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

She was dressed exquisitely, had beautiful makeup, wore elegant high heels, and had gentle and bright eyes. All of this always gave people an almost beautiful fantasy, but dressing up itself was just an illusion. Just like no matter how beautiful Jiang Lingxue's clothes were now, it would be difficult for Lin Cheng to be impressed again, because he had seen Jiang Lingxue without clothes and in tatters, and had seen this guy shamelessly sticking to him for cigarettes. He had seen too many fantasies and naturally his fantasies were shattered. The same went for beautiful girls.

But Lin Cheng's heartbeat inevitably accelerated for a moment.

This is basic respect for her exquisite dress.

135 Could it be?

Jiang Li booked a very high-end Western restaurant.

Each dish will be briefly explained when it is served, and there will also be some wines that are specially paired with the dishes. Lin Cheng originally wanted to take advantage of the chat to tactfully express his intention to contact him less in the future, but he couldn't think of how to say it. What if the other person just wanted to treat you to a meal or do you a favor... then he would be so embarrassed that he could find a hole to crawl into.

The two of them had the same set meal. Lin Cheng took a look at it curiously. It was 2888 per person. Wow, that one meal cost him half a month's living expenses. As for the taste... it was just okay. Maybe he was tired of Chinese food and it was okay to have it occasionally. You really can't eat foreign food every day.

When it was dessert time after all the dishes were served, Jiang Li and Lin Cheng still had half a glass of red wine in their glasses. She raised her glass with both hands, her movements a little clumsy.

"Lin Cheng..."

"Ok?"

"Thank you for helping me last time. I...respect you."

"It's okay, it's really just a small favor." Lin Cheng smiled helplessly and clinked glasses with her. Jiang Li took a sip of red wine, and her porcelain-white cheeks became even redder.

She whispered to Lin Cheng about some recent events. Zhang Qianyuan had asked someone to send the money back, her father who had been hiding outside had also returned, the house had been taken back, and there were no more debt collectors. There was a light in her eyes when she said these words. Lin Cheng didn't know what to say, so she could only listen quietly.

Lin Cheng just realized that she had recently taken a month's sick leave from school, and there was still half a month left in the vacation. Lin Cheng then recalled that she was still a college student, a sophomore this year, and would soon be a junior.

As they were talking, Jiang Li asked tentatively in a low voice what he did after dropping out of high school.

Understanding a person's past is the first step to establishing an intimate relationship. Lin Cheng hesitated for a moment and made up a story, saying that he dropped out of high school because his abilities awakened, joined the alliance for a few years, and retired after Siming ended the natural disaster. He happened to have some connections in the circle who could help her solve Zhang Qianyuan's problem that day. Jiang Li nodded obediently and listened to her quietly.

She didn't understand that world, but she was full of curiosity.

Lin Cheng didn't mind chatting, it was just small talk anyway. As they chatted, it was already half past eight. The ice cream on the table had melted and it was time to leave. The meal was also over. Lin Cheng thought...if she wanted to chat with him again after the meal, he should just go and provoke her if she kept giving him the cold shoulder a few times.

Jiang Li paid the bill and whispered to Lin Cheng, "Do you... want to watch the movie starring Jiang Lingxue that was recently released?"

Lin Cheng hesitated.

"Okay."

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Lin Cheng actually seldom went to the cinema.

It would be too lonely to go to a movie theater alone, but he really couldn't find anyone to accompany him in the past two years, so he just accompanied Lizhi to watch a romance movie. They both agreed that the popcorn was delicious. Although many girls in the theater were crying, both Lizhi and he had no expression on their faces.

Their laugh points and cry points are so high.

The light in the cinema was dim. The only tickets available were for the 10:30 p.m. show, so Lin Cheng went to the video game arcade with Jiang Li to kill time. He had learned the secret of catching dolls from Lu Xiaoxiao, and he caught two dolls for Jiang Li, which she hung on her beige bag.

The two chose a seat in the back seat, bought popcorn and Coke. Lin Cheng held the popcorn in his arms, and the movie slowly began.

Lin Cheng remembered that this movie caused the entire fruit shop to lose more than 10 million yuan. It received a lot of praise online, but it did not seem to be very popular at the box office. It might also be because it was the last day of its release, but he and Jiang Li were the only two people in the entire cinema.

In the dim light and close distance, Lin Cheng always felt as if Jiang Li would secretly look at him. He didn't know if it was his illusion. He stared at the movie screen intently and the movie started soon.

Lin Cheng was really curious about why this movie failed, but he soon understood. The plot of the movie is not complicated. The Judge played by Jiang Lingxue once saved a little girl, and the seed of longing was planted in the little girl's heart. After hard work, she finally came to her idol, but Jiang Lingxue had been corrupted by the abyss at this time. The creatures in the abyss bewitched her and hoped that she would open the door of the abyss. After opening the door of the abyss, she could resurrect her dead relatives. Jiang Lingxue hesitated and struggled, and was finally moved by the little girl and gave up opening the abyss, but it was too late to give up. The will of the abyss invaded her body. The girl briefly awakened her consciousness in the name of love, and then Jiang Lingxue chose to commit suicide, ending the advent of the abyss.

The last scene was a flock of white butterflies flying around. After watching the movie, Lin Cheng couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Who wrote this crappy script? If you don't fail, who will?

The funniest thing is that when this movie was being filmed, the Alliance probably had no idea what Jiang Lingxue's abilities were. They probably invested in the fruit shop behind her and vaguely deduced that Jiang Lingxue was a member of the fruit shop, but this setting...

Jiang Lingxue's ability can really open the door to the abyss.

The acting of the characters in the movie was all good. Lin Cheng had seen the little silver-haired girl before, the one who had interrogated him last time. She was pretty, but the script of this movie was so cliché that Lin Cheng almost felt dizzy. He suddenly felt sad for the 10 million that Lizhi earned for the fruit shop.

The movie finally ended.

Lin Cheng silently bit off the popcorn that was delivered to his mouth and subconsciously said, "What a terrible movie."

"It's OK. Jiang Lingxue's acting is really great. Maybe it didn't sell well just because... it's a yuri theme, right?"

“…” Lin Cheng was speechless.

The movie was over. Lin Cheng glanced at the time. It was already half past twelve in the evening. He and Jiang Li walked out of the cinema. "Shall I take you home?"

"Ah."

Jiang Li nodded slightly, stood up with him, and walked out of the cinema. Lin Cheng suddenly realized that it was raining heavily outside.

No, I was infected by Xu Wanyue’s luck?

Jiang Li stood beside him, looking at the heavy rain through the glass door with him. At this point in time... it looked like the rain would continue to fall for a while. Lin Cheng couldn't just stand here and stare at her, right?

The two stood inside the glass door for a long time, and he heard Jiang Li whisper, "It's raining heavily."

"It seems that I can't go back for the time being." Lin Cheng replied dimly.

"Then...would you like to find a place to sit here for a while?"

"Okay, I'll take you to listen to some music." Lin Cheng nodded.

This building itself is a small business district. He worked part-time at a bar upstairs for a while and was quite familiar with the owner. Lin Cheng and Jiang Li took the elevator together again and came to the livehouse that mainly played folk music. At this moment, there were still customers. Lin Cheng and Jiang Li found a seat and sat down. He ordered a cocktail for himself and asked Jiang Li what she wanted to drink. Jiang Li whispered, "I want something cold."

"Okay, then mojito, all over crushed ice."

Wait, why did Lin Cheng think of something wrong when she said she wanted to drink something cold?

It’s over. I’ve played the role of a subordinate for so long that now I’ve really become a subordinate.

The owner of the store personally mixed the wine, and greeted Lin Cheng when he served it. Jiang Li held the glass and looked at Lin Cheng curiously, "Do you know each other?"

"I used to sing here for a while."

"Eh?" Jiang Li looked at him expectantly.

A girl's expectant eyes can make a man's vanity explode at this moment. Lin Cheng thought for a moment, "I'll sing a song for you later. What do you want to hear?"

"Yuzhen?"

"Row."

Lin Cheng bit the straw and drank silently, chatting with Jiang Li about these trivial things. He was the one who asked, and then listened to Jiang Li talk. Jiang Li told him about things in college and her roommates, all ordinary daily life. When the time was almost up, Lin Cheng winked at her, went on stage to play the accompaniment, and got close to the microphone.

Jiang Li sat in the audience and waved gently to him.

Her eyes were so pure and bright.

After the song was over, Lin Cheng saw that she was so sincere and applauded enthusiastically. She came to the stage and looked into his eyes, "You sing so well."

"…It's just so-so." Lin Cheng was a little modest.

A little vanity.

"Can I sing with you?" Jiang Li raised her head slightly.

"Hmm? What are you going to sing?"

"Wild Star."

Lin Cheng's head suddenly felt a sharp pain.

Countless scenes flashed back in front of him for a moment. After a long while, he heard Jiang Li's voice, "Huh? What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"It's okay, I'll find some accompaniment."

Jiang Li came to the stage. There was no one else in the pub except the boss, so Jiang Li sat on the stool next to him. There happened to be two microphones.

Her voice is soft.

Lin Cheng occasionally sang a line or two, with an inexplicable sense of emptiness in his heart. He lowered his head slightly. The song soon ended. He turned around and looked into Jiang Li's eyes. The dimples on her cheeks were shallow, but her eyes were a little timid.

Lin Cheng stared at her seriously for several seconds.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Li looked at his complicated eyes, feeling a little uneasy.

"It's okay, it's okay. You sing so beautifully." Lin Cheng came back to his senses.

But when he saw her, Lin Cheng recalled his original intention of choosing to be a hero that year. Damn... he almost forgot it.

When he was in high school, he always secretly looked at the girl in front of him through the gaps between the books on the table. After all, she was too pretty. Not only was she in the whole class, but there were also many boys in the neighboring class who liked her. At that time, he always had many unrealistic fantasies, fantasizing that one day the abyss would descend on the school, everyone would tremble, and then he would stand up to save everyone.

Thinking about it now, I feel so ashamed that I want to roll on the ground.

He had the chance to live his life as an ordinary person, but on that spring outing, the abyss fell, he heard her cry for help, and finally he put on the mask and stepped into another world.

"Want another drink?" he asked.

"I... can drink." Jiang Li nodded slightly and walked to the bar with him. The boss mixed two more drinks for them at the bar. Lin Cheng asked for a bitter Negroni and Jiang Li asked for a lower alcohol drink. The two talked about their memories of high school. In fact, the memories were very fragmented. Had they been beautified and modified?

After drinking the two glasses of wine, Lin Cheng looked out the window and the rain seemed to have stopped.

Lin Cheng went downstairs with her. Jiang Li's steps were a little shaky, not to mention that she was wearing strappy high heels. Lin Cheng hesitated for a moment, "Do you want me to help you?"

Jiang Li hummed very softly, lowered her head slightly, her eyes avoided, and her earlobes turned slightly pink.

...Is there really a woman in this world who can drink worse than Lu Xiaoxiao?

136 Thinking too much?

Lin Cheng reached out and gently supported Jiang Li's arm.

The girl's skin was smooth and soft, and her shoulders were even thinner than Xu Wanyue's. Jiang Li and he walked carefully towards where he parked the car. The distance was not far, and Jiang Li's body was pressed against his side. Lin Cheng sniffed it lightly, hmm, Byredo's No Man's Land Rose.

When she reached the side of the motorcycle, Jiang Li lowered her head and reached out to look for something in her bag. After a long while, she raised her head, a trace of panic appeared on her cheeks, "I... I seem to have forgotten to bring my keys when I went out."

Lin Cheng scratched his head, "Your family should be able to prescribe it for you, right?"

"Dad recently went to another place to discuss his previous business, and Mom has been taking sleeping pills before going to sleep..."

Lin Cheng couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eye.

The main reason was that he really couldn't tell whether Jiang Li was lying or not. She looked helpless and drunk, which made her inexplicably attractive. His tea-tasting radar hadn't yet gone off, but he always felt something was weird.

If it hadn't rained heavily, they would have gone home earlier. If they had gone home earlier, someone at home would have opened the door for them. While Lin Cheng was daydreaming, Jiang Li took out her mobile phone and sent a WeChat message to her mother, but received no reply. She hesitated for a moment and called her mother, but the call didn't go through.

Okay, it seems I really forgot to bring it.

"Did you bring your ID?"

Jiang Li shook her head timidly.

"Okay..." Lin Cheng thought for a moment, "Then, come home with me?"

Jiang Li bit her lips lightly, and after a long while, she answered, "My head... feels dizzy, I want to sleep."

"Row."

Lin Cheng got on the motorcycle, and Jiang Li succeeded in getting on after a while. She sat on the back seat and hugged him tightly, so tight, with her body pressed against his, afraid of falling off. This was reasonable. Lin Cheng rode a little slower, and twenty minutes later they arrived downstairs of his house. Jiang Li and he got off the car, and Lin Cheng took her arm and went upstairs with her.

After opening the door, Lin Cheng took a vigilant look first. OK, there was no one else in his house, so it was absolutely safe!

Lin Cheng closed the door. Everything was reasonable and fair, but why did he feel guilty at this moment? Lin Cheng took Jiang Li to the sofa and brought her slippers. Jiang Li bent down and tried hard to find the shoe straps, but her hands always slipped away.

"I can't untie it..." She raised her head and looked at Lin Cheng aggrievedly.

The voice was full of drunkenness.

Just two cocktails.

Lin Cheng was a little confused. Okay, buddy, let's just assume that you are really drunk. He came to Jiang Li and untied her shoes. She was wearing boat socks on her white and tender feet. He took off those socks as well. The girl's heels were already slightly red from being rubbed.

"Cat!"

Jiang Li saw the black cat lying on the table. She put on her slippers and walked slowly towards the cat. The black cat wagged its tail, and then Jiang Li gently held it in her arms and stroked its head softly.

Lin Cheng had sent her photos of cats when chatting with her these days, and Jiang Li's eyes became bright again. After a while, the cat slipped away from her arms, and Lin Cheng walked to her side, "You sleep in my room, I'll sleep on the sofa."

Jiang Li shook her head hurriedly, "I, I'll just sleep on the sofa."

"It's okay. I often fall asleep while watching TV on the sofa in the living room."

But Jiang Li shook her head stubbornly, "No, it's okay... I, I'll just sleep on the sofa."

"Why won't you listen?" Lin Cheng looked at her helplessly. Jiang Li's eyes suddenly became timid again and she lowered her head. "Then, then I'll sleep on the bed..."

Lin Cheng also reflected on himself, was his tone very fierce just now?