Chapter 12

"Why are you here?" Tan Li raised her head slightly and looked at the newcomer curiously.

The man she met on the rooftop of the hospital that day was silent for a long time before he said, "Take a walk."

Tan Li glanced at his electric wheelchair, "Take a walk to someone else's house?"

"No?" The man looked up at her.

Tan Li looked at him for a while, then leaned back in her comfortable recliner, "Okay."

The man thought Tan Li would ask him "When did you get discharged from the hospital?" or "Do you live nearby?" Unexpectedly, Tan Li didn't ask anything, as if she wasn't curious about him at all.

The two of them, one in a recliner and the other in an electric wheelchair, were silent for a long time.

"Dong, Dong."

Tan Li knocked on the small table next to her. "Do you want to eat?"

The man glanced at the tiramisu on the table and said with disgust, "No."

"Oh." Tan Li took a small bite and swallowed it.

It was so sweet.

The man looked at her, "...Why do you want to eat if you don't like it?"

Tan Li: "One of my goals is to try all the delicacies in the world."

"Oh." The man's expression seemed to say that this goal was boring.

...

After another moment of silence, the man made small talk, "Why do you dress like this at home?"

Silver tasseled tight-fitting long skirt, over-the-knee high-heeled boots, and several layers of bracelets and necklaces.

Lying here in the sun like this, it was dazzling and blinding.

Tan Li looked at him with a sidelong glance, "No?"

The man: "...Okay."

Tan Li shrugged, as if mocking the man's just-talking.

The man tried to hold back, but couldn't hold it back, "Your name is Tan Li?"

"Yeah." Tan Li was not at all surprised that he knew her name.

The man waited for a while, but she didn't ask him why he knew her name. He unconsciously clenched his fists, and began to emit black air, "...I'm leaving."

"Oh." Tan Li was indifferent.

...

The man's clenched fist slowly loosened, he pulled the corner of his mouth in self-mockery, and reached for the control lever of the electric wheelchair.

"Do you still want to die now?" Tan Li looked up at the sky and suddenly said.

The man's hand stopped in the middle, and it seemed like a long time had passed. "If I want to, will you stop me again?"

Tan Li thought for a while, "Yes."

"If I see it, I will definitely stop you."

The man was stunned for a moment, and pulled the corner of his mouth, "When a person really wants to die, you can't stop it, don't you know?"

"I know." Tan Li is a little kind, but not much, "But if you don't die in front of me, you can't hurt my eyes."

The man was speechless for a long time.

The sky gradually darkened, and a beautiful glow appeared on the horizon.

"My name is..." The man hesitated, "You can call me Ah Heng."

Tan Li rolled his eyes at him, as if to say, do you think I want to know?

Ah Heng saw Tan Li's expression and grinned, "Aren't you going to stop me? How can you stop me if you don't know my name?"

"Young man, you are too naive." Tan Li looked at him like a fool.

To stop someone from wanting to die, you don't need to know the other person's name, you just need to move faster than the other person.

A gust of wind pressure came.

In Ah Heng's pupils, he reflected the hand that suddenly appeared in front of his neck and then suddenly stopped. His breathing, which had been stagnant for a moment, returned to normal.

Tan Li slowly withdrew her hand, "Look."

"Young man, be pragmatic, don't do those fancy things."

She saved people, and the main point was that if I am better than you, you will not be able to have control over your own life.

Tan Li patted Ah Heng's head kindly, "Do you understand? Little weakling."

I felt it last time, this head feels really good.

Ah Heng let her touch his head, a strange light flashed in his eyes, "Then let's try, which one is faster, you stop me, or I seek death faster."

Tan Li: "...Psycho?"

Ah Heng just grinned, laughing like a villain.

Tan Li changed the direction of Ah Heng's wheelchair, "Little brat, go home and sleep early."

Ah Heng: "I..."

Before the "no" of "I don't" came out, Tan Li pressed Ah Heng's shoulders, "What's wrong? Do you still want your sister to take you home?"

"Hiss——" Ah Heng took a breath of cool air expressionlessly, "Little sister is young and loves to worry about things. Brother is so old, he will take care of himself."

As he said that, he shook the control lever of the electric wheelchair and said meaningfully, "Sister Tan Li, see you next time."

Tan Li: ...Itchy hands.

**

The next day, Tan Li slept until noon as usual. She stared blankly at the darker ceiling than usual, and heard the sound of rain.

It seems that she will not be able to bask in the sun today.

Tan Li thought about the small goals she set for retirement:

1. Do whatever I want with money

2. Wear a different beautiful dress every day

3. Sleep until I wake up naturally every day

4. Play games all day

5. Try all the delicacies in the world

...

Tan Li staggered out of bed and decided to play games all day today.

Throwing the fringed skirt she wore yesterday into the corner of the clothes she had worn, Tan Li changed herself into a white dress she had never worn before, and matched it with high-heeled shoes with the same color straps.

As soon as she went out, she ran into Wu Xiu, who had been waiting for who knows how long.

Because Tan Pei took Wu Xiu to the company these days, Tan Li and Wu Xiu only met at dinner time.

Wu Xiu looked at her expectantly with her big watery eyes, "Da Li, you have been staying at home for many days. Why don't you go shopping with your mother today?"

"We can also go for a beauty treatment together."

"Okay?"

Tan Li: "...Okay."

Thinking of the unlimited black card that allowed her to do whatever she wanted with money, Tan Li finally succumbed to Wu Xiu, the mother who provided her with money.

Hearing her answer, Wu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

She heard from her aunt at home that Tan Li had been staying at home for so many days, and she spent every day basking in the sun and playing with her mobile phone.

The first two days were fine. Wu Xiu thought that Tan Li had to adapt to a new environment after a sudden change of status, so it was understandable that she had a bit of an escapist mentality and didn't want to go out.

But she has been here for a week!

For a whole week, she just basked in the sun and played with her phone every day. If she didn't go out for a walk, she would be worried that Tan Li would get a fever.

Now that she saw that Tan Li was willing to go out with her, Wu Xiu was so happy.

The mother and daughter went shopping hand in hand, and Wu Xiu's eyes lit up when she thought of this.

Wu Xiu: "Mom has been looking at some skirts suitable for our Dali on the Internet recently. I asked Manager Li to buy some goods. We can try them today..."

"No!" Tan Li quickly interrupted this terrible idea, "Mom, I would rather go for a beauty treatment."

She quickly proposed options besides buying clothes, "And I want to change the style of my hair and nails."

Wu Xiu thought for a while, "Okay, then let's do this. Mom will ask Manager Li to find a model with a similar body shape to yours. Then we'll have the one who does her hair and nails change it and show you the effect, and then we'll decide whether to buy it or not."

Tan Li:!

"Okay! I think this idea is especially good!"

Such an excellent way to spend money, why didn't she know it earlier!

Tan Li now feels as if she has lost hundreds of millions.

After lunch, Tan Pei, knowing that Wu Xiu would take Tan Li to get a beauty treatment on her rare day off, offered to be the driver for the mother and daughter.

Wu Xiu held her husband with one hand and her daughter with the other, feeling even happier.

Tan Li didn't care at first, but when Tan Pei looked at her calmly for the NNNth time, she was somewhat speechless.

She turned her head abruptly with the tin paper on her hair dye, "Dad, just say what you want to say."

She didn't have the ability to read minds, and she didn't want to guess what was in other people's minds.

Tan Pei seemed to have not expected that Tan Li would notice his gaze, and he made up an excuse, "Do you really want to dye it this color?"

Tan Li: "Yeah."

Tan Pei: "Pink... isn't it too frivolous?"

"No." Wu Xiu interrupted, "Da Li has fair skin, pink must look good on her~"

"Like a little princess~"

Tan Li and Wu Xiu smiled at each other, and Tan Pei swallowed what he wanted to say.

Tan Li thought that the vague scrutiny would stop there, but after a while, she couldn't bear it anymore and turned her head again, "Dad, really, just say it if you have something to say."

Even the worst scouts she had ever met would not be so blatant in their inquiries. This kind of gaze that treated people as mutant experimental subjects was too blatant.

Tan Li smiled gently, "What can't we say directly to each other?"

Not to mention the 100,000 pocket money, how could she argue with Tan Pei when she was so peace-loving?

So...

just say it! Don't dilly-dally!

Tan Pei's smile was much more natural than Tan Li's, "Dad has never seen pink hair, it's a bit novel."

Tan Li saw that Tan Pei, the smiling tiger, didn't tell the truth, and she recalled it seriously for a rare time. Did she reveal some inhuman power in front of Tan Pei? Why did he look at her not like he was looking at his lost and found biological daughter, but more like he was looking at a suspicious person whose safety was uncertain?

Tan Li thought seriously for 3 seconds, and gave up thinking at the 4th second.

Thinking = curling.

It is impossible to curl, not in this life.

Tan Li sat paralyzed on the chair, calmly ignoring Tan Pei's inquiring eyes.

Oh! It's just a little inquiring, compared to the previous eyes looking at monsters and dead enemies, it's so gentle~

Wu Xiu didn't notice the eye contact between the father and daughter, she was helping Tan Li pick a nice manicure style.

If it were her, of course she would choose a simple and generous French manicure, but when she thought of Tan Li's style...

Wu Xiu: "Da Li, Mom thinks this style is good, what do you think?"

Tan Li followed Wu Xiu's words and looked at the manicure style on the tablet. It was a butterfly bigger than a fingernail, with diamonds inlaid on its open wings and crystal tassels hanging, sparkling.

It is conceivable how tiring it would be if all ten fingers were filled with such tricks.

Tan Li applauded directly, "Good! Mom has a great eye!"

The mother and daughter exchanged a telepathic look, while on the other side, Tan Pei quietly recorded another line of words on his mobile phone.

The memo clearly recorded -