37 Preferences

◎I heard I'm pretty◎

As soon as Ning Yue went out, she saw Yan Xunzhi squatting at the corner.

With a wave of his hand, the little leopard received permission to come in, so he wouldn't be caught by the surveillance cameras. He flicked his tail and rubbed against them, "Officer Ning."

Ning Yue was taller than her. She raised her hand to tuck the leopard's ears, pulling them up smoothly. "Just now, while eating, you were looking around furtively. Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Yan Xunzhi grinned awkwardly, "Officer Ning is really perceptive..."

Ning Yue's face was filled with the expression "Stop building up the situation, just say it if you have something to say." Yan Xunzhi cleared his throat. Although he had already made up his mind to let Kong Wei know, he ultimately hesitated. "...Can you not tell Officer Kong? I know you two have a good relationship, but..."

But I really have no privacy this way!

People like Ning Yue who gossip and then tell the real person about it should be blacklisted forever!

"Why should I tell her?" Ning Yue was puzzled. "We have a good relationship, but she never tells me everything."

How did she know that she had asked Ning Yue? Yan Xunzhi was speechless for a moment, and Ning Yue was already pulling her out with great interest, "Are you asking about Kong Wei? Let's go out and talk about it, not here, the feng shui is not good!"

What does “…” have to do with Feng Shui?

Yan Xunzhi was dragged all the way into the unmonitored special warfare training room. Seeing her pick a seat and sit down, he looked at her with sparkling eyes, seemingly even more curious than she, the one listening. "What do you want to ask, if she can't hear you?"

Yan Xunzhi hesitated. "Wait a moment!" She was puzzled. "You didn't tell her, so how did she know I asked for your data?"

"...Maybe I let it slip?" Big Ladle doubted himself, paused for two seconds, and then suddenly realized, "Oh! I asked Kong Wei to help me with mental counseling before. She's not a healing type, so maybe I asked her to watch over me at that time."

"Did you see it?"

Ning Yue nodded, "Yes, I probably did."

Then, seeing her somewhat strange expression, his brain crackled with thoughts, "The Sentry Link Coordination Conference will share images. Haven't you seen Kong Wei's images?"

Kong Wei is a healer and a guide, and basically does not need guidance from others. She unilaterally guides Yan Xunzhi's spirit, and if she wants to ban him, she will not know.

She had only counseled Kong Wei. Yan Xunzhi shook his head blankly.

Ning Yue uttered an "oh," trying to make amends for her hasty words, "...it's normal that you haven't seen it. You haven't done any psychological counseling for her, so you probably haven't seen it."

Yan Xunzhi was silent.

Of course, she could hear the meaning of Ning Yue's words, and her intuition didn't need to tell her that there was a problem. Normally, everything should be shared to increase tacit understanding and matching. How could she not see the other party's picture just because of lack of guidance?

But seeing Ning Yue's embarrassed expression, she decided to pretend she didn't know. She blinked and tried to look innocent. "Really?"

Ning Yue nodded heavily, ready to die, almost knocking a hole in the ground, "Yes! You will see it when you help her to relieve it in the future."

She is a B-level sentry, how could she have the chance to guide Kong Wei?

Yan Xunzhi smiled in his heart.

The corners of her eyes felt so sore that she could barely maintain her wide-eyed, feigned obedience. She quickly lowered her head, one hand instinctively pinching the back of her neck, the other hardening her palm.

What I swallowed seemed to be Chinese medicine, and the sour and bitter taste went all the way to my heart.

She exhaled softly, and when she looked up again, she had adjusted her state. Her inquiry was simple, seemingly just a close lookout, wanting to know about her guide's past. "Officer Kong rarely tells me about her... Has she had any long-term connections with anyone in the past?"

"No, it's just me."

Yan Xunzhi hesitated, looking Ning Yue up and down, and felt that it was not likely. "...Hasn't she been in contact with Sang Wanyin?"

"Hiss..." Ning Yue found it difficult to answer, "Maybe? Well...it can be considered a connection."

What does this mean? Yan Xunzhi frowned. It hadn't been officially linked, but it had been linked because of an experiment, or something else?

Seeing her hesitant answer, she knew she wouldn't continue. She knew it well and didn't want to bore herself and get into trouble. So she casually brought up a new topic. "What are Officer Kong's hobbies? I've been with her for so long, and she's taught me a lot. I want to give her something."

Speaking of this, Ning Yue was surprised, "You don't know what she likes?"

Yan Xunzhi was confused. Should she know?

So she thought hard, "Uh... I like it..." She thought of the pile of clothes in Kong Wei's closet that he never wore, and his habit of throwing money around in the White Tower, "... Do you like spending money?"

"..." Ning Yue was embarrassed, "Spending money is considered a hobby?"

What's that? A shortcoming? Yan Xunzhi didn't dare to say that. Then he remembered what she didn't like very much, what was it called...makeup? So he said, "So...do you like to put makeup on others?"

"What?" Ning Yue was stunned for a moment, then reacted and nodded with satisfaction, "Oh, that's right, she likes to play with beautiful things."

“…”

Are those things of hers beautiful? Yan Xunzhi had long been dissatisfied with her aesthetic taste and had already accumulated a large number of them. He couldn't help but say in a weak and timid voice, "...but the things she bought...anyway, from my perspective...I don't really appreciate them..."

Although I was intimidated by the majesty of Officer Kong, I still couldn't help but add some patches to it - it's just that I can't appreciate it, but it doesn't mean I look down on Kong Wei's aesthetic taste!

“…” Ning Yue had nothing to say to this person who had gone astray.

Yan Xunzhi was a thousand times more confused than she had imagined. She thought she was just a little slow in the process of enlightenment, but she didn't expect her to be a completely flawless walnut.

Okay, a lid fits a pot, Kong Wei and she are a perfect match.

After holding it in for a long time, I finally decided to go straight to the point. I didn't bother looking for any loopholes and just cracked the nutcracker. "Hasn't anyone told you that you're pretty?"

Yan Xunzhi was a little dumbfounded, "Am I good-looking?"

Of course, someone has said she is beautiful, and more than one person has said so.

But she would also compliment others on their beauty, but she always thought it was just a kind of back-and-forth. After all, being pretty was useless underground, and no one ever gave her any benefits after complimenting her beauty.

Especially after comparing it with Officer Kong on the link, it is really convenient to register your ID.

Underground strength comes first!

Is there anyone who doesn't know whether they are good-looking or not? Ning Yue was helpless. "The beautiful thing I'm talking about is you. Don't you really know that you are very beautiful?"

Yan Xunzhi shook his head.

No one has ever instilled in her the concept of beauty, so she has never cared about her appearance. After all, everyone is treated the same, and looking different is just to distinguish them.

Of course she also looks at the face, but she just thinks some people look pleasing and friendly, while some people are a little... ugly.

Some are easy to remember, some have similar eyebrows and eyes and are easy to confuse, but beauty and ugliness are common, and she has never distinguished people in this way.

Ning Yue asked, "Have you ever thought about why you are so mediocre, without any special skills, and not particularly sociable, just an ordinary person, and should be lost in the crowd? Yet, whether in the White Tower or in the military district, many people know you, and even those who don't know you can recognize you at a glance?"

Yan Xunzhi was stunned. After thinking about it, it seemed to be true.

From childhood to adulthood, it seemed that everyone assumed that they could remember her, but she still thought that it was because she was not smart enough... After reading books, she became more convinced of this, because she could never remember what others could recite.

When she was in the White Tower, almost all the students knew her. When she was matched with Kong Wei, everyone looked at her first, and no one asked who Yan Xunzhi was.

Living in such an environment all the time, she just felt it was natural.

When she arrived at the military district, everyone came to see her and they quickly got to know each other. Yan Xunzhi thought it was because of Kong Wei...

"Isn't it because of Kong Wei?"

Ning Yue sighed, "It's because you're so good-looking, so beautiful. When you first arrived at the military district, everyone knew that Kong Wei's super-matched sentry was the most beautiful one, so they could always catch one. After seeing you once, others will forget you, but your face will never be forgotten."

Yan Xunzhi was silent for a moment, "So... I told you, I'm very beautiful, is that considered a special skill?"

Ning Yue pondered for a while and said, "Forget it."

"Then why haven't I ever been treated with any prejudice?"

It sounds like it just makes it easier to be recognized and remembered, and occasionally receive a few compliments.

Ning Yue said helplessly, "You just don't feel it... The dungeon is not peaceful. You grew up in the White Tower on the edge, but you never suffered any serious losses or were bullied. You lived a comfortable life and even developed such a gentle personality. If you didn't have this face, it would be almost impossible."

Is that so? Yan Xunzhi scratched his head and admitted that she was partly right. She had changed a lot in the military district. On the one hand, the military district was strict and did not treat her as well as Baita.

There was a time in the past when Shu Chi seemed to dislike her a little, calling her "Princess" in a sarcastic and rhythmic manner. Ning Yue said this, perhaps she was indeed raised to be delicate?

"But..." Ning Yue said matter-of-factly, "Apart from these, this specialty really doesn't have much use for the brain or mental strength."

A beautiful face is a visual and spiritual enjoyment. When people are hungry, the most important thing is to survive on the ground.

□□ are struggling to survive, so how can they have time to pursue spiritual enjoyment?

The only shortcut to beauty... is to go to the Logistics and Armaments Department.

Because she was beautiful, no one would mention this to her. The Logistics and Armaments Department might be safe, but it meant never retiring and a lifetime of service. In the end, if an emergency came, they would still have to be deployed.

"The advantage of the Logistics and Armaments Department is that you can get to know a lot of high-ranking officials. If you're lucky, you can cling to them and maybe even turn things around."

If you are desperate, or have great ambitions but lack the strength, you can try your luck in the Logistics and Armaments Department.

Just like the slot machines in a casino, they have the lowest entry barrier and require the fewest chips. Even if you shake them hundreds of times, you might not get a single line, but just one successful spin can turn the tables, sending you into overnight wealth and transforming from a humble chicken into a phoenix.

When Ning Yue said this, his gaze slowly focused on her face, hinting at something.

Unfortunately, Yan Xunzhi's mind was elsewhere at the moment, and he was too dull to hear the hidden meaning in these words. "From your perspective..."

She was looking over her shoulder at the mirror, which reflected her face.

It turned out to be a very pretty face. But it wasn't just normal features, straight and symmetrical. At most, the eyes were a little bigger than others, the nose was a little straighter, and the features were a little more compact, just pleasing to the eye...

She doesn't seem to be able to objectively judge whether a person is beautiful or ugly.

“——Is Sang Wanyin pretty?”

【Author’s words】

Boss Kong: I'm obsessed with looks! If you don't agree, come and chop me up, 999... (not