"

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Lin Cheng noticed that Lu Xiaoxiao would occasionally become distracted and absent-minded when playing games.

"What's the matter?" he asked softly.

"It's okay." Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head.

Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know what was wrong. She had just been away from home for one day, but she kept thinking about that woman in her head. She had loved playing games since she was a child, because Lu Lingling didn't spend much time with her when she was a child.

But the game console in her home was originally bought for her by Lu Lingling. Lu Xiaoxiao was smart when she was a child and her academic performance was always good. Lu Lingling never asked for too much from her academic performance. It was Lu Lingling who taught Lu Xiaoxiao how to play games and told her that she could play by herself when her mother was not at home. She has played many, many games. If Lu Lingling has a rare holiday, the two of them will play together at home.

strangeness.

Obviously, my impression of her has always been that she is so cold and busy, but why did she suddenly think of her goodness? Lu Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand and twisted her leg, and then continued to play with Lin Cheng seriously. After playing for a while, she felt a little tired and looked at Lin Cheng, "Let's stop playing. Let's watch TV for a while?"

"it is good."

Lin Cheng sat on the bed with Lu Xiaoxiao. Wrapped in a quilt, Lu Xiaoxiao curled up in his arms. Lin Cheng put his arm around her shoulders. In a trance, Lu Xiaoxiao recalled the past. It seemed that Lu Lingling had also held her in his arms and watched cartoons with her when she was a child.

no, do not want!

Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head again. She was a little upset. She raised her head and looked at Lin Cheng in panic. She said, "I... want to ask you something."

"Well, you said."

"Do you think... my mother really loved me?" Lu Xiaoxiao stared into Lin Cheng's eyes, trying to get the answer from him.

"The answer to this question can only be asked by yourself, right? To determine whether a person loves you, why not think about whether she is good to you or bad to you?" Lin Cheng gently pinched Lu Xiaoxiao's earlobe and said softly.

He could probably guess what Lu Xiaoxiao had been thinking about the whole day.

Lu Xiaoxiao was silent for a long time. "I don't know why, but I always think of how good she was to me. Do you think...is her kindness to me real?"

"What's important is not the thought, but the action." Lin Cheng replied softly.

"But..." Lu Xiaoxiao hesitated for a while. She seemed to be struggling with herself. She tried hard to find evidence that Lu Lingling didn't love her. She slowly said, "She started teaching me fighting skills when I was fourteen. She often beat me up and bruised me all over. She also applied medicine on me..."

"Do you remember what I said before, that becoming a judge was the life she arranged for me? Otherwise, why would she teach me fighting skills? Otherwise, why would she tell me so much about facing the abyss... She never intended for me to become an ordinary person. What she said about giving me freedom was all a lie to herself..."

Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know what nonsense she was talking about.

Lin Cheng hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Do you remember what I said, the world of people with special abilities is not the same as that of ordinary people?"

A hint of confusion appeared in Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes, and she turned to look at him.

"If you have special abilities, it's actually very difficult to become an ordinary person. You are her daughter, and many eyes will be on you. This is one reason. Secondly, for most people with special abilities, having an extraordinary ability but being unable to use it will cause a subtle psychological gap. Also... she also hopes that you can have some means to protect yourself. I'm not her, so how can I guess what she's thinking?"

"But you are speaking for her." Lu Xiaoxiao looked at her dimly.

"Hey, hey, you asked me so I should tell you my guess reasonably and logically, okay?" Lin Cheng picked up Lu Xiaoxiao helplessly, "Have you been thinking about these things all day?"

"Um……"

Lin Cheng reached out and gently rubbed Lu Xiaoxiao's head, "Okay, okay, let's not think about these things for now, just go to sleep tonight?"

"Can't sleep."

Lu Xiaoxiao looked at him and muttered softly, "My head is so confused."

"Kiss."

Lu Xiaoxiao moved her body and sat on him, putting her hands on his shoulders. She leaned in and kissed his lips until she felt dizzy and her body was wet. She looked at Lin Cheng in front of her and said, "You poked me."

"This one……"

"So you want to do it?" Lu Xiaoxiao stared at him.

"No..." Lin Cheng still had some clarity of mind left.

"Oh...but I feel a little...uncomfortable..."

"Then let me rub it for you?"

"Um……"

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The next day.

Lin Cheng and Lu Xiaoxiao went downstairs together to buy vegetables. Lin Cheng went to the kitchen to cook, and Lu Xiaoxiao waited quietly outside the kitchen. She didn't know how to cook, but Lu Lingling could. In the past, she occasionally wanted Lu Lingling to teach her, but Lu Lingling always said that there was no need to learn, and that she could just find a man who could cook in the future.

"What if I never get married?"

"Then mom will cook for you."

No.

Lu Xiaoxiao covered her head, trying to get rid of all these memories. At lunch, she sat at the dining table in a sullen mood while eating. Lin Cheng looked into her eyes and asked, "Unhappy?"

"I always think of my mother..." Lu Xiaoxiao did not hide it.

Obviously Lu Lingling said such excessive words last night, and obviously that guy's expression last night was so cold, but at this moment, he couldn't help but think of her goodness. Lu Xiaoxiao reached out and knocked on his head, looking at Lin Cheng angrily, "It's all your fault."

"Blame me." Lin Cheng could only raise his hands in surrender.

"I'll step on you later." Lu Xiaoxiao muttered.

"Don't learn bad things from them, okay?"

"If they can, why can't I?"

"...Then can I have white silk?" Lin Cheng's bottom line became flexible again at this moment.

Lu Xiaoxiao glanced at him and said, "Of course."

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Lin Cheng was forced to sit on the chair at this moment. He turned his head and looked at his hands tied behind his back with white silk. He looked at Lu Xiaoxiao in front of him dimly. Lu Xiaoxiao was sitting on the bed, with her snow-white legs raised and resting on his thighs. Her white and tender toes were wet at this moment, and her nails were painted with cardamom-colored nail polish, which was slightly shiny. Lin Cheng saw the faint pink on her cheeks, and she whispered, "It turns out that she can really get excited. What a pervert."

340 Anyway, I'll bite you first

Having fun with Lin Cheng became Lu Xiaoxiao's way of relieving anxiety.

Whenever she thought of Lu Lingling's good points, she would move closer to Lin Cheng, either kissing him or putting her hands on Lin Cheng's belly to keep him warm, or she would put on white stockings, tiptoe and step on his chest to vent the little frustration in her heart.

Perhaps this is why escape is shameful but useful.

Lin Cheng suddenly felt that she was like a rebellious girl who ran away from home and was abducted back home by a bad uncle. He was that bad uncle.

Lu Xiaoxiao stayed in his house for five or six days. The two of them ate and lived together. Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly seemed to understand the meaning of living together. When you live together, you will understand a person better. Just like Lin Cheng likes to roll over and over in bed, and likes to act coquettishly when he is at home, which is different from when he wants to save face outside. He would come close to her neck and sniff, and kiss her whenever he has nothing to do.

Lu Xiaoxiao seemed to have gradually gotten used to it. She no longer fixed her messy skirt or cared about her messy hair. In the past few days, Lin Cheng even went out with her twice. One time, he went to the mall and bought couple cotton slippers with Lu Xiaoxiao. Another time, they ate hot pot. Looking at the steam coming out of the hot pot, Lin Cheng looked at her and made a bet with her that she would not dare to eat brains cooked in a clear soup pot.

What Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't stand the most was provocation, so she finished her meal under Lin Cheng's gaze. After drinking a sip of ice water, she ran to Lin Cheng, hugged his neck, and kissed him forcefully in the hot pot restaurant.

Sure enough, long-term anxiety can also make people dizzy.

On the morning of the seventh day, Lu Xiaoxiao woke up from the bed and glanced at her cell phone. She had an alliance mission to go out today, so she put on the alliance uniform, gave Lin Cheng a kiss on the face, and set off.

Lin Cheng slept in late, a rare occasion. He enjoyed his own world at home, tossing and turning in bed. He did not go downstairs to buy groceries. He had a bucket of braised beef noodles in the morning and a bucket of Sichuan pepper beef noodles at noon. When he was thinking about what to eat in the evening, Lu Xiaoxiao opened the door.

She was still wearing the Alliance uniform, but Lin Cheng saw the dullness and loss in her eyes. He immediately ran to her side, brought her slippers, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Lu Xiaoxiao slowly raised her head and said softly, "My mother resigned."

"Resigned?" Lin Cheng was stunned.

"She... resigned from the alliance and hasn't shown up in the alliance in the past few days. I... sent her a message... but... she deleted me."

Lu Xiaoxiao's expression became complicated. Lin Cheng hesitated for a moment, "Then I'll go with you to her home to see her?"

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded.

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Lin Cheng drove Lu Xiaoxiao back home.

Along the way, Lu Xiaoxiao's expression was very complicated, but when she got home, she was still in a hurry. After opening the door, Lu Xiaoxiao returned home, but the lights in the house were off. She looked back at Lin Cheng, and Lin Cheng said softly, "No one is home."

Lu Xiaoxiao came to the table and looked at the white paper on the table that was pressed by the ceramic cup.

There were two bank cards and a pile of documents next to the white paper. Lu Xiaoxiao picked up the white paper and Lin Cheng leaned closer to take a look.

There weren't many words on the white paper, just saying that there was a lot of money in the two cards in front of her, and that there were some fixed assets in the house. She had already resigned from her position in the alliance and was ready to travel around the world.

Damn it.

There weren't many farewell words on the piece of paper, and the actual farewell words were only three short sentences.

"I've been thinking seriously for a few days. I feel like I haven't lived for myself since I was 20. Now I finally don't need to take care of you anymore. I'm leaving now."

"I never thought of stealing your boyfriend. Don't talk like I was cheating on you. I was obviously the first one to know him, and you were the one who came later. If you hate me for bringing you into this world, then my leaving you can be regarded as compensation for you. I don't owe you anything, Xiaoxiao."

"The back is written to Lin Cheng."

Lu Xiaoxiao turned the paper over and found that there was only one line of words written on the back.

"You said I was free to choose my life. This is my choice. Don't come to me, little one."

Lu Xiaoxiao stood there in a daze for a long time.

She suddenly felt her nose a little sour, and tears unconsciously rolled down from the corners of her eyes, she couldn't explain it.

She couldn't imagine what expression Lu Lingling had when she wrote this line. Was she happy? Or sad? She suddenly realized that the Lu Lingling in her memory seemed to have never changed. Before the end of the abyss, she was always cold and unkind. Even when she was with her, it was rare to see her face show much tenderness.

After the end of the abyss, Lu Lingling seemed to have become much more charming. He would go shopping with her on holidays, apply facial masks, dance, and drink together at home. He would buy her beautiful clothes, as if he wanted to make up for all the love he had not given her in the past.

She always felt that this was just Lu Lingling's self-salvation. It was because she had lost the meaning of living that she tried to play the role of a mother to find her place in the world... But no matter what the reason was, the role she played was always real.

What mattered never seemed to be what she thought, but what she did.

Hatred of the abyss ended Lu Lingling's youth when she was eighteen. After she turned eighteen, she was no longer as pretty and innocent as before, but became cold and mechanical. Until the end of the abyss, it was as if the seed that had withered more than twenty years ago gradually sprouted again.

"What..." Lin Cheng muttered softly. He came to Lu Xiaoxiao and stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from Lu Xiaoxiao's cheek. "How can you say goodbye so suddenly..."

Lin Cheng had never seen Lu Xiaoxiao cry like this. Most of the time, her tears were silent, but Lu Xiaoxiao was crying breathlessly at this moment, like a helpless little girl. Lin Cheng wiped her tears clean, and soon the hot and wet tears fell again. Lin Cheng said softly, "Don't cry, it's not like we won't see each other in this life. If you want to see her, I'll take you to find her later."

"We...we...where should we find him...wuwu..." Lu Xiaoxiao was still crying.

"Don't worry, as long as she's still in this world, I'll definitely find her after a while. But not right now. My energy is gradually recovering, and it's not enough right now. It's just right that I can let her go around by herself during this time. It's also good for her to relax. Anyway, I guess it's not appropriate to find her now, so it's good for us to calm down."

This is indeed the best outcome.

Lin Cheng gently hugged Lu Xiaoxiao, held her in his arms, and patted her back gently, "Okay, okay, there's nothing to cry about."

After a moment, Lu Xiaoxiao lowered her head and bit his shoulder.

"Why did you bite me?" Lin Cheng screamed.

"Anyway, I'll bite you first." Lu Xiaoxiao said softly.

Lin Cheng suddenly had a strange premonition in his head.

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Lu Lingling's sudden departure caught the entire alliance in City A off guard, but so what?

Lin Cheng knew that Lu Lingling had never had any interest in power itself. She sat in that position only because she had nowhere else to go. All her relatives and friends were gone, and she had been living in a daze since the natural disaster. She had come to find him, but was driven away by him, so she left all her love to her daughter.

Lu Xiaoxiao has alliance missions these days, so she no longer lives in Lin Cheng's house, but returns to her own home. Now it is her home alone. She will make video calls with Lin Cheng at night, and Lin Cheng must take out half an hour of his precious time to chat with Lu Xiaoxiao. He always feels that Lu Xiaoxiao has become much more delicate than before.