Surprisingly, Dong Chengling... stayed in bed today.

It might be because the weather in Lianjiang turned cold after winter, and Lianjiang did not have floor heating, so curling up in the quilt was the best way to keep warm; it might also be because Xiaojiu in his arms was warm, and it was so comfortable to hold Xiaojiu that even Dong Chengling was reluctant to leave.

But Xiaojiu had to get up, eat breakfast and go to school, and Dong Chengling also had to prepare lesson plans for class. After she finished washing up, she came back and gently woke Xiaojiu up. Looking at Xiaojiu rubbing her eyes and yawning, she said softly, "Get up and brush your teeth and wash your face."

"It's so cold..." Xiao Jiu pursed his lips, pulled himself into the quilt and muttered: "Um...ah...Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu might have a cold, why don't I take a day off today...Ha Qiu! Ha Qiu!"

Watching Xiaojiu's clumsy performance, the smile on Dong Chengling's face gradually disappeared, and he asked calmly: "Should we send you to the school hospital?"

Xiaojiu immediately became timid, got out of bed obediently, put on his furry rabbit cotton slippers, and went to wash up with sleepy eyes.

Dong Chengling went to the living room and found that the quilt on the sofa had been lifted up and Nancy was nowhere to be seen.

Although it seems a bit miserable to have to sleep on the sofa in winter, the temperature of Lianjiang River is only about 14°C. It is just because there is no heating that you have to wear clothes to endure it. Sleeping on the sofa may be a bit uncomfortable, but for a cultivator, this temperature is not a problem at all. A second-level cultivator can even lie in a bathtub filled with ice water without clothes for a night without any problems.

But being able to endure hardship and not wanting to endure hardship are not contradictory, just like ordinary people are satisfied with drinking free boiled water, but they still drink milk tea costing ten or twenty yuan from time to time.

There were several hot water bottles in the quilt. Nancy slept no worse than Dong Chengling who slept with Xiaojiu in his arms last night.

"Sister Ling."

Xiao Jiu came out with a hot towel to wipe her face and asked, "Is Big Brother not back yet?"

Dong Chengling went over and squatted down to be at eye level with Xiaojiu, touched her little head, and said, "Well, he's still playing outside... He'll be fine, don't worry, or I'll sleep with you tonight?"

The day before yesterday, Xiaojiu had a nightmare, so last night Xiaojiu pulled Dong Chengling to sleep with her. As a result, they both slept very well that night, so Dong Chengling said this.

Xiao Jiu said, "Oh!" and suddenly suggested, "Why don't the three of us sleep together? It will definitely be warm!"

Three...

Dong Chengling blushed slightly, but did not answer. He helped Xiaojiu with her hair and said, "Hurry up and have breakfast. Don't be late."

Xiaojiu nodded, sat at the dining table with her, drank hot milk, and picked up a barbecued pork bun that was bigger than his palm and started to eat it.

Dong Chengling stood up suddenly before she started eating. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiaojiu, I'm going out for a while. Stay at home and don't go out."

Xiao Jiu swallowed the bun and asked vaguely, "Will you be back soon?"

Dong Chengling was slightly startled: "I don't know..."

"Then if Sister Ling comes back very late, does Xiaojiu not have to go to school?"

"Um."

Xiao Jiu, who was gulping down hot milk, almost choked on the milk. She coughed a few times, took a deep breath, and looked towards the empty living room before realizing what had just happened.

Oh my God, Sister Ling actually allowed her to skip school!

Did something good happen?

But at this time Dong Chengling had teleported to Ren Suo's house. She sensed and found that Ren Xingmei was not there.

Nancy is not here, and Ren Xingmei is not here either, so the timing is perfect.

Her slender fingers gently slid through the space, establishing a connection with the coordinates three thousand kilometers away. Spiritual energy ignited from her fingertips, condensing her thoughts into a rope of entanglement.

It has been 192 hours and 16 minutes since the last meeting. During this time, Dong Chengling became good friends with Nancy and learned how to make braised bamboo rat, fried egg with minced meat with sauce, and braised beef brisket. The beef brisket fried sauce with noodles won unanimous recognition from everyone...

But when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she would toss and turn and have trouble sleeping. Xiao Jiu wanted to sleep with her yesterday, which was exactly what she wanted.

As long as he held Xiaojiu in his arms, Dong Chengling felt that he had an unbreakable bond with him, and the uneasiness in his heart that was difficult to express to others gradually dissipated.

However, when Dong Chengling was about to pull them back, she suddenly found herself hesitating a little, feeling both excited and frightened.

Clearing his mind of distracting thoughts, Dong Chengling gently disturbed the space and suddenly discovered that the weight of the object being pulled far exceeded that of an adult...

After a blink of an eye, she finally saw the two of them after a long time.

She saw the ragged Ren Suo holding Qiao Muyi in a princess hug with a calm expression. There was a huge hole between Qiao Muyi's chest and abdomen, and she had a calm smile on her face, and she looked like she was asleep.

"Suo, Xiao Qiao..."

Dong Chengling thought of many situations and prepared herself for the worst, such as only Qiao Muyi coming back, or the two of them coming back with a few parts missing, or the two of them coming back in a different form... But she never thought that Ren Suo would be safe and sound, but Qiao Muyi would die!

This is a correct guess based on real intelligence. After all, Qiao Muyi's combat power is far superior to Ren Suo's. If even Qiao Muyi is killed, then Ren Suo's chance of survival will naturally be extremely low unless Ren Suo escapes back first.

But now, Ren Suo did not escape.

And Qiao Muyi has repeatedly kept her promises.

"Didn't we agree... to only investigate and not fight?" Dong Chengling's throat was a little dry and he said with a trembling voice.

Ren Suo recognized this place as his home, so he carefully placed Qiao Muyi on the sofa and replied softly, "I have always treated fate gently, but fate can sometimes be unreasonable."

"What on earth... happened?" Dong Chengling was at a loss. "What did Xiao Qiao do wrong? She has never done anything bad in her life. Why did this happen?"

"Yes, Young Master didn't do anything bad, but her awakening spell was her fatal flaw; the six supernatural organizations didn't do anything bad either, they just followed the clues to hunt down the Demon King who caused the disaster; even the mastermind behind the scenes, Brett, can he really be simply described as a 'bad guy'?" Ren Suo seemed to be answering, but also seemed to be talking to himself: "In the eyes of others, he should be a brave man who sacrificed himself to kill the Demon King. He protected the people with his own actions, and his existence deterred countless criminals. If he succeeds and reaches a higher position, he may promote the course of history..."

"A greedy man dies for wealth, a brave man dies for fame. Each regards the other as a greedy man and himself as a brave man."

He took a deep breath and said, "Everyone is just acting for what they want... and the gears of fate have perfectly guided everything to this point. It's just..."

"This world shouldn't be like this."

Dong Chengling heard something different in Ren Suo's tone. She saw Ren Suo walking towards the bedroom, so she grabbed his hand and asked, "Suo, what are you going to do?"

Ren Suo turned to look at Dong Chengling and smiled: "I'll go get something."

She saw a lot from this look.

Dong Chengling pursed his lips, loosened his hand, and whispered: "Don't do anything wrong..."

"Hmm?" Ren Suo remembered something, picked up the remote control on the coffee table and turned on the TV, saying, "Yes, you were still sleeping just now... Cheng Ling, if you ask who was wrong in this matter, it might be me."

Ren Suo walked into the bedroom and closed the door. Dong Chengling looked at the TV, which was broadcasting international news: "...Federal Watcher Bright was killed at 0:32 this morning in a battle with the internationally wanted criminal 'Qiao Muyi'..."

"…At 1 a.m. today, at 12 noon in New York, all major television stations in New York broadcast the battle footage between the angel Zach and the unknown superhuman 'Demon King'. In the footage, superhumans from many countries were all defeated, and the angel Zach was unable to resist the attack of the Demon King, fighting all the way from the Manzakura Missile Mountains to Tokyo…"

"From the video sent by Fanying, we can see that the devil actually tortured the angel for four hours straight. It's outrageous..."

The battle scene between the devil and the angel appeared on TV. Although the devil had a strange appearance and was carrying a black coffin on his back, Dong Chengling recognized who the devil was at a glance. Just 10 seconds ago, she had seen the devil's eyes under his hideous helmet.

He caused a big disturbance in Tokyo.

He defeated all the Federation superhumans who were pursuing him.

He beat the Federation's strongest supernatural angel Zach for four hours straight.

When Dong Chengling found out that these things that seemed to have nothing to do with Ren Suo were indeed done by him, Dong Chengling seemed to be able to feel Ren Suo's pain.

Dong Chengling suddenly raised his head high, blinked his eyes, let the tears flow down, took a deep breath, and let the grief of losing his friend drown out the envy and jealousy in his heart.

She sat next to Qiao Muyi, grabbed Qiao Muyi's cold hand, and said with red eyes: "This is not the result I want to see..."

"I've actually prepared myself mentally... After all, we've been alone together outside for so many days... Even though you always say that Ren Suo is a pile of cow dung and that I've suffered a great loss..."

"But you and I both know how good Ren Suo is. He will be happy when others are happy and sad when others are sad. He may be lazy at ordinary times, but he will never back down when necessary..."

"I'm ready to lose my relationship counselor, but I'm not ready to surrender..."

"But now...but you...you are too cunning..."

"You actually took advantage of me not paying attention, won a round and ran away... You didn't even give me a chance to win back..."

"How can I win against someone who's already dead?"

The familiar sound of a car appeared again, and the balcony window was hit by a stone.

Dong Chengling only then realized why Nancy didn't stay in bed today: she probably received an order early in the morning to create a teleportation opportunity for Dong Chengling, and now she brought the Countermeasures Bureau and the Yangtze River monks to close the net...

At this time, Ren Suo walked out of the bedroom and squatted in front of Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling.

He changed his tattered clothes and put on a neat and decent long-sleeved suit. He also combed his hair, and his whole person seemed to brighten up.

He suddenly asked Dong Chengling: "Chengling, am I very slow?"

Dong Chengling was slightly startled, then nodded: “Yeah, you can’t even tell that I like you.

"As expected," Ren Suo sighed, "Please forgive me in the future."

The sound of cars outside stopped, and Ren Suo and Dong Chengling both heard the sound of orderly footsteps in the chaos. Countless people were rushing over, just like that morning eight days ago.

Moreover, just like the morning eight days ago, Ren Suo's eyes were still full of confidence and fearlessness, as if he could easily throw out the king bomb four twos.

"What are you going to do?" Dong Chengling asked.

"Well... Cheng Ling, can you sit a little closer?" Ren Suo suddenly said.

Dong Chengling sat a little closer obediently, and Ren Suo squeezed in between them. He looked at Qiao Muyi deeply for a few times, feeling the cold and hot body temperature on the left and right sides of his body, and suddenly laughed out loud: "If the gears are too close, they will become each other's destiny."

Yes, Dong Chengling thought, you have become my destiny, and also her destiny. And will her stagnation also make you stagnate?

At this time, Ren Suo stretched out his hand and let Dong Chengling see the bloody x mark on the back of his hand.

The people outside have already reached Ren Suo's floor.

"I just said that the world shouldn't be like this." Ren Suo pressed the mark with his finger, burning the billions of negative emotions in his body into the purest energy and pouring it into the killing authority.

"So, I can only turn the world upside down."