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

Lin Cheng always felt as if his heart was inexplicably hit again.

"Heart hurts."

"Eh?"

"Can you hug me and comfort me?"

"Why should I comfort you? It's not like my confession failed." Although Xu Wanyue said this, she stood up and opened her arms towards Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng was stunned for a moment, then stood up as well, and was gently hugged by Xu Wanyue.

Xu Wanyue's hands gently clasped his back and her chin rested on his shoulder. The familiar fragrance lingered around his nose again. He heard Xu Wanyue's heartbeat, perhaps it was his. It was so strange... Why was he always teased by this stupid woman in inexplicable places?

"Okay, okay, I'll hug you. Don't be sad."

Xu Wanyue's voice was gentle.

"Can you kiss me again?"

"No way, you're so naughty." Xu Wanyue snorted.

Lin Cheng slowly stretched out his hand and gently hugged her. He preferred hugging to kissing, as hugs always made people feel inexplicably at ease.

Keeping together for warmth is the greatest virtue of mankind.

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Ten seconds later, Xu Wanyue escaped from Lin Cheng's arms. She looked into Lin Cheng's eyes and asked, "Do you want to cook another meal tonight?"

"Dreaming..." Lin Cheng lay down on the sofa, "I'm already burnt out."

"Oh my... your cooking is really delicious. Show me more."

"Baa."

"Didn't you cook for that woman every day?"

"You can unlock new positions by making delicious food for that woman. Can you do that?"

Xu Wanyue blushed and glanced at him faintly, "Get down."

Lin Cheng got up from the sofa and went back to the computer to play games. Xu Wanyue followed him into the room, lay on the bed and started watching short videos. She had completely mastered all the energy nodes in her body. She had tested it yesterday, and all her physical data were at least three times higher than before.

...Although it doesn't seem to have much practical effect on her.

Lin Cheng played two games. It was still raining outside. Rainy days were suitable for taking a nap. He glanced at Xu Wanyue and said, "Wake up. I want to take a nap."

Xu Wanyue moved to the other side of the bed, patted the bed, and placed the pillow in the middle.

"Go to sleep."

"..."

Lin Cheng lay down on the bed and pulled Xu Wanyue's quilt to cover himself. He was not used to sleeping without a quilt, but Xu Wanyue also felt uncomfortable, so she snatched some back from Lin Cheng.

This guy always makes inexplicable laughter when watching short videos, but when Lin Cheng said she wanted to go to bed, her laughter stopped. The light in the room was dim, and there was a rustling sound of rain. Lin Cheng suddenly couldn't sleep again. He always felt that this scene was a little familiar.

It seems like nothing has changed, yet it seems like everything has changed.

He turned around and looked at Xu Wanyue who was browsing on her phone. Xu Wanyue was stunned, took away her phone and looked at him.

The two looked at each other for four or five seconds, and Xu Wanyue suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Lin Cheng was puzzled.

"You have such a cute look in your eyes."

"cute?"

"Like... a child who wants to be loved?" Xu Wanyue found a more appropriate description. She reached out her hand and gently pinched Lin Cheng's face. "Okay, take a nap. Sister will accompany you."

"No, I want my sister to kiss me."

"So naughty."

"I won't be good, I won't be good." Lin Cheng closed his eyes, but after a long while, he suddenly felt a warm touch on his forehead, and he retreated immediately. When he opened his eyes, Xu Wanyue had returned to a distance, her eyes dodging.

He didn't say anything, just stared at Xu Wanyue.

Xu Wanyue didn't say anything either. She picked up her phone and continued watching the short video, as if nothing had happened.

Lin Cheng closed his eyes again, and Xu Wanyue looked at him secretly through the gap in the phone.

...So naughty.

Xu Wanyue muttered quietly in her heart.

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When Lin Cheng woke up, it was raining heavily outside the window.

The weather forecast says it's going to rain these few days.

Xu Wanyue was no longer around. Lin Cheng got up from the bed. He could hear Xu Wanyue humming a song softly in the kitchen. She put on her apron again. Lin Cheng walked to the kitchen door and saw her slender black silk calves under the apron from behind. The black stockings were 5D and almost transparent.

Black stockings and cheongsams don’t really go well together. Maybe it’s okay for taking photos, but in real life, it will look a bit strange.

Hearing the footsteps, Xu Wanyue turned around and smiled at him, "It will be ready soon, wash your hands and wait for dinner."

"Okay." Lin Cheng agreed and sat down at the table.

Every time he woke up from a nap, he would feel dazed for a while. The sky outside the window was gloomy. Lin Cheng didn't like rainy days very much because an old friend of his left him on a rainy day.

In fact, Xu Wanyue guessed correctly. Lin Cheng had never had a serious relationship in all these years. He was too young in those years and didn't understand what love was. There seemed to be no opportunities for love in those years.

Later, he took off the mask and entangled with the former hostess of the house for more than a year, but it seemed that they still could not fall in love with each other. Lin Cheng suddenly remembered the day when she carried the suitcase and moved out, she cursed him with red eyes.

"The difference between you and me is that you keep lying to yourself, saying sweet and sweet words, and arrogantly thinking you can save me...but it's clear that you are the one who is more disappointed with the world than I am."

Sometimes Lin Cheng couldn’t sleep at night, and he would toss and turn in his thoughts, wondering whether a short period of companionship between two lonely people was a reward or a punishment.

"What are you thinking about? It's time to eat."

"Oh." Lin Cheng picked up the chopsticks and began to eat the food in big mouthfuls. As long as he was full, he would forget his worries. The iced cola he had just taken out of the refrigerator was still stained with dew on the edge of the can. After eating, Lin Cheng lay down on the chair and suddenly said, "Actually, this cheongsam and black stockings don't go well together. It looks weird."

"You chose this yourself yesterday."

"But it looks weird when paired with a cheongsam."

"I don't have any other clothes." Xu Wanyue raised her eyes and looked at him innocently, "You ask for too much."

"No, I mean... I'm really not a pervert." Lin Cheng tried to make his expression look more convincing, "It doesn't matter what you wear."

"I know."

Xu Wanyue answered innocently, and her tone didn't sound perfunctory, but rather as if it was a matter of course. Now it was Lin Cheng who was stunned.

"I know you're not a pervert, it's just that they look pretty good in the short videos, but it looks a bit weird on you."

"It's just a video, of course it looks fine..."

"I don't understand these. I learned how to dress by watching short videos." Xu Wanyue stuck out her tongue. "But the cheongsam is pretty good-looking, isn't it?"

"That's true."

"I had it custom-made some time ago. It cost me nearly a thousand dollars. I feel so bad."

"Didn't I just give you one million?"

"I transferred the one million to my uncle. Now my aunt won't nag him all the time. My aunt even called me on video a while ago. She was very happy and said she would introduce me to a boyfriend."

"Then did you agree?"

"Of course I'm just being perfunctory. I'm only 21 years old and I don't want to go on a blind date or get married."

"Maybe love is good."

"Well, it would be very strange, right? I've been alone for so many years. If someone suddenly enters my life, it would be very strange. I would feel uneasy just thinking about it."

"I agree."

Xu Wanyue suddenly kicked off her slippers and raised her long legs. She sat on the chair next to Lin Cheng, so her calves were naturally resting on Lin Cheng's legs. Lin Cheng was startled and looked into her eyes, but Xu Wanyue's eyes were inexplicably gentle at this moment.

"I won't come to cook for you tomorrow, so... I can satisfy your little desire again."

Lin Cheng looked at her expressionlessly, "You just said you believed I wasn't a pervert, right?"

Xu Wanyue chuckled.

41 Shadow Thorn

Lin Cheng reached out and gently pinched her ankle, which counted as touching it.

It was still raining heavily outside, and Xu Wanyue seemed unable to return for a while. Lin Cheng walked to the balcony and said softly, "Leave the dishes there, I'll wash them tomorrow."

But Xu Wanyue had already walked towards the kitchen with the dishes and chopsticks. Lin Cheng didn't know what to say, so he didn't say anything.

When Xu Wanyue came out, she went to the bathroom again. When she came out, she was holding the stockings she had just taken off in her hand. Under the cheongsam were her slender legs that were so white that they were a little dazzling. Lin Cheng's attention was attracted. Xu Wanyue put the taken off stockings into her storage ring, which was given to her by Lemon.

For a fruit shop, space storage technology is not something valuable.

"how about this?"

"Well, this looks much better."

Lin Cheng suddenly stretched out his hand towards her. Xu Wanyue was stunned for a moment, then took his hand and came to the mirror in the room. Lin Cheng picked up the hairpin she had used before and began to braid her hair. Xu Wanyue's eyes were somewhat surprised. Soon, Lin Cheng had done her hair. She looked at herself in the mirror and raised her head, "You know so much."

"It's always good to have many skills when you are in the world." Lin Cheng patted her shoulder gently, "Did you drive here?"

"Ah."

"Then let's go, and give me a ride."

"Where are you going?"

"I want to go have a drink."

"it is good."

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Lin Cheng took an umbrella when going out. He walked to the car with Xu Wanyue holding the umbrella and sat in the passenger seat. Xu Wanyue took off her high heels, put on the flat slippers prepared in the car, and drove towards the bar that Lin Cheng mentioned.

Twenty minutes later they arrived at the destination. Lin Cheng whispered thank you to her. The car stopped on the side of the road. He opened the door and got out. He waved at Xu Wanyue through the mirror, and Xu Wanyue nodded slightly.

The car paused for five or six seconds, but Lin Cheng did not look back.

...Xu Wanyue just watched his back holding the umbrella disappear in the rain. She always felt that this back seemed a little lonely. She pursed her lips slightly and muttered something softly.

"I thought you were going to invite me..."

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Lin Cheng just wanted to go out and have a drink alone.

...If he was with Xu Wanyue, Lin Cheng always felt that if he got drunk, he would want to do something to Xu Wanyue. What if that silly woman also got drunk and didn't refuse? That would be very troublesome in the future.

After a nap in the afternoon, if he doesn't have a couple of drinks, he will definitely suffer from insomnia at night. He will get tired of short videos, novels and games. There will always be moments when he feels lonely, so having a drink is a good choice. He came to a bar and often came alone. He was already familiar with the bartender. After ordering a favorite cocktail, he sat by the window and looked at the rainy city downstairs through the window.

The rain was getting heavier. Lin Cheng drank cup after cup in silence. It was a rare lazy time. It was a pity that he didn't meet Lu Xiaoxiao again tonight.

Come to think of it, Lin Cheng seemed to have not seen Lu Xiaoxiao for more than ten days. Ever since they came back from Luobo Mountain last time, neither of them was willing to add each other and they have lost contact since then. This childish way of doing things was like a child sulking. Thinking of it, Lin Cheng suddenly found it a little funny.

Maybe there will be a chance to meet again in the future, or maybe not. Lin Cheng took another sip of wine in silence.

One cup, two cups, three cups, four cups, five cups, the price of each cocktail is around 90 yuan. The living expenses that Lizhi gave him every month were basically spent on drinking. As for the living expenses, it was not that Lizhi deliberately deducted his living expenses, fearing that he would become bad if he had money... He asked for it on his own initiative.

After all, how can ordinary people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a month? It is precisely because we cannot drink good wine and eat delicious food every day that we are full of expectations for good wine and delicious food. This is the nature of desire. If desire cannot be satisfied, it will be painful, and if desire is satisfied, it will feel empty. People are wavering between these two states.

After finishing the fifth glass of wine, Lin Cheng stood up from his chair, went to the bar to pay the bill, picked up his umbrella and went downstairs. It was not easy to get a taxi when it was raining, but fortunately Lin Cheng was not in a hurry to go home. He wandered aimlessly in the city with his umbrella. Surprisingly, the ice cream shop was still open. Lin Cheng bought a three-dollar cone, holding it in his hand and eating it in small bites. He walked aimlessly and came to the river. There was no light in the unfinished building in the distance. The river was rippling with large ripples, which were not clear under the light and the fog was deep in the distance.

If there were passers-by at this moment, they would definitely think he was a lunatic, but fortunately there weren't any. The raindrops hit the umbrella with a rustling sound, and Lin Cheng suddenly felt a little cold. There seemed to be a convenience store fifty meters ahead, where they might have some oden. Lin Cheng walked towards there happily, but in an instant, his steps suddenly stopped.

The umbrella slipped from his hands.

There were no pedestrians on the roadside. He stood in the rain, and his umbrella was blown away by the strong wind after it slipped out of his hand. His body suddenly fell straight down like a sawed-off tree.

He just fell to the ground, in a pool of blood.

Blood gushed out from his neck, and at this moment, his head could perhaps no longer be called a head, but rather a smashed watermelon, with the red flesh all over the ground.

The street lights were shining on the body on the ground, and the slanting rain was painted golden.

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"mission completed."