Chapter 101 Bitter First Love

Honestly, the sight of tears and snot leaving traces on my face is incredibly ugly...

As Zhong Mengfan cried, the sin value kept increasing, which was enough to show the extent of his sadness and made people feel a little annoyed for no reason.

I reached out and gently patted his shoulder. "Even if you're rejected, you shouldn't cry like this. After all, you just became a B-class hero. You should maintain your superhero demeanor."

Zhong Mengfan sobbed, "Xia Ye, you've never experienced the feeling of heartbreak. You... won't understand... wuwuwu..."

I nodded, admitting that I couldn't empathize with Zhong Mengfan's emotions and thoughts at that moment.

"Indeed. Just like, I never thought that someone who complained about my harsh training and my aesthetic taste would suddenly confess their love to me one day. Your love... is so unexpected."

He wiped the tears from his face vigorously, but the tear marks and bloodshot eyes left behind made Zhong Mengfan look even more miserable. But his tone was firm. "Like you said, if I don't tell you, you'll never feel it. That's why I'm doing this."

He emphasized, "Whether it's the superhero promotion exam or the superpower training, I've worked hard. I've become stronger in ways you can see, and I'm still improving. Everything I do now, every word I say to you, is to tell you—I love you!!!"

Zhong Mengfan's expression and tone were incredibly earnest, or perhaps his words truly touched me. I blinked and said, "Thank you. I see your efforts—you've become a better person. And thank you for your love."

Then, he refused again, "But I can't respond to your feelings."

"I, I'm going to cry again because of what you said! Waa ...

I suggested, "Actually, now that you understand the Ranger's supernatural power and heart of justice, and have passed the B-class hero exam, you no longer need my special guidance. How about I ask the Super Hero Headquarters to separate you and me for a while so you can have some time to calm down and relax?"

I lied to Zhong Mengfan. The so-called separation certainly couldn't be just for a period of time.

He immediately refused, "No! Then I won't be able to see you every day."

And then he said confidently, "I haven't given up yet!"

"You have studied the physiology of people with special abilities. You should know that when a person with special abilities falls from his peak state, his body will enter the aging stage like an ordinary person. Do you know how long I have maintained my current appearance without any change?" I asked.

Zhong Mengfan shook his head.

"It's been too long. In fact, I can't remember exactly how long. If one day, I suddenly enter old age, and you inherit the abilities of a legendary hero, you are destined to have a longer life and a career as a professional hero. At that time, do you want to watch me grow old and fall in love with an old man in a wheelchair?"

Without waiting for his reply, I continued, "Besides, once a psychic reaches old age, it also means that his life begins to count down. You should remember your age. You are only 19 years old. Whether for ordinary humans or psychics, 19 is considered very young.

——We are different.” I slowly lowered my eyes at the end.

It's not just age, there's more to it and it's more important.

Identity, stance, everything, are all different.

Zhong Mengfan looked at me seriously and said, "You only said this to me because you don't want to accept me. If it's someone you like, age, personality, gender, everything, none of it matters. Just like now, I like your mood."

He continued, "To be honest, I can't imagine that you will enter the aging stage as you hypothesized. Because in my heart, you will always be a handsome, powerful, calm, and effortless superhero, and this will never change.

If I had to answer this extreme, seemingly impossible, hypothetical scenario, I'd tell you my answer: if you age and can no longer be a pro hero, then after becoming a ranger, I'll pass on all my abilities to someone else, return to being a normal person, and grow old with you.

After saying all this in one breath, Zhong Mengfan looked at me with such intensity that I subconsciously avoided his gaze. I felt a slight pang of guilt for refusing for the sake of refusing, and for mentioning all those non-existent excuses and reasons.

At the same time, she said something dryly, not quite an answer, "Supernatural powers are extremely precious in this world, and you possess one of the rarest. You shouldn't easily say you'd give your powers to others just because of me."

He still insisted, "I'm just telling you my true feelings."

I asked him again, "Have you ever seen a romantic tragedy?"

“I’ve seen it…”

"Generally speaking, this kind of one-sided, unrequited, self-indulgent relationship doesn't usually have a good outcome. He doesn't even get treated like the protagonist; he's just a supporting character in a story. No matter how deeply he loves or how much he gives, if he doesn't get a response, he's doomed to fail."

Zhong Mengfan bit his lip. "...But you're not the heroine in a love story who would choose to be with the hero. Xia Ye, like the protagonist in a superhero novel, walked out of the story and appeared in front of me, making a dazzling appearance. He is the most handsome superhero I have ever seen."

"Of course I'm not. You keep describing me as handsome, thank you." I said this, and even added in my mind that I wasn't the protagonist representing justice in a heroic novel. Instead, I was the villain who hadn't yet destroyed the world.

"No need to thank me anymore, because you are..."

"But I don't see you as a mature man of your age. In my eyes, you are slowly growing up, but you are not mature enough. Now, I wouldn't use the word handsome to describe you. Sometimes I think your vitality is cute, similar to the feeling of an older senior looking at his junior.

—I can’t possibly fall in love with a kid.” This is my truth.

"Wuwuwu... I don't want to cry anymore, but every thank you you said to me today felt like a rejection of me. But even so, I still think it's so handsome when you say thank you to me and praise me..." Zhong Mengfan cried again.

He didn't say anything to refute me, but just looked at me, as if I was a heartless person who had abandoned him, even though nothing had ever happened between us.

He sniffed, took a deep breath, and after calming down a bit, he said to me, "Then let's just be partners now. Since you're my senior, and I'm still just a very weak B-class hero, please continue to take good care of me, your junior who hasn't fully grown up and isn't mature enough—Master."

Although Zhong Mengfan's words seemed a little strange, I nodded and said, "If you're willing, we can be partners until you become an A-class hero and inherit the title of Ranger."

In fact, in the current situation, separation may be the best option, but because we are in this situation, we always can't bear to say the words of separation.

As Zhong Mengfan said, he is a professional hero who is still growing and only has B-level strength. Letting him go at this time is like abandoning a puppy that has no ability to survive.

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