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

"Because...you haven't been so close to me before." Grape replied in a low voice.

Lin Cheng was speechless. He began to recall seriously, but it seemed that the fact was indeed like this. He always avoided Grape at that time because he didn't know how to face Grape's enthusiasm at that time.

The two were silent for a while, and he heard Grape ask softly, "Why did you sneak up on Xu Wanyue and kiss her just now?"

Her voice was always cold and clear, and it sounded a little stressful. Lin Cheng broke out in a cold sweat and tried to explain seriously, "Her luck can be passed on through kissing. Isn't it magical?"

"It sounds... like a lie."

"She can't directly pass on luck through her subjective and idealistic thoughts, but kissing is the proof of love in the objective world. With such a medium, she can pass on luck. The essence still comes from her heart. When her luck reaches S level, she can also give luck to unrelated people in a short period of time. That's probably it."

Lin Cheng explained clearly and logically, and Grape nodded slightly.

The two fell into a brief silence again. Grape had always spoken very little. She had always been a cold-blooded killer. She would hardly speak when she could. Even when the two of them communicated in the past, it was always Lin Cheng who spoke and she answered.

But this time, she suddenly asked softly, "What does it feel like to kiss?"

"You can ask Lizhi to accompany you to try it." Lin Cheng's mouth twitched after he finished speaking. If Grape really asked Lizhi seriously whether he wanted to try kissing, Lizhi would probably chase him and beat him up after finding out the reason, and tell him to read less yuri books, like a white puffer dolphin.

"Then why...you can't?" Grape turned her cheek and stared at him without blinking.

Her eyes were pure and excessive, but being stared at by such eyes, Lin Cheng felt inexplicably uneasy. He thought about it seriously, then reached out and pinched her face, "Maybe next time."

"Then... wait until next time." Grape raised her face slightly, with a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth.

After a few seconds, Grape whispered, "Because... the novel that Litchi recommended to me last time said that the first kiss... is very important."

Lin Cheng suddenly recalled the evening when he and Putao met for the first time. In the dim alley, the girl tried to cut his neck with a dagger. She knocked him unconscious and carried him home. Siming never killed anyone at that time. He was at a loss when facing the girl lying on the bed. Looking at her snow-white and tender cheeks under the mask, he even had the idea of ​​kissing her secretly while she was asleep.

She was too young at that time, and her mind was full of sinful thoughts. He pried open her lips with his fingers, took out the poison she had hidden in her mouth, and when she woke up... he tied her up first.

Thinking about it, it seems like a very interesting memory.

91 Tears

Grape was nineteen years old that year, wearing a black combat uniform. Lin Cheng searched her and found a pistol, some small hidden weapons, a dagger, and even a miniature bomb. When she woke up, she found that she was tied up by Lin Cheng in an unskilled manner, her abilities were sealed by him, and the poison in her teeth was removed. Lin Cheng sat on the edge of the bed and began to ask her name and identity.

But Grape said nothing.

Lin Cheng chatted with her for the whole day, but Grape was like a puppet and didn't say a word until noon the next day when she was almost fainted from hunger. Lin Cheng brought her wontons and fed her in small mouthfuls with a spoon.

But she still didn't speak after that.

After her assassination mission failed, the organization quickly sent new killers based on the locator buried in her arm, but they were all solved by him easily. Lin Cheng dealt with the locator in her arm and continued to talk to her, but she was still silent as usual. After one-third of Silver Wing's killers were defeated by Lin Cheng, Silver Wing finally gave up the plan.

There had been killers who were not as reliable as Grape's mouth before. Lin Cheng had asked about Yin Yi's location and Grape's general life experience. She was raised and trained by Yin Yi since she was a child.

Lin Cheng tied Grape up and kept her at home for several days. Grape was really too much at that time. She didn't say a word except for eating. Until Lin Cheng reached out and poked her face, "If you want to pee, you should say it. It's troublesome when your underwear is wet. I'll buy you new ones. What style do you want? I can untie your rope if you don't plan to run around... Don't worry, I already know your life experience and I won't send you to the Alliance. After I dismantle the silver wings, as long as you don't kill anyone next time, you can go wherever you want."

After that, Grape finally spoke his first words.

"Take me with you."

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It would take some careful planning to destroy Silver Wing, so Grape temporarily lived in Lin Cheng's house during that time. Lin Cheng cooked for her and bought her new clothes. Grape didn't like wearing underwear at that time, but Lin Cheng bought her skirts. Occasionally, when she was sitting on the sofa, watching cartoons on TV intently, and the hem of her skirt inadvertently revealed her pink skin, Lin Cheng always felt embarrassed.

Half a month later, Lin Cheng completed his plan. He got her an Alliance uniform and went to the Silver Wing headquarters with her to kill the Silver Wing leader. Then the Silver Wing killers had nowhere to go. Violent genes flowed in their blood, and they were unwilling to leave, so they surrendered to Grape. At that time, Grape was still called Yuesha. Yuesha became the new leader of Silver Wing, and Silver Wing became one of the organizations to fight against natural disasters, killing many natural disaster monsters. Later, the natural disaster was ended by Sima Ming, and Silver Wing was disbanded. Lin Cheng introduced lychees and lemons to her, and they formed the original fruit shop.

Grape likes to eat grapes because Lin Cheng fed her grapes before. At that time, she was tied up by Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng peeled the grapes and fed them to her mouth. The sweet fragrance made her remember it for a long time.

She was raised by Yin Yi since she was a child. After her former mistress was killed by Lin Cheng, Lin Cheng became her new master.

But there are no pet owners, so Lin Cheng asked Lizhi to take good care of Grape. Grape has changed a lot in the past two years. Now Grape is much more normal. When he sits there quietly, his cold temperament is like chilled red wine, inexplicably attractive.

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The badminton competition in front of us is coming to an end.

Lizhi was in a group with Jiang Lingxue, and Xu Wanyue was in a group with Lemon. They were having a great time, and time passed by unnoticed. Lin Cheng always had the habit of taking a nap, so he stood up and yawned, "I'm going to sleep for a while, and I'll get up later to make dinner."

There are many rooms in the villa. Lin Cheng came to the room that belonged to him, hugged the quilt, turned on the air conditioner, and prepared to have a good sleep. Soon he felt sleepy and closed his eyes.

When he woke up, he was about to sit up and stretch, but the soft touch he felt startled him. His vision gradually became clear, and in his sight, the naked girl was lying beside him, curled up with messy red hair.

Jiang Lingxue slowly opened her eyes, and the two of them looked into each other's eyes at this moment.

"I want to do it," she said.

"No." Lin Cheng shook his head, hurriedly climbed out of bed, picked up the quilt to cover her body. Jiang Lingxue's eyes were fixed on his neck, but her voice was no longer as light as before, but trembling slightly, "Do it with me."

"No, no." Although Lin Cheng's voice was not so firm, he spoke quickly. He walked to the bathroom in the room, closed the door and prepared to take a shower. When he came out, Jiang Lingxue was still lying on his bed.

Her eyes were staring straight at Lin Cheng, the quilt was rolled up to one side, her slender calves were bent, her delicate and long legs were slightly apart, she bit her lips lightly, her eyes were full of stubbornness.

...It was the same last time.

...It was the same thing after the quarrel half a year ago. After the quarrel, she suddenly said that she wanted to do it, but Lin Cheng didn't agree and just kept on feeling upset. The memories of the past reappeared and Lin Cheng's head began to ache inexplicably again.

He thought again of the question he had asked himself several times without an answer: For two lonely people, should a short period of companionship be considered loneliness or a punishment?

Lin Cheng turned his head away, trying not to look, and took out his cell phone to check the time. It was just past four o'clock, and dinner time was at six o'clock. He turned on the TV in the room and started watching it, pretending that the woman on the bed didn't exist.

Several minutes later, Lin Cheng heard Jiang Lingxue's voice behind him, "Why... can you do it with that woman named Lu Xiaoxiao, but not with me?"

"She is her and you are you."

"So she's your new toy?"

"What toys or no toys? She and I are..."

At this point Lin Cheng was at a loss for words. What was the relationship between him and Lu Xiaoxiao?

He couldn't answer, so he turned around to look at Jiang Lingxue, who was lying on the bed, staring straight at him, "You seem very impatient with me."

"No."

"Yes, I saw it in your eyes."

"Why don't you believe what I say, but believe what you see?" Lin Cheng didn't understand.

"Then why don't you do it with me?"

"because……"

The answer was clearly at the tip of her tongue. She could clearly tell him that because she was in a relationship with Xu Wanyue, she shouldn't cheat on her boyfriend. She must understand this, but she couldn't say the words when they came to her lips.

Was it because he didn't want to continue pestering her, or because he wanted to avenge her for leaving him? But he was the one who drove her out. No, he just wanted her to go downstairs with him and see the outside world. She wanted to leave, she wanted to throw herself away. Why should he still feel sorry for her now?

"Because why?" Jiang Lingxue asked.

"Because I don't want to."

"Why don't you want to?"

"I just don't want to!" Lin Cheng started to get annoyed again.

"See, you're just impatient."

That's it again.

Lin Cheng suddenly recalled the time when the two of them lived together in a rental house. Whenever Jiang Lingxue felt upset, she would find a reason to provoke him. After irritating him, she would be severely bullied. No matter if she was tied up, spanked, or turned into a kitten, puppy, or a little fox, she would be very happy.

Jiang Lingxue clearly saw the impatience in his eyes.

But he would no longer vent his anger on the source of her anger like he did before, and she didn't know why.

"Yes, I'm just impatient." Lin Cheng took a deep breath.

"If you're impatient with me, just say it directly. There's no need to hide it."

"I'm just impatient with you. I get annoyed just by seeing you. Is that okay? Are you satisfied? Is this what you want to hear?!"

Jiang Lingxue slowly sat up from the bed, her eyes fell on his face, her dark eyelashes gradually drooped, "So...wouldn't it be better if you just say it out loud?"

"I wasn't impatient at all. Did you deliberately provoke me like this? Are you satisfied? Is it okay now? What do you want?!"

"I……"

She clearly saw the impatience in his eyes turn into anger, but she still didn't know what to do.

It seemed that since she left, every time they met again, there were only two expressions on his face, either deliberate indifference or anger.

"You don't want me anymore... just tell me directly..." Jiang Lingxue bit her lips tightly and raised her head.

"Why do I not want you anymore? Why? Tell me, how did I offend you that you torture me like this? Please, Miss Jiang? Have I really owed you anything in these years? Tell me, just tell me!"

Jiang Lingxue's eyes were gradually blurred by tears, but she didn't know how to answer Lin Cheng's words. She hugged her knees with her hands, her toes curled up due to anxiety, and tears on her eyelashes were glistening.

"Why are you crying... why on earth... what did I do wrong? What on earth did I do wrong? It was you who wanted to leave, okay... did I really drive you away? Tell me, I just hope, just selfishly hope... that there is someone who can go out with me, just like a normal couple in love... I have made so many plans, I have thought about so many things, but you have never agreed... But even so, have I ever been angry with you? Have I ever scolded you for anything? Miss Jiang... I just hope to go out for a walk with you, want to blow the wind and see the sun with you... It is you who rejected me again and again."

"Do you understand my disappointment? Do you know how disappointed I am when I was rejected? You never cared about my disappointment... I just asked you if you wanted to find something to do that day, but you kept saying that it was me who wanted to drive you away... I never said that you should leave this house. Do you know why it rained heavily that day? I killed myself and unlocked the first level of my sealed ability. I once swore that I would never use my ability again in this life, but I broke this oath... Because I wanted you to stay, I wanted you to stay with me for a while... I thought that we were just arguing and angry that day, and maybe after a few hours you wouldn't want to leave... But even if it was raining heavily... you had to leave with an umbrella..."

"Have I ever treated you unfairly since you left? Lizhi will tell me everything about you. If anyone wants to hurt you, I will beat him into a vegetative state and send him to the hospital... For you, I have become selfish. I think I have done everything I can. I don't owe you anything, Jiang Lingxue, I don't owe you anything... What else do you want from me? Why are you torturing me?!"

"Please speak!"

Lin Cheng never thought that his defense would suddenly break down.

He clearly didn't intend to say anything, and the purpose of the love contract between him and Xu Wanyue was just to tell Jiang Lingxue that there would be no more strange entanglements in the future. But he himself has never been able to say it out loud. What is he still lingering on?

Jiang Lingxue was sitting on the bed, hugging her knees tightly, her fingertips digging into the flesh, tears rolling down her cheeks, looking as miserable as a puppy that had been abandoned.

Seeing those tears, her shaking shoulders, and her intermittent crying, his anger seemed to suddenly disappear.

It was really strange. What was the reason for his anger? To prove how much he had given in this relationship? Lin Cheng was silent for several seconds. He took out a tissue and moved closer to Jiang Lingxue, gently releasing her hand that was gripping her knee.

Jiang Lingxue still buried her head and just cried. Lin Cheng had to lift her chin and reach out to wipe away her tears, but the tears that had just been wiped away would soon fall all over her cheeks again.

"I'm sorry...I shouldn't have said those words."

His pride was finally defeated by her tears.

92 Feels great

"I don't know..." Jiang Lingxue's voice was choked with sobs, and her voice was intermittent, as if she would be out of breath if she said another word. Lin Cheng gently patted her shoulder and said, "No, it's not your fault. I didn't say it earlier."

"I don't know..." Jiang Lingxue's voice was hoarse, "I, I... I don't know..."

"I just wanted to...I just wanted to..."

I just want to, just want to, as long as you say, you say you like me a little bit, then I will accompany you to do everything, no matter where you want to go, no matter what you want to do. I will accompany you. I will listen to you. But you never said you like me, never... not even a word...

"I just want you to say...you say..."

"I just want you to say... you like me... you... you never... say... I... I reject you... I just... just want... to wait for you to say you like me..." Her voice was intermittent because of sobbing.

The tears had already flowed to her collarbone, staining it with crystal. Lin Cheng gently held her in his arms, stretched out his hand to pat her back, and he sighed softly.

He suddenly recalled the question Xu Wanyue and Lizhi had asked him before, "Are you and her in love?" But Lin Cheng's answer was always "no", because he had never told Jiang Lingxue that he liked her, and Jiang Lingxue had never told him that either. Perhaps they didn't know what it meant to like someone or to be in love, and they just stayed together in that small rental house every day to keep each other warm.

But it seems that the word "like" should not be used to express it.

It seemed that it no longer mattered who was right and who was wrong. It was always too late to regret some things, and the rift could never be filled once it began. Lin Cheng patted her back gently, and Jiang Lingxue's crying gradually weakened.

Lin Cheng had never seen Jiang Lingxue cry so hard in all these years. Jiang Lingxue used to be very stubborn. Even if she was wronged, she would just hug her knees and say nothing, and would bite her lips tightly to prevent tears from falling.

If these words had been said earlier, if they had been said on the day of the quarrel, would the outcome have been completely different?

After a while, Jiang Lingxue in Lin Cheng's arms stopped crying. Lin Cheng picked her up gently. There was a bathtub in the bathroom, and he put Jiang Lingxue in the bathtub. Lin Cheng picked up the shower head, and after the water became warm, he turned on the water. He picked up the towel and gently wiped the tears from her cheeks. The water quickly flowed over her collarbone. Lin Cheng's house also had a bathtub, but it was usually used by Jiang Lingxue. Occasionally, Jiang Lingxue would grab him and put him in the bathtub, facing him and rubbing him with her white and tender feet.

Lin Cheng squeezed a little shower gel on her body and rubbed it evenly on her collarbone. Jiang Lingxue's body was very soft and flexible. Even without exercise, she could do many difficult movements, as if she had no bones. Lin Cheng handed her the shower gel and said, "Take a bath."

"Yeah." Jiang Lingxue looked into his eyes, but couldn't read the emotions in his eyes. She lowered her head timidly and began to take a bath seriously. Lin Cheng went outside the bathroom, put away the wet sheets, sat on the sofa and began to watch TV seriously. When Jiang Lingxue came out, she was not wrapped in a bath towel. Her porcelain white body was slightly pink and her eyes were red.

She sat on the edge of the bed, Lin Cheng took her underwear and put it on her. Jiang Lingxue didn't ask why she didn't do it, so Lin Cheng didn't need to explain anymore. She put on Jiang Lingxue's bra, and Jiang Lingxue obediently raised her long legs. Lin Cheng put her black lace panties up to her knees, and she put her white and tender feet on the ground, stood up, and wrapped herself up with her underwear little by little.

Lin Cheng brought her T-shirt and hot pants to her.

Jiang Lingxue's tears suddenly fell again. Lin Cheng reached out and lifted her chin. "Why are you crying again?"

"You... are tired of playing with me..." Her eyes were pitiful.

Lin Cheng shook his head, "Maybe it's better for us to calm down for a while. Now that we've done it, it's all messed up again."

Jiang Lingxue put on her clothes and sat on the edge of the bed. Her fiery red hair was a little wet. Lin Cheng grabbed her hand and led her to sit in front of the dressing mirror. He took a hair dryer and started to blow her hair.

"Why did you dye your hair red?" Lin Cheng asked softly.

"The makeup in the movie is like this..."