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

There was a strange sense of grievance in her voice.

"..." Lin Cheng sat on the sofa, quietly watching the drunken behavior of humans in front of him.

Lin Cheng soon heard the sound of the bathroom shower turning on, but a few seconds later he heard a plop. It was Lu Xiaoxiao who fell. He reluctantly came outside the bathroom and asked softly, "Do you need me to come in?"

"No...you are not allowed to come in..."

"Are you alright?"

"I, of course I'm fine! I'll be able to stand up soon... It hurts... Ouch..."

“…” Lin Cheng was speechless.

He waited outside the door for more than ten seconds and vaguely saw the silhouette in the bathroom stand up again, but a few seconds later, there was another thud, and this time there seemed to be the sound of a head hitting the wall.

A good sound means a good start.

Lin Cheng just walked to the bathroom door, but Lu Xiaoxiao ran to the bathroom door and blocked the door with her body. Lin Cheng was helpless, "I really didn't do anything to you. Is this how I look in your eyes?"

"No, it's not...but, but you...you...will humiliate me..."

"How did I humiliate you?"

"I don't care...you, you just...you just...bully me..."

Lin Cheng seemed to suddenly understand what Lu Xiaoxiao meant. He was stunned for a moment, silent for several seconds, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I apologize, can you forgive me?"

Lu Xiaoxiao's body quickly moved away from the bathroom door again. When Lin Cheng opened the door, he found that this guy was now kneeling on the ground. He looked so embarrassed and his knees were bruised. He used his ability to check it out and found that his ankle was also sprained... What an idiot.

Lin Cheng first picked up the white bra on the ground. He always felt that Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes were pitiful now. He booked a luxury suite. Lin Cheng reached out his hand to her first. Lu Xiaoxiao hesitated for a second, grabbed his hand, and was held up by him and sat on the small chair in the bathroom. Then Lin Cheng went to fill the bathtub with water.

When the water temperature was right, Lin Cheng turned around and said, "Go to the bathtub."

Lin Cheng helped her walk to the bathtub. Her body slowly sank into the bathtub, leaving only her head and collarbone exposed. Lin Cheng went to get the shower gel, but Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly raised her calf and turned her head to look at Lin Cheng aggrievedly, "Socks..."

Her fair and tender feet were still wearing black lace calf socks that wrapped around her calves. Lin Cheng reached out and took them off for her. He also reached out and gently grasped her ankle, and then... twisted it.

"pain……"

"You got twisted just now, didn't you? I'll help you get it back." Lin Cheng turned to look at Lu Xiaoxiao's aggrieved expression, stretched out his hand and gently pinched her face, "Will you drink so much next time?"

"You made me drink it." Lu Xiaoxiao's voice sounded even more aggrieved.

Lin Cheng thought about it and it seemed to be the case.

"Drink if I ask you to?" He definitely couldn't admit that it was his problem.

Lu Xiaoxiao stopped talking, her dark eyes just staring at him. She was lying in the bathtub, the light was so bright, her long and thick eyelashes seemed to be stained with some water droplets, the light and shadow under her eyelashes were mixed.

"Oh, so drink less next time." Lin Cheng reached out and pinched her face.

Lu Xiaoxiao's body was soft. Although she was not as tall as Xu Wanyue, she was soft and slightly plump, and her waist was obviously very slender. There were some white foams floating on the surface of the bathtub, but Lin Cheng could not see clearly.

It’s so strange, how did he go from drinking to being in the same bathroom with a woman?

Lin Cheng still remembered the oath he made before he went out. Damn it... Why did he have this inexplicable premonition before going out for a drink? Lu Xiaoxiao soaked in the bathtub for a long time. Seeing that she seemed to be about to fall asleep, Lin Cheng reached out and gently shook her shoulders, "Okay, okay, get up and rinse off the bubbles."

Lu Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand towards him.

So Lin Cheng grabbed her hand and pulled her down. The naked girl stood in the bathtub, water dripping from her porcelain white body. Lin Cheng held her waist and lifted her up, took her under the shower, and carefully washed the foam off her body.

Lu Xiaoxiao's hands seemed to be at a loss. Her hair was wet and she bit her lips lightly, like a porcelain doll at the mercy of others. Soon Lin Cheng brought a bath towel, wiped off the water droplets on her body and her wet hair, and said softly, "Go and curl up in the quilt."

Lu Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand towards him, Lin Cheng took her hand and walked to the bed, Lu Xiaoxiao climbed onto the bed and wrapped herself in the quilt. Lin Cheng thought about it and lay down beside her. The quilt was taken away by her, so he had to hug the pillow. Lin Cheng turned on the TV and picked a variety show. Lu Xiaoxiao looked at him quietly.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep. I will leave after you fall asleep."

"Sure enough..." Lu Xiaoxiao's voice was so soft.

"As expected?" Lin Cheng lowered his head to look into her eyes.

"It's okay." Lu Xiaoxiao answered in a low voice, but she was still staring at his face. After several seconds, she asked in a low voice, "Can you... not leave?"

"You took away the quilt, what should I cover myself with?"

"I'll give it to you..."

Lu Xiaoxiao carefully moved some of the quilt that was pressing down on him, and Lin Cheng crawled into the quilt. It was so warm. The girl's soft and tender body was pressed against his side, and she was naked.

...But if I do anything to her now, it would be considered taking advantage of her misfortune. When I wake up, she will nag at me and blame it on my drunken behavior. She will also treat it as a bite from a puppy. Lin Cheng, you must be firm. You have a will of steel and a bottom line as hard as iron!

Lu Xiaoxiao slowly reached out and hugged his arm, her soft and tender flesh pressed against his arm. She adjusted herself into a comfortable position and closed her eyes, leaving Lin Cheng staring at the ceiling, at a loss.

…Sure enough, choosing to come out and drink is no different than going to jail.

99 Ginger Pear

Lin Cheng didn't remember how long he had been daydreaming. When he looked down, Lu Xiaoxiao had fallen asleep holding his arms.

He breathed a sigh of relief quietly, not knowing whether he should be glad that his bottom line was still stubborn. If Lu Xiaoxiao had done something a little bit more, or said something a little bit more awkward, Lu Xiaoxiao might have been bitten by the dog for the third time.

But she didn't, she fell asleep.

Lin Cheng turned off the TV and the room became dark. He stared at the darkness in front of him, feeling helpless.

In fact, he doesn't need sleep. Even if he doesn't sleep for 24 hours, he won't feel sleepy at all. Most of the time, he forces himself to sleep, and he won't think so much when he falls asleep.

His arm felt a little awkward with Lu Xiaoxiao holding it like this. He wanted to pull his hand out, but Lu Xiaoxiao, who was in her sleep, subconsciously held him tighter. Lin Cheng had to give up and looked helplessly at the sleeping face of the girl in the dark.

She usually looks a little bit arrogant, but becomes inexplicably well-behaved after falling asleep.

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

early morning.

When Lu Xiaoxiao woke up, her head hurt a lot.

She had many bizarre dreams, the most vivid one was that she dreamed that one day the abyss descended again, countless abyss monsters poured into the world, but the man wearing the ghost mask appeared again, blocking everyone, killing the monsters lightly, and sealing the abyss. Everyone admired his invincible bravery. At this time, he suddenly turned around and took off the mask towards her. Under the mask was Lin Cheng's face. He winked at her and muttered, "Is my buddy handsome?"

Oh no, this is a nightmare.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw Lin Cheng's arm. Lin Cheng lowered his head and said in a faint voice, "You finally woke up. It's eleven o'clock. Let go quickly. Your hand is numb."

Lu Xiaoxiao hurriedly let go of her hand that was holding his arm. She lowered her head and only then realized that she was naked. The scattered memories in her head were not enough to support her recalling what happened last night. Lin Cheng's explanation came to her ears.

"You drank too much last night, and I carried you to the hotel. You tore your clothes by yourself, and you fell in the bathroom. I helped you up, took a shower, and went to bed. I was planning to wait until you fell asleep before leaving, but you asked me to stay, so I stayed here. Nothing happened, and the puppy didn't bite you for the third time."

She gradually recalled the memories of last night from Lin Cheng's words, but Lin Cheng's voice seemed a little faint. She buried herself completely in the quilt, moved her body slightly, and muttered softly, "I remember now."

"Well, then get dressed and get up. The hotel happens to have free lunch."

Lin Cheng crawled out of the quilt, walked to the mirror and fixed his hair. Lu Xiaoxiao carefully took out new clothes from her storage ring, a white shirt, a pink plaid skirt, and creamy white silk calf socks. Her eyes were always secretly looking at Lin Cheng. Seeing that his eyes had not been looking at her from beginning to end, she felt a little relieved, but an inexplicable sense of loss came up again.

She put on her clothes and stood in front of Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng looked her up and thought, well, this outfit actually suits her very well. She looks youthful and lively, like a proud senior high school student.

She picked up the hairband with a bow and tied her hair. Then she picked up the clothes, skirt, and socks that she had torn last night, put on her little leather shoes, and whispered, "Let's go?"

Lin Cheng went with her to the third floor to have lunch. The room he booked came with a free lunch. After eating a little and feeling full, the two walked out of the hotel together. Lin Cheng took her to where she parked her car and asked, "Home or where are you going? I'll take you there."

"go home……"

"Get in the car." Lin Cheng put on his helmet.

Lu Xiaoxiao got into his car and gently hugged him from behind.

Lin Cheng was not driving fast, but slowly and leisurely. Lu Xiaoxiao wanted to say something, but the wind was too loud, so she subconsciously buried her cheek in Lin Cheng's back. She felt inexplicably at ease. Riding a motorcycle seemed to be a really interesting thing. Today's weather was gloomy, and the wind seemed particularly cool.

Half an hour later, Lin Cheng sent her to her doorstep.

Lu Xiaoxiao got out of the car. Lin Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's set off together for your mission tomorrow morning. I have a classmate reunion this afternoon. I told you about it. Shall we drive there?"

"Ah."

"Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow morning."

This was a farewell, which made Lu Xiaoxiao's question "Do you want to come and sit for a while" nowhere to go. Lin Cheng waved at her and said, "Then I'm leaving. Remember to drink more sugar water, otherwise your head will still hurt."

"Well, you...be careful on the road."

"Okay." Lin Cheng smiled at her and rode away.

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Lin Cheng is going to attend a class reunion at six o'clock in the afternoon.

This class reunion actually made him feel a little confused. He was invited by the girl he had a crush on in high school. She said she would also invite a few of her former classmates, but Lin Cheng found it unbelievable because he had no contact with the girl after his sophomore year in high school.

Lin Cheng's memory of high school is actually a little fuzzy, but he can recall some fragmentary scenes, the green creepers climbing the walls in summer, the slow fan in the classroom, and the sound of chalk scratching on the blackboard. There was nothing worth reminiscing about his high school. Before becoming Sima Ming, he was just an ordinary high school student. He was always a little transparent in the class and didn't have much interaction with anyone. The girl who called him out today was called Jiang Li, a gentle literary girl. In his impression, her skin was dazzlingly white, her pupils were dark, and she had a gentle and restrained light.

Lin Cheng's memory of her is that she would always bring some novels to the classroom and generously lend them to classmates. Lin Cheng had borrowed books from her many times, and every time she would hand the book to Lin Cheng with gentle hands, and occasionally share some reading experience on the chat software.

In fact, Lin Cheng didn’t have much experience and didn’t like reading that much. At that time, he just wanted to get closer to her. After all, she was the prettiest girl in the class. Among the 26 boys in the class, probably 20 had a crush on her, and he was just one of them.

But many of the books Jiang Li brought were very interesting. Many of Lin Cheng's earliest exposure to pure literary works came from her. He should have borrowed dozens of books from Jiang Li. Lin Cheng could only vaguely remember some of the names, "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", "Snow Country", "Day Night Walk", "Confessions", and "One Hundred Years of Solitude", in which Lin Cheng still can't remember the name of a single character.

From the first year of high school to the second year of high school, the two did not have much contact and intersection. Most of the time, they just borrowed and returned books, and occasionally talked about their reading experience. It was terrible to have a crush on someone. I actually forced myself to finish reading One Hundred Years of Solitude. After he dropped out of school, Jiang Li often shared some e-books with him, but unfortunately, he was busy saving the world at that time, so he had no time to read them and naturally could not reply, so gradually they lost contact.

So this was their first meeting in almost five years, and it came a little unexpectedly, leaving Lin Cheng a little confused.

The hotel we booked tonight is still in the north of the city. Coincidentally, the hotel is on Fallen Street, and the building that belongs to their fruit shop is just opposite the hotel. So after dinner, we can go play with Litchi and trick Lemon's puppy over to play with him.

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

Five p.m.

Lin Cheng woke up from his sleep, got up and tidied himself up a bit, then glanced at his phone. There was a message from Jiang Li a few minutes ago, asking if he had gone out. Her avatar was a cartoon kitten.

Lin Cheng replied that she hadn't, but Lin Cheng was really curious why she suddenly invited him to the class reunion. By the way, he asked her if she had gone out yet. Her answer was that she hadn't yet and was putting on makeup.

"How do you get there? Take a taxi?"

"Take a taxi."

"Shall I pick you up?" Lin Cheng asked casually. She had nothing else to do anyway. After a moment, she replied with a "hmm" and sent Lin Cheng the address.

The address is a hotel.

Lin Cheng was a little strange. Why was he in the hotel? He didn't ask any more questions. He went downstairs, got on his scooter and set off. Fifteen minutes later, he arrived downstairs of the hotel. After sending a message to Jiang Li, Lin Cheng soon saw her.

Lin Cheng's memory of her stayed on the day of her high school art performance. She was jumping around in a white dress, lacking some of her usual gentleness and quietness, and seemed lively and cute. But that was four or five years ago. At that time, she was still the girl next door, but now she should be twenty-one years old.

Having not seen each other for four or five years, Lin Cheng still feels a little bit excited.

Jiang Li came out of the hotel, her jet-black hair tied into a ponytail, revealing her slender neck. She was wearing a loose white T-shirt and loose jeans, which made it impossible to see her figure. She was wearing a pair of white sneakers, and her outfit looked too plain. Even so, Lin Cheng recognized her at first sight. After all, her facial features were very delicate, and her cold white skin was particularly dazzling in the crowd. The first thing Lin Cheng looked at was her eyes, but her eyes didn't seem to be as gentle and peaceful as they were a few years ago. Instead, they looked a little haggard, like a white lotus that was about to wither.

She had light makeup on her face, very light makeup. She quickly recognized Lin Cheng sitting on the motorcycle. Lin Cheng waved at her, and she walked to Lin Cheng's side.

"I haven't seen it for several years, it still looks great."

"I'm wearing makeup." Jiang Li answered softly, lowering her head slightly and looking at his motorcycle curiously, "Is this... riding this?"

"Well, don't worry, I ride very steadily."

Jiang Li stood there, hesitating for a moment, and came to his car. After a while, she successfully sat on his back seat and gently put her hand on his shoulder. Lin Cheng rode towards the destination hotel, which was not far away. It was only five thirty when they arrived there. Lin Cheng parked the car and heard her whisper, "I have already booked a private room. Let's go first."

"Row."

When Lin Cheng and she arrived at the private room, no one in the room had arrived yet. This was when Lin Cheng finally had the chance to ask, "Why did you suddenly think of holding a class reunion?"

It was obviously a very simple question, but Jiang Li lowered her head and was silent for a long time before she answered in a low voice, "Because... I have something to ask Zhang Qianyuan."

"Zhang Qianyuan?"

Lin Cheng's memory of this name was a little vague. He tried hard to recall it in his head. Oh, yes, Zhang Qianyuan was a celebrity in his high school. His family seemed to have some shady background. He was domineering in school. At that time, there were several peasants around him. Lin Cheng didn't know much about him. After all, they were not the same kind of people.

"What do you want him to do?" Lin Cheng was a little confused.

"My father... lost a lot of money in his family's casino, and he sold his house and car... But, but the interest is too high, and he can't pay it back... I want to try... Can I ask him to ask his family to... waive some of the interest..."

Jiang Li's voice became smaller and smaller, and she gradually lowered her head as she spoke.

100 Wine

Lin Cheng always felt that Jiang Li in front of him was somewhat different from the girl in the white dress in his memory.

He gradually recalled that in his memory, Jiang Li's family was well-off. At that time, the school did not require students to wear school uniforms. She always wore clean clothes, and she had a lot of them. Occasionally, she would wear a white dress to school, which always attracted the attention of many boys in the class. The books she brought were all genuine, and the scent of ink accompanied him through many late summer afternoons.

Because he was tall, he sat in the back seat of the classroom. Occasionally, during his nap, he would look towards the door. A girl in a white dress walked in, holding a book. The dim light fell on the edge of her skirt, giving it a movie-like texture. Had the memories been beautified and modified?

Lin Cheng remembered that she could play the violin with a quiet and elegant posture, but now her eyes no longer had the brightness they once had, and were as dull as a pearl that had lost its luster.