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

87 Sunscreen

Lin Cheng first tried to punch Xiao Qi in the chest. The next second, the pain spread from his joints to his bones. He couldn't help but turn around and ask, "What did you use to make this?"

"It's alchemical metal, forged from the Wilderness Fire Crystal and Black Soul Jade from the Abyss. You wouldn't understand even if I told you."

"No, it's too hard, my hand hurts, how about we stop?"

"Xiao Qi, beat him up."

As soon as Lemon finished speaking, the two-meter-tall robot's eyes lit up at that moment, started up, and rushed towards Lin Cheng. It took out a dagger from its waist and spun the dagger in its hand. Wait, it even learned Grape's habits?

Lin Cheng could only sigh helplessly. The dark red blood threads quickly wrapped around his body, wrapping his arms into fists.

Lemon looked at Lin Cheng expectantly. She was also curious about how powerful her Xiao Qi would be after mastering Grape's skills. The robot mastered all of Grape's killing skills, which was Silver Wing's two hundred years of inheritance. Lin Cheng also keenly discovered that this broken robot also mastered the operation of energy, and every joint was too flexible!

Lin Cheng fought with him for a full three minutes. When Xu Wanyue and Grape came out, Xu Wanyue was startled. Fortunately, Grape explained the reason to her and sat by the bathtub with Xu Wanyue and watched quietly. Xu Wanyue was wearing a white suspender swimsuit at the moment, with her slender waist and legs exposed to the warm sunshine. She watched Lin Cheng fighting with the robot. Ten minutes later, Lin Cheng finally removed the arm of the broken robot.

"You're going to kill me." Lin Cheng looked at Lemon dimly. The next moment, he suddenly saw that the arm he had removed was squirming and reattached to Xiaoqi's body. Seeing that it was about to get up again, Lin Cheng rushed to Lemon, hugged her in his arms, and stretched out his hand to the soft flesh on her waist, "Let it change back."

"It has learned your fighting skills. Fight it again."

Lin Cheng began to tickle Lemon, whose calves kicked randomly in the air. Finally, she reluctantly shouted, "Xiao Qi, turn into a dog."

So Xiaoqi turned back into a puppy, ran to the swimming pool and started drinking water.

"What the hell is this?" Lin Cheng was puzzled.

"It's a robot, I installed a semi-mature AI in its head, and it can accept most commands. Hmph, it only listens to me. Do you want it to listen to you too?"

“What else will it do?”

"He can also pick up Frisbees and bark like a dog."

"Forget it, it feels so stupid."

"Oh... that's what you said." Lemon looked at the puppy drinking water and suddenly started shouting, "Xiaoqi, change into a car!"

The next moment, flashes of light appeared from Xiaoqi's body again, and Lin Cheng's eyes were almost blinded. When his vision became clear, there was a cool black motorcycle in front of him.

"The maximum speed can reach 600 km/h, it can leap briefly, and it has an automatic driving system. The car is also equipped with explosive bombs with a range of meters."

Lin Cheng's eyes were glowing.

"Should we discuss this further..."

"No way." Lemon snorted, "You just didn't want it."

At this moment, Lemon was still in Lin Cheng's arms. The next second, Lemon's ticklish spot was attacked again. She laughed so hard that tears almost fell out. Finally, she said reluctantly, "Xiao Qi, he will be your second master from now on."

Xiao Qi barked, and Lin Cheng put Lemon down the next second, walked to the motorcycle, got on, started the engine, and drove out. There were empty roads near the villa. After a long circle, Lin Cheng came back and imitated Lemon and shouted, "Xiao Qi, turn into a dog."

Moto turned back into a puppy and took small steps to the swimming pool to continue drinking water.

"Cool." Lin Cheng returned to the swimming pool. Grape was sitting on a chair under the parasol, lying quietly and lazily, while Xu Wanyue seemed to be whispering with Lemon. Lin Cheng thought that they might have a lot of common topics, after all, Xu Wanyue was very good at coaxing children.

Lin Cheng was not very good at coaxing Lemon. He and Lemon always quarreled a lot. When his sight shifted, he found that Lizhi had also changed into a pink swim skirt, covering her soft breasts and snow-white buttocks. She was lazily leaning on a chair and drinking iced lemonade. Lin Cheng came to her side and squatted, blinking at her, "Do you need sunscreen?"

"The sun isn't that strong." Lizhi reached out and poked his cheek, "No way."

Lin Cheng had a look of disappointment on his face. Just as he turned around and was about to go to the swimming pool, he suddenly realized that Grape was secretly staring at him. That's right, he asked Litchi but not Grape... Although Grape's eyes were always cold and no resentment could be seen in them, no one knew what she was thinking in her heart.

The next moment he was next to Grape again, "Do you need sunscreen?"

Grape was stunned for a moment, then nodded gently, "Yeah."

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The amount of royal sister in the fruit shop seems to be a bit above the standard.

Previously, Grape was the queen of figure in the fruit shop, because she was the epitome of slenderness and tallness, with a well-proportioned figure, and a particularly clear waistline. Although every inch of her skin was white and smooth, she actually had a leopard-like sense of power. Lin Cheng spread the sunscreen on one side evenly into the palm of his hand, moved a small stool, and gently applied it on Grape's calves.

Speaking of which, Lin Cheng and Putao have known each other for several years.

Grape's expression had always been like this a few years ago, cold and unapproachable. After opening the fruit shop in recent years, Grape often stayed with Litchi, and seemed to have become a little softer. At least now there was basically no sharp murderous intent in her eyes. Even when Lin Cheng's fingertips gently touched her thigh skin, Grape's body trembled slightly. When he looked up, he saw Grape biting her lips lightly, and her snow-white cheeks seemed to be slightly flushed.

Her silver hair came from the influence of her ability. When the ability was activated, her eyes would turn into a particularly beautiful silver color, just like a snow girl. Lin Cheng applied sunscreen on her very seriously. Grape obediently raised her hands so that he could evenly apply the sunscreen on her snow-white and smooth armpits. Then she obediently turned over and let Lin Cheng apply sunscreen on her back.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Lin Cheng seemed to see a faint smile at the corner of her mouth. He had almost never seen Grape smile in the past... except for the crazy smile after her desire to kill was satisfied.

Lizhi glanced to the side and saw Grape's lazy look with her eyes slightly narrowed. At this moment, her voice was a little sour, "Only you can bully Sister Grape like this."

Grape opened her eyes, with a hint of apology in her voice, "I... have been trying very hard to restrain myself."

"I don't blame you." Lizhi smiled helplessly. She suddenly became playful and came over to apply a little sunscreen on her hands. Then she said, "Help me hold Grape Sister."

Lin Cheng let out an "oh" and reached out to press Grape's shoulders. Lizhi's fingers were able to gently touch Grape's snow-white waist. Grape's body trembled, and almost subconsciously she wanted to jump up and twist Lizhi's body to the ground, but this time she was held down by Lin Cheng and was able to endure it. Lizhi's fingers began to gently stroke her waist, calves, and thighs.

Because Grape has always been severely stressed, she would fall to the ground as a conditioned reflex when strangers touched her body. In recent years, it has been much better than before. Litchi pinches her cheeks every morning to help her exercise to fight the stress response.

But she never treats Lin Cheng like this.

Grape's skin gradually turned a light pink. She looked into Litchi's eyes and said, "Are you ready?"

"It's so hard to touch Sister Grape, touch her for a while longer."

Litchi happily touched Grape's skin, but she didn't notice that Grape's eyes were becoming more and more blurred. Perhaps it was because she was controlled by Lin Cheng, unable to move, struggle or resist, so her legs unconsciously came together and rubbed against each other uneasily.

Lizhi quickly noticed this and quietly withdrew her hand, "Okay, okay, that's all for today's desensitization training!"

So Lin Cheng took back the hand that was pressing the grapes and said, "I'm going to change into my swimming trunks."

Lizhi returned to her chair and looked at Grape, who had also turned around. The pink on Grape's cheeks soon returned to normal. She took a deep look at Xu Wanyue and Lemon, who were already splashing water on each other by the swimming pool not far away, and said softly, "Don't worry. He and Xu Wanyue...even if they seem to have a relationship now, it's probably just to piss off Jiang Lingxue."

Grape hummed softly, but her eyelashes gradually drooped.

Although Lizhi always called her Sister Grape, she knew very well that it was Lizhi who took care of her most of the time. It was Lizhi who taught her many things that normal people should do, things that normal people would find fun, and it was Lizhi who accompanied her to gradually integrate into this world.

She had grown up in Silver Wing for the past decade or so, and was trained to be the purest killing machine, so she was incompatible with the world. Perhaps... this was why she was not loved.

Perhaps sensing Grape's disappointment, Litchi came over and whispered in her ear, "Don't you feel that your relationship with him has quietly changed over the past few years? He wouldn't have offered to put sunscreen on you before. Grape could have become like everyone else. At that time... maybe he was the one who was playing tricks on Grape all day long. After all, that guy's head was full of bad thoughts."

"Hmm..." Grape responded softly. She looked down at her white and tender toes, seeming a little absent-minded.

"And Sister Grape, do you still remember how he looked when he saw you in a maid outfit that day? His eyes went wide open, hehehe. And I've prepared a killer move for Sister Grape tonight. He might quarrel with Jiang Lingxue again today. I have a feeling that Jiang Lingxue is going to quarrel with Lin Cheng again. He will definitely be sad then. I can just take advantage of the opportunity..."

When Lizhi said this, she suddenly looked up and forward.

The pair of slender, snow-white legs not far from sight were so dazzling in the sun that Lizhi recognized her owner at first sight.

Jiang Lingxue has arrived.

88 The Price of Growth

The season has entered summer.

That's why Lizhi thought of swimming together during today's team building. The outdoor swimming pool is very big, which is more than enough to accommodate several of them. What's more, Lin Cheng is the only man in the fruit shop. Anyway... they don't mind.

Jiang Lingxue was wearing a black T-shirt and white hot pants, with her red hair simply draped. The outfit looked simple and plain, but it looked particularly special on her. I don't know if it was because of the slight hint of collarbone exposed by her T-shirt, or because of the shiny pair of well-proportioned legs under her hot pants.

She was holding a bag in her hand, which contained her swimsuit. Her arrival made everyone stunned for a moment. After a moment, Lizhi said softly, "Sister Lingxue is here."

Jiang Lingxue turned her eyes towards her.

Compared to Grape's usual indifference to everything, Jiang Lingxue's eyes were a different kind of cold and arrogant, but when facing Litchi, they melted a little. She hummed softly, then moved her gaze to the swimming pool, looking at Xu Wanyue who was holding Lemon and tickling herself, "Who is she?"

"She is our new member. She doesn't have a code name yet. Her name is Xu Wanyue and her ability is luck." Lizhi quickly explained. Her voice sounded particularly enthusiastic, but in fact, she was secretly looking forward to what would happen when Xu Wanyue and Jiang Lingxue collided.

But Lizhi knew that Lin Cheng had been staying at Xu Wanyue's house almost all the time during this period, and he had not returned home for several nights. Lizhi had no idea what would happen if a man and a woman were alone in the same room.

At this moment, Xu Wanyue's gaze also moved to Jiang Lingxue's face. She opened her lips slightly and was stunned for a moment, "Jiang, Jiang Lingxue?!"

This was the first time the two met. Xu Wanyue stood up from the swimming pool, her fair and slender feet stepping on the grass. She came in front of Jiang Lingxue, her eyes bright and shining, "You, you, you... why are you here?"

"I am also a member of the fruit shop, why can't I be here?" Jiang Lingxue asked indifferently. She didn't quite understand Xu Wanyue's enthusiasm and frowned slightly. Maybe she was the woman that Lin Cheng found to disgust her, or maybe she was Lin Cheng's new toy, so she hated this enthusiasm and it was probably hypocritical.

"What a coincidence! I'm your fan. Can you give me your autograph later?" Xu Wanyue's voice was genuine and a little stuttering. Jiang Lingxue didn't understand. "Are you serious?"

Xu Wanyue nodded rapidly, "Yes, I listened to your songs before falling asleep every night for the past two years. You sing really well!"

Jiang Lingxue looked at Xu Wanyue seriously for several seconds, but she didn't read any hypocrisy in her eyes. She was always good at observing people's expressions and had an almost absolute intuition about sensitive emotions, but Xu Wanyue's enthusiasm and admiration seemed very pure.

She hesitated for a moment, then held out her hand, "Thank you for liking it."

Xu Wanyue also reached out her hand and pinched her gently, "I'm so happy... You are actually a member of the fruit shop, and Lin Cheng never told me before!"

Xu Wanyue's tone seemed to have some resentment. She turned to look at Lin Cheng, but found that Lin Cheng's expression was a little strange at the moment. Xu Wanyue was stunned for a second, two seconds, three seconds, and suddenly came to her senses, "Is she... the last member of the fruit shop?"

Lin Cheng nodded, "Yes, she is Peach."

"So, she is..."

"Yeah." Lin Cheng nodded slightly.

Xu Wanyue's expression suddenly froze. She stared blankly at Lin Cheng, who looked rather helpless at the moment, and ran to his side. Because she ran too fast, the balls on her chest trembled. Lin Cheng had just changed into swimming trunks and sat on the steps of the swimming pool. Xu Wanyue came to his side, leaned close to his ear and whispered, "How dare you kick her out?"

"Why are you reluctant?"

"She, she is Jiang Lingxue, it's Jiang Lingxue!"

"Ah... maybe the Jiang Lingxue you see is not the same as the Jiang Lingxue I see." Lin Cheng answered helplessly. Perhaps in Xu Wanyue's eyes, Jiang Lingxue was the popular idol with cold eyes, beautiful singing and graceful dancing, but in Lin Cheng's eyes, she was the little dog who stayed at home with a bad temper and would bite people for no reason.

Xu Wanyue's brain seemed to be out of order, and she stammered and couldn't speak. Lin Cheng reached out and pinched her ear, then moved closer. "It's okay. We don't have to pretend to be a couple, and we don't have to do anything to her. If you want to get close to her, just get close to her. It doesn't matter."

"You've grown up." Xu Wanyue reached out and held his face.

"..." Lin Cheng was speechless, his eyes looking at the swimsuit that wrapped around her chest under her collarbone. The swimsuit Xu Wanyue chose was a cute type with white lace, which made her look very girlish, but her figure was too nice, not at all girlish.

Lin Cheng suddenly remembered the feeling of being gently pinched that night after getting permission, and Xu Wanyue's slightly admonishing voice.

The sun was shining brightly and the water was rippling. When he looked towards where Jiang Lingxue had just stood, she was gone. She must have gone to the locker room to change into a swimsuit. As the only man in the pool party, it seemed that he should enjoy himself.

But why did he feel inexplicably uneasy when he saw Jiang Lingxue?

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Jiang Lingxue came to the locker room.

She hasn't been to this villa for almost half a year. The fruit shop is a civilian organization for people with special abilities, but she is more like a marginal person in it than Lin Cheng. Her code name is Peach, and it was Lin Cheng who asked her to join, but in fact, she doesn't need to do anything on weekdays. The only meaning of her existence is to burn the endless money sent by the fruit shop.

In Lizhi's words, this is an investment.

This money paved the way for Jiang Lingxue's career. She had the best public relations resources, and litchi would clear all obstacles for her. There were also some people who were blind along the way and wanted to treat her as a plaything, but the lightest fate was that of having their eyes blinded by litchi. The worst fate was that of someone who was still a vegetable in a hospital bed and would never wake up again.

So Jiang Lingxue's coldness and arrogance would melt a lot when facing Lizhi, even though she was also very clear that Lizhi's kindness to her seemed to be only because of Lin Cheng's love for her, but it seemed that the fruit shop was really like a home, a home that existed for homeless people like them.

It had been half a year, and her old swimsuit might not be wearable anymore, so she brought her own swimsuit. But when she arrived at the locker room, she found the pair of high heels on the shoe cabinet.

Those high heels look familiar.

All of a sudden her vision became blurry, and an inexplicable sourness surged from her throat to her nose. Those were clearly hers. She even clearly remembered the origin of the shoes. It was still summer then, and she was lying on the bed, swinging her calves, showing Lin Cheng the shoes designed by a foreign designer. Lin Cheng was playing games, so her white and tender feet kept stepping on Lin Cheng's back until Lin Cheng took off his headphones and turned to look at her.

“The shoes made by this designer are all very beautiful.”

"Then contact her and buy it."

"A pair costs hundreds of thousands."

"As long as you like it."

"I do not know English."

"I'll help you contact them after I finish this game."

"I want it now."

"You are so greedy." Lin Cheng sighed helplessly, quit the game, took her phone, and began to look up various information to find the designer's contact information, and then asked Lizhi to transfer the money. She leaned aside, rested her head on his legs, and looked at his chin quietly.

A month later, she received the shoes and walked around the room in them. Lin Cheng invited her to go downstairs for a walk, but she coldly refused, saying it was painful to walk in them.

"Then why buy it?"

“Because it looks good on me.”

Later, she pestered Lin Cheng to help her contact this designer many times and customized many styles she liked. Lin Cheng was a man with an overly soft temper. As long as you acted coquettishly and made trouble for him, he would always meet your requirements in the end. But when you refused his request... he never seemed to get angry.

Maybe it's not that he won't get angry, but he never shows it. Is he actually quietly expecting your response in his heart? But disappointment accumulates with each rejection, and expectation constantly brings disappointment in a vicious cycle.

She didn't take the shoes and jewelry with her on the day she left, even though Lin Cheng asked her if she wanted him to send them to her... But Jiang Lingxue always felt that his tone seemed very angry, so she let him throw them away. Maybe he had already started to regret it, regretting that he had given her everything he wanted that year and made her so spoiled.

She went to Lin Cheng's house that day, but Lin Cheng did not come back at night. She did not see her shoes and jewelry again. Perhaps those things were thrown into the trash can the moment she said she threw them away. She sat on the sofa, hugged her knees, and was in a daze for a long time.