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

"Are you the only man in the fruit shop?" Lu Xiaoxiao noticed this keenly.

"Oh, yes." Lin Cheng nodded.

"Who are the others?" Lu Xiaoxiao asked casually.

"After all, they are different organizations, so it is a secret and cannot be disclosed." Lin Cheng answered, holding his swimming ring. There were two swimming pools in the villa, one indoor and one outdoor. Lin Cheng and Lu Xiaoxiao went to the outdoor swimming pool. He leaned on the swimming ring and floated slowly. Lu Xiaoxiao slowly went into the water. The swimming pool submerged her body. The cool and comfortable feeling of being wrapped made her squint her eyes slightly, and she leaned on the steps of the swimming pool.

Perhaps it had something to do with her own abilities. Lu Xiaoxiao loved water, but when she was only wearing a swimsuit in front of him, she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. However, all of it was covered up by her cold expression, which was only betrayed by the action of biting her lips inadvertently.

Lin Cheng's eyes fell on her without dodging. The water wrapped around her fair skin, which was soft and tender, and seemed to be slightly pink. Somehow, Lin Cheng suddenly recalled the nights before.

Stupid Lu Xiaoxiao.

The road is so rough and bitter.

Lovely Lu Xiaoxiao.

Lin Cheng took out a water gun from somewhere and sprayed water at her. Lu Xiaoxiao was splashed in the face by him and took a deep breath, "Childish."

"You have to find something to do...otherwise it's so boring."

69 Lying and Lying to Yourself

The season is almost summer.

Warm light falls on the water.

Lu Xiaoxiao did not show any anger at Lin Cheng's splashing water, so Lin Cheng felt bored and leaned against the edge of the swimming pool. All naughty kids are like this, when he provokes you and you don't respond, he will feel bored.

"Why do you know Xu Wanyue?" Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly asked him.

"She came to our fruit shop's casino to gamble, and then was lured into the fruit shop by Litchi. As a member of the fruit shop, I had to teach her some tips on how to use the energy nodes. Gradually, she became familiar with it. She's so cute."

When Lin Cheng mentioned Xu Wanyue, his tone inexplicably became gentle.

Lu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath.

I don't know why, but I suddenly felt uncomfortable when I heard her say "she's so cute".

"How did you know her?" Lin Cheng asked curiously.

...In fact, he had known for a long time that Xu Wanyue and Lu Xiaoxiao knew each other. After all, after Xu Wanyue joined the fruit shop, Lizhi had already checked her entire network of contacts. Xu Wanyue's social circle was like a blank sheet of paper. Apart from her sister, she only had Lu Xiaoxiao as a good friend.

It can be considered as some kind of inexplicable fate.

“Friendship between women is simple.”

It was indeed very simple. The two knew each other just because when they were dealing with some things together, Xu Wanyue helped Lu Xiaoxiao order milk tea, which happened to be the flavor Lu Xiaoxiao liked. After the two added their contact information, they gradually started chatting. They shared with each other beautiful dresses, favorite TV series, and lipstick colors, and gradually became good girlfriends who went shopping and eating together.

"Are you flirting with her?" Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly became sharp.

She knew that Lin Cheng and Lu Xiaoxiao knew each other because that day was the day when Xu Wanyue called for the alliance in her mission report. She and Lin Cheng went to Taohuawu in the suburbs to take pictures and happened to encounter a natural disaster.

Lu Xiaoxiao didn’t know why Xu Wanyue was connected to the fruit shop. After all, Xu Wanyue’s mission was SS-level confidential.

"Why do I always feel a little sour?" Lin Cheng looked at Lu Xiaoxiao.

"No, she is my good friend. I just don't want to...she was deceived by a scumbag." Lu Xiaoxiao replied indifferently. Lin Cheng said, "Oh," answering Lu Xiaoxiao's question, "I did think about hooking up with her."

"and then?"

"It didn't work." Lin Cheng covered his face.

Lu Xiaoxiao sneered, "Really?"

"She's not normal! She's not a normal girl! So silly and cute!" Lin Cheng said faintly, "And she always treats me like a child."

Lu Xiaoxiao always felt inexplicably unhappy.

How strange... maybe because she was the fool who was easily hooked.

Lin Cheng seemed to suddenly think of something, "Then how about asking her to come over and play? It's so boring for the two of us."

"You're bored with me?"

"No, I just thought it would be more fun with more people." Lin Cheng's expression was particularly innocent. Lu Xiaoxiao said, "Are you going to shout or should I?"

"Let me shout."

Lin Cheng took out the mobile phone beside him and sent a message to Xu Wanyue.

To this day he still doesn't know whether Xu Wanyue knew about the natural disaster that day in advance, or whether her panic that day was just an elaborate performance. But it doesn't matter. He trusts his intuition more, and as long as it can keep deceiving him, he will believe it is true.

"Swimming, Lu Xiaoxiao and I are here."

Lin Cheng also took a photo of Lu Xiaoxiao and sent it to Xu Wanyue. Xu Wanyue quickly replied to the message. Lin Cheng thought for a moment and added, "The contract will take effect again tomorrow. There are still four days left."

Xu Wanyue sent him an emoticon of a nodding cat.

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Xu Wanyue arrived here half an hour later and brought lemon tea to Lin Cheng and Lu Xiaoxiao. Although it was not too cold, it was just a matter of Lu Xiaoxiao snapping her fingers. Lin Cheng jumped out of the swimming pool and said, "I'll take you to the locker room."

"Oh..." Xu Wanyue said "oh" and followed him with brisk steps.

The two walked outside the locker room, and Xu Wanyue whispered, "When did you come out?"

"This morning, Lu Xiaoxiao just came to pick me up."

"You already knew her...but you didn't tell me."

"I'm afraid you'll be jealous."

"I won't be jealous."

"Are you not jealous because you don't like me, or are you not jealous because you like me very much?"

"What do you think?" Xu Wanyue tilted her head with a gentle smile.

"Jade, purple clay." Lin Cheng guessed the answer.

"Okay, okay, congratulations on regaining your innocence. Do you want a hug?"

"It's better not to just give me a perfunctory hug."

But Xu Wanyue still hugged him gently. She always had a pleasant fragrance on her body, like a forest under the sun. After hugging him gently for a few seconds, Xu Wanyue went into the locker room. When she came out again, she had already changed into a swimsuit.

It was a particularly conservative black one-piece swimsuit, which revealed almost nothing except her legs. Her slender legs were covered with thin and transparent white stockings. Her slightly curly long hair was tied into a ponytail. Her two small hands were behind her back. "How about this one?"

She understood Lin Cheng too well and had a perfect grasp of him.

"Why do I always feel that everything you wear looks so ugly?"

"Because you're always thinking about bitterness in your heart." Xu Wanyue tapped his chest lightly with her fingers, "Let's go, let's go."

She and Lin Cheng returned to the swimming pool and dived into the water, splashing a lot of water. She quickly swam to Lu Xiaoxiao's side, "I just realized that Xiaoxiao also knew him."

"I just found out about this too." Lu Xiaoxiao replied softly. Xu Wanyue had already gently hugged her arm. "Xiaoxiao, this swimsuit looks so good on you."

"You look good in this outfit, too."

"No, it's mainly because other things are easy to show off." Xu Wanyue's eyes were clear and pure. Lu Xiaoxiao was silent for several seconds and asked in a low voice, "What is your relationship with him?"

"Well, good friends?" Xu Wanyue thought for a moment and answered with a smile.

Lu Xiaoxiao was about to say something else, but Lin Cheng's voice suddenly rang out again, "Watch out!"

He took out the water gun again and sprayed it towards Xu Wanyue. Xu Wanyue was hit on the cheek by the water gun unexpectedly. She put her hands on her hips and looked at Lin Cheng with dim eyes, "I want to play too."

Lin Cheng picked up a new water gun and threw it to her. Xu Wanyue took it and filled it with water, then suddenly looked out the door, "Why is Sister Lizhi here?"

Lin Cheng turned his head subconsciously, but there was clearly no one outside the door. The next second, Xu Wanyue splashed water on his face. Xu Wanyue laughed especially happily, "Haha, idiot!"

So the two of them started a water gun battle in the swimming pool.

Lu Xiaoxiao, leaning against the swimming pool, suddenly felt that she was the marginalized person.

Who is the childish person?

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

Until Xu Wanyue suddenly quietly sprayed water on Lu Xiaoxiao's neck. Lu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath. Xu Wanyue laughed at Lu Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, help me. He is bullying people."

Lu Xiaoxiao inexplicably took the water gun thrown by Lin Cheng and started to join the three-way melee. The empty villa became lively for some reason. The battlefield was no longer just in the swimming pool, but gradually moved to the lawn of the villa. Lu Xiaoxiao clearly felt so stupid, so stupid, so stupid, and so childish, but after a moment of trance, she suddenly laughed.

Maybe she is the childish one.

She snapped her fingers, and the water guns in her and Xu Wanyue's hands turned into ice water. The two began to attack Lin Cheng, who howled and screamed, "You are cheating! This is cheating!"

He took out a water gun and shot two water guns in his mouth.

The three of them chased each other in the villa for nearly half an hour, until Xu Wanyue ran out of strength and sat on the lawn gasping for breath. The farce was finally over. Lin Cheng and Lu Xiaoxiao sat on the side. Of course, their physical strength was much better than Xu Wanyue's.

At this moment, the white socks on Xu Wanyue's legs were all wet, tightly sticking to her snow-white skin. The wet look was inexplicably astringent. Lin Cheng looked at the white water droplets on her thighs. Xu Wanyue noticed his gaze and suddenly raised her legs and turned towards him. Lin Cheng quickly understood what she meant. He gently grasped the edge of the sock on her thigh and gently took off her white silk.

Xu Wanyue's toes were slightly curled up, and her white and tender feet were slightly pink at the moment. Her cheeks were still red, after all, she had no strength left.

The coordination between the two was extremely skillful, as if they didn't mind at all. Lu Xiaoxiao retracted her gaze, feeling... that something was a little weird.

"Are you hungry?" Lin Cheng looked at Xu Wanyue.

Xu Wanyue rubbed her belly and said, "A little bit."

"There are ingredients in the fridge. How about I set up the grill and you take care of the grilling?"

"Well, deal."

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Lin Cheng set up a barbecue grill on the grass. Most of the team building activities of the fruit shop were also held in this villa. They ate barbecue, swam, sang, played badminton, table tennis, etc. together. At this moment, Xu Wanyue was standing in front of the barbecue grill, grilling sausages seriously. Lin Cheng and Lu Xiaoxiao were lying side by side on the soft grass, looking at the blue clouds.

"In fact, it's better for people to be a little childish." Lin Cheng suddenly said.

Lu Xiaoxiao turned her head to look at him.

There was a faint smile on Lin Cheng's lips. "The more you understand, the more you will think. The more you think, the more painful it will be. So it doesn't matter if you are a little childish. Look at Xu Wanyue, she is very happy every day."

Xu Wanyue did look very happy. She always had a smile on her face and her eyes were gentle.

"Just... deceiving myself." Lu Xiaoxiao said in a low voice.

"The meaning of life is to believe and hope, which means to lie and lie to yourself." Lin Cheng said softly, "Her past eighteen years of life have been full of bad luck, but she has never had much happiness. But do you know why she seems to be very optimistic? Because she has learned to lie to herself, subconsciously hiding all her thoughts and ideas, and living in a silly and cute manner. When she is suppressed to the extreme, this is a way for her subconscious mind to protect herself."

“Some people who seem overly optimistic may actually be on the verge of collapse.”

"What about you?" Lu Xiaoxiao asked.

"So I think there's nothing wrong with being a little childish." Lin Cheng moved closer to Lu Xiaoxiao. "Everyone has the right to be whoever they want to be. It just depends on whether you want to be. As long as you want to be."

"What if... I can't do it?" Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes became a little complicated.

"Let me help you." Lin Cheng reached out and pinched her face.

70 Rogue

"How can you help me?" Lu Xiaoxiao said subconsciously.

But she regretted it after she said it. After a moment, she whispered, "I'm sorry, that's not what I meant..."

"Hey, do you know whose promise you just received?" Lin Cheng looked at her dimly, "Why do you think I'm useless?"

Lu Xiaoxiao was silent for a while, "This is my own business."

"yourself?"

"I... don't have a father."

"I know, you said that last time."

Lu Xiaoxiao was silent for a long time, but didn't know how to say this. This was her biggest secret, but she didn't want to tell it to anyone.

So she could only be vague.

"My mission has been determined since the day I was born... You heard my mother say last time that it was as if I was the one who chose what kind of life I wanted to lead, but that's not actually the case. She has instilled in me the idea of ​​wanting me to be a judge since I was a child. Although she said that I seemed to be free, my freedom... was only given to me by her."

"The natural disaster is over, and the world no longer needs so many judges." Lin Cheng said softly.

...Then what is the meaning of my birth?

"That's why I said your eyes always seem confused." Lin Cheng gazed into her eyes tenderly, "Because you are a child who lacks love."