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

"What a coincidence." Lin Cheng blinked at her.

"Why are you here?" Lu Xiaoxiao's first reaction was alert.

Countless associations flashed through her mind in an instant, but Lin Cheng just said innocently, "I came out to save money, and then I wanted to find a place to play games. Today is Saturday and the Internet cafe is full. There are only seats in the private room, but the bar said it was reserved by a girl, so I thought I would come to discuss with her if we can make do..."

"No." Lu Xiaoxiao's face suddenly turned cold.

Lin Cheng could understand Lu Xiaoxiao very well. Generally, patients with mental illness do not want to see a doctor again after they recover from the illness because the doctor has witnessed her fragility and shame with his own eyes.

"But I've already paid, and my ID card is ready." Lin Cheng blinked innocently, "I just want to play games."

Lu Xiaoxiao looked at his innocent eyes, and she suddenly recalled that it was the same that night. The eyes of the man in front of her were full of innocence and admiration, and his 100% support and praise for her decision made her dazed. She drank a lot of wine without knowing why, and then rode his motorcycle back home.

Bad memories began to emerge in Lu Xiaoxiao's mind. She now wished she could just shake her head to get rid of the memories and pretend nothing had happened. But yesterday she kept thinking of this strange man and those inky eyes for no apparent reason. She seemed to see a deep mist in those eyes at some moment, and all the mysteries were hidden in the mist.

Lu Xiaoxiao wanted to get up, but for a moment she couldn't think of where to go next.

Her mother happened to be on vacation at home, which was too annoying. She didn't want to be caught by her mother for a heart-to-heart talk. She didn't agree with her mother's reasoning, and she hated the insincere praise from within the alliance. So she came out to stroll around. Shopping was too tiring and she didn't know what to do, so she simply came to the Internet cafe with her ID card. But who could have thought that she would meet that man here again?

But... this seemed to be an Internet cafe near his home. Lu Xiaoxiao clearly remembered that she just randomly found one and wandered around the city, and somehow ended up here.

She has always been a bit directionally challenged.

"It's fate that we meet. I play games quietly and won't disturb you." The innocence on Lin Cheng's face was natural.

Lu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and said, "It's up to you."

She put on her headphones again, played another team game in the previous game, lost, and started queuing for the next game. Lin Cheng silently glanced at her ID. Seeing that it took her ten minutes to queue, he knew that this was probably a suburban master account. It was super easy to queue up in such a suburban area. Lin Cheng went to his game playing and leveling group and @ed all members to borrow the account.

This is his small group of companion players and leveling groups. Usually, everyone will borrow accounts or share their lucrative accounts with each other. In the past few years, he has been a gamer at home. When he is bored, he will play solo or play with others to develop his talent.

Two minutes later, Lin Cheng borrowed an account. It is best not to enter the account password in the Internet cafe. The other party helped him scan the code to log in to the account and enter the game. Lin Cheng took a peek at the position where Lu Xiaoxiao played. She was AD, so Lin Cheng chose the support position. Ten minutes later, the two games appeared at the same time to accept the game. After entering the game, Lin Cheng secretly glanced at Lu Xiaoxiao again. Lu Xiaoxiao was queued opposite him.

The Thresh master is here to provoke!

Lin Cheng is a master of games. After retiring, he has a lot of time to play games at home. Every time he hooked the ball, he would secretly glance at Lu Xiaoxiao. Lu Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, obviously very depressed.

Once, twice, three times.

Twenty-five minutes later, Lin Cheng took a look at her record of 0/10 and thought that this guy had a good mentality. At least he was not a little princess. He played the whole game seriously, but he still lost in the end. Lu Xiaoxiao did not look back at Lin Cheng in the whole half hour, as if Lin Cheng did not exist. In the moment after the end of the game, she suddenly turned around and looked at Lin Cheng's screen.

“…It’s you?!” Lu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath.

"What a coincidence." Lin Cheng blinked innocently again.

Lu Xiaoxiao didn’t believe what he said about coincidences. There weren’t so many coincidences in this world. She gave Lin Cheng a cold look and said, “Boring.”

This was definitely the highest level of humiliation. She looked at him coldly, making his complacency and pride seem as funny as a clown. But she obviously underestimated how thick-skinned Lin Cheng was. "I just wanted to borrow your account to see if there was a chance to play with you..."

Lu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath.

"Want to play together?" Lin Cheng looked at her, "Anyway... we are so destined to each other."

"What a bad fate." Lu Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth.

"Bad fate is also fate." Lin Cheng laughed, "Do you have a trumpet?"

"No."

"Then I'll sweep one for you, and we'll play a couple of games together? I'm mainly a support player."

"I mainly play mid."

"I was wrong just now. I mainly play jungle. If we work together as mid and jungle, we will definitely kill a lot of people." Lin Cheng smiled at Lu Xiaoxiao.

Lu Xiaoxiao felt as if this guy was sticking to her like a piece of taffy. She felt inexplicably upset and was about to explode, but when she saw the smile on the corner of his mouth, the fire rising in her heart inexplicably melted a little.

really weird.

I always feel... that he is like a naughty child.

"Sweep it." Lu Xiaoxiao said coldly.

Lin Cheng happily scanned a platinum account for her, and he also logged into one for himself, then invited her to duo queue. Lu Xiaoxiao still chose ADC, and Lin Cheng chose support, and the two of them occupied the bottom lane.

Lin Cheng spoke in a dense voice.

This was something he had developed when he was a playmate. He did it not for the money, but simply to hone his social skills with girls. Most girls who asked him to be their playmate did not want them to talk too little. He developed all this nonsense at that time to ensure that the other party would not be bored. There were many princesses among the girls who asked to be playmates, and they would not give him a good face if he was not coaxed well.

Games are simply the greatest invention in the world. They are the cheapest form of entertainment and can bring a lot of happiness. This is one of the important reasons why Lin Cheng still loves this world.

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

"I'm here. If you hook me, you can kill me."

"Great, great, you react so quickly."

"You are really an expert. I thought you were a master in power leveling. This is the first time I see a girl who is really good at playing."

"Turtle, Xiaoxiao's positioning."

Lin Cheng was the only one performing the stand-up comedy the whole time, and Lu Xiaoxiao just responded with a "hmm". She wanted to see how long it would take for this guy to feel bored and humiliated since she looked down on Lin Cheng with such a cold attitude.

But the result was that she underestimated Lin Cheng again.

Lin Cheng played with her for three hours, and did not get tired of performing stand-up comedy for three hours. They had a lot of fun playing the game. Lu Xiaoxiao always felt that the troubles in her heart were relieved a lot. She finally began to respond to Lin Cheng, "You are also very good at playing."

"After all, I stay at home playing games every day."

The two finally started to have a brief exchange. After playing for another two hours, Lu Xiaoxiao leaned back in her chair and looked at the screen. The two accounts that Lin Cheng had scanned had both been promoted to diamond. She was finally tired of playing and felt a sense of tired satisfaction in her heart.

"Add WeChat and I'll transfer the money to you."

"Money?" Lu Xiaoxiao was stunned.

"These two are power-leveling numbers. Each one costs 120 yuan. You also played one, so I'll give you 120 yuan."

Lu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes. Although Lin Cheng's tone was ordinary, she had seen through Lin Cheng's trick. One hundred and twenty yuan was secondary. It was probably the hidden purpose to add WeChat. The corners of her lips curled up slightly and said, "No, you keep it."

Although she didn't look directly at Lin Cheng, she stole glances at him out of the corner of her eyes, trying to see a little loss, regret, or madness on his face, but unexpectedly, Lin Cheng's eyes suddenly... lit up.

"Thank you, you are really a female Bodhisattva. I have something else to do and I have to leave first. Let's play together if we have the chance to meet again next time." Lin Cheng stood up and opened the door of the box. There was a moment of surprise in Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes. She even wondered if she was the only one who thought too much in her heart just now?

Playing hard to get, it must be playing hard to get! She took a deep breath... But Lin Cheng was about to leave, and the frustration in her heart finally made her speak, "Are you going home?"

"No, I still have work."

"Work?" Lu Xiaoxiao was stunned at first, then looked at Lin Cheng's ambiguous smile, as if she suddenly understood.

If she remembered correctly, his job seemed to be... a gigolo.

"I understand what you mean." Lu Xiaoxiao nodded.

"That's good. By the way, what's your last name?" Lin Cheng asked curiously.

He swore he was just curious and had absolutely no intention of disrespecting the other person because he really had forgotten.

"road."

Unknown anger was rising in Lu Xiaoxiao's heart. Lin Cheng seemed to sense something was wrong. "I'll remember. See you again if we're lucky."

As he said this, he quickened his pace and left the box.

Lu Xiaoxiao watched his back disappear from her sight and was stunned for several seconds.

Why did she always feel like she was being tricked?

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

Lin Cheng was still reminiscing as he walked out of the Internet cafe.

What he was recalling was Lu Xiaoxiao's black silk over-the-knee socks.

Lu Xiaoxiao was still wearing a JK uniform today, but this time it was a black top and a light purple plaid skirt. Under the skirt were black over-the-knee socks that wrapped around her slender calves. It was a very erotic outfit, and it was a little bit rough. Between the over-the-knee socks and the skirt, you could see her fair skin, which was soft and elastic, like jelly.

Of course he wouldn't say anything obscene like "Can I touch her?" to Lu Xiaoxiao. Greasy jokes can only be made to close people, otherwise he would look like a creepy middle-aged uncle.

I played games for an afternoon and I'm really hungry.

Lin Cheng went to a roadside stall and ate another serving of braised chicken with rice, then walked towards his workplace.

He did have a job. A resident singer at a bar would sometimes have something urgent to do and need him to go over to cover for a while. He was paid 200 yuan a night. Lin Cheng quite liked the atmosphere of the bar. He felt happy watching people of his age drinking and having fun.

It's a peaceful time now.

10 Happiness and Roses

The bar is on the thirteenth floor of the business center.

This was not the first time that Lin Cheng came to cover for the night. The manager of the bar already knew him and had informed him in advance that the resident performance would not begin until 9:30. Lin Cheng sat in the corner of the bar first. As a resident singer, he was entitled to a free half-dozen beers.

He used to like drinking very much.

At that time, he was still a minor, and it seemed that drinking all day long was not a good thing. However, if he didn't drink more, he would always be unable to sleep because of fear. It was not until he retired that he gradually got better. Drinking was no longer a spiritual comfort, but turned into a relaxing form of entertainment.

There were already some customers in the bar. The bar was positioned as a social entertainment venue, and was considered a quiet bar. There were all pretty college girls there. It was March, the season when peach blossoms first bloomed, but the pretty girls were already wearing small vests and shorts. Their snow-white skin looked even more tender under the dim light. Lin Cheng put away his phone, which was used to browse the girl next to him, and turned his gaze to the college students at the next table.

Watching them drinking, playing finger-guessing games, and rolling dice, Lin Cheng found it quite interesting. He didn't have the chance to experience these things before. He originally had the opportunity to go to college after retiring, but his post-traumatic stress syndrome at that time was much more serious than it is now, so he gave up. Now he is almost well, but he is almost twenty-one years old, and it seems a little late to go to college.

He occasionally likes such a noisy environment. The world seems to become less lonely all of a sudden. Although he is alone, he always feels dazed when listening to the laughter from the next table. He used to be taught to drink by a middle-aged uncle. The uncle's wife and children are all dead. He is all alone in this world. He always treats him as a little brother, teaches him to smoke and drink, always puts his arm around his shoulders and says, "How can a young man not smoke and drink?" Then he drinks with him one cup after another until dawn.

Later, the uncle died under the sickle of the disaster monster. Before he died, he left him a will, saying that it would be better for him to quit smoking. He was just teasing the child at the time. Smoking is bad for the body, but he just couldn't quit.

He was still spitting out blood while sighing to Lin Cheng that it was not a loss to exchange his life for an SS-level catastrophic monster. In his dying moments, he was mumblingly cursing the natural disaster, praying, and hoping that the disaster would end.

He also told Lin Cheng not to be afraid, because the world belongs to young people like him.

Before he died, Lin Cheng promised him that he would personally end the natural disaster.

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

It's almost time.

Lin Cheng came back to his senses and drank the beer in the glass. The resident band at the bar couldn't come today because they were performing at a music festival, so Lin Cheng came to take their place. He was good at folk songs, and in the past, when he couldn't sleep and felt groggy, he would always play folk songs to make himself sleepy.

Folk songs are actually quite simple to understand, and most of them have the same meaning - girl, I want to sleep with you, but I don’t have any money.

Lin Cheng stood on the stage and the spotlight went off. This was his stage and the audience was not empty.

There was an electric guitar on the shelf, and he sat on the chair and picked up the electric guitar. The original accompaniment in the bar stopped temporarily, and he put his lips close to the microphone.

"Good evening, everyone. It's been a long time since we last met... Lao Yang is performing at a music festival. I'm here to take his place today. I'm singing the same folk songs again. I learned a piece of Hotel California a while ago. If there are any other songs you want to hear, you can scan the QR code and leave a message. If I can sing it, I'll sing it for you. If I can't, I'll learn it. I'll sing it for you next time I have the chance. Let me start with a piece of Wilderness Star... Thank you, everyone."

Most of the people who come to this bar are old customers, and many of them have seen Lin Cheng before. There was a burst of applause from the audience, which is one of the reasons why Lin Cheng likes this place. As long as the atmosphere is good enough, young people will not be stingy with their applause, and everyone likes the hustle and bustle.

He plucked the strings gently and sang a piece of Wild Star.

“He who steals the stars of the wilderness/no longer looks up.”

Lin Cheng was in a trance again, and a whisper like a dream seemed to ring in his ears again.

"Captain, has anyone ever told you that you have a nice voice?"

"some."

"Can you sing for me then?"

"I won't."

"Oh, you can learn it. I want to listen to folk songs."

"ballad?"

"Yeah, in the past few years, boys who could sing folk songs were considered extra points. Unfortunately, it's different now. Now they all like to listen to rap and cry out for a rebellious and exciting relationship with a rapper."

"What do you want to hear? I'll learn it when I have time."

"Just that fat guy, the captain is really nice, hehe."

In a trance, Lin Cheng seemed to see her face again through the light, a petite girl with the ability to heal.

Countless scenes flashed by again. He saw a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth and her misty eyes.

"Captain... wake up... don't die..."

"I... am fine, you... stop, I'm not afraid... of death."

"No... Captain... Your life... is more important than mine... You are the one who will end this era... You... cannot die."

She was activating her abilities at maximum speed, so much so that the energy emitted a milky white glow around her, as if an angel had descended, but her cheeks were becoming paler and paler, so pale that they were almost transparent, and blood was staining the hem of her white dress red.

"What a pity...I won't see that day...Captain."

"I'm so sleepy... Captain... Please sing another song for me... I want to listen to Wilderness Star..."