In the aisle of New York Grand Central Station, Gu Yueyan stopped in dissatisfaction and grabbed Lin Xianyu who wanted to continue walking: "Why did you suddenly pull me away?"
"If I don't take you away, what do you want to do, squad leader?" Lin Xianyu asked back.
"Speak to Qiao Muyi in a nice way!" Gu Yueyan said angrily, "She has been mocking me these past few days. I have tolerated her for a long time. Can't I talk to her and reason with her?"
"But is Sister Qiao a reasonable person?" Lin Xianyu said with a smile: "Class monitor, you can find the key points when taking notes while studying, but you can't find the main contradictions in trivial matters like love."
Gu Yueyan muttered, "It would be great if love was as simple as studying... Then tell me, what is the main contradiction?"
Lin Xianyu persuaded him earnestly: "Class monitor, think carefully, what is the real reason for your dispute with Sister Qiao? Is it because she looks down on you?"
"No, Sister Qiao is the kind of person who looks down on everyone, but she targeted you because you had a conflict in core interests. In other words, except for me, your core interests all conflicted during this trip. After all, there is only one cake, but you want to share it among five people, and even Xiaojiu wants to get some cream."
"But this cake has already been divided among you according to your performance. But you, the monitor, have been performing better and better these past few days. Sister Qiao was the first to notice your threat and suspected that you wanted to get a bigger piece of the cake, so she unconsciously picked on you and suppressed you."
Gu Yueyan leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, turned his head and snorted, his cheeks puffed up and looked super cute, and said: "So I have to make it clear with her, I can't be picked on and not be able to fight back, right?"
Lin Xianyu picked up his SLR and took this precious photo of the squad leader feeling wronged, and said, "Of course you have to fight back, but you are fighting back at the wrong person.
In terms of thick-skinnedness, eloquence, and means, you, squad leader, are far inferior to Sister Qiao.
Isn't there a saying that goes, "When angry, the strong will swing their blades at the stronger, and the weak will vent their anger at the weaker."
Gu Yueyan asked doubtfully, "So I should bravely challenge the Great Demon King Qiao Muyi?"
"No, I mean you should vent your anger on Brother Ren. He's the big punching bag who dares not resist you." Lin Xianyu said seriously, "This matter is obviously none of his business. No matter how willful you are, he will accept it completely."
"When Sister Qiao bullied you, you turned around and bullied Brother Ren. Think about it, this matter is ultimately Brother Ren's fault. If he hadn't refused to treat you as his only princess, why would you have to endure such anger?"
"The most important thing is that your resistance is just a tickle to Sister Qiao, and it will only expose your weakness. But it's different when dealing with Brother Ren. The harder you bully him, the more distressed Sister Qiao will feel. Others will also be dissatisfied with Qiao Muyi who started the fight first, and they will gang up on him!"
"This is the dark art of war, the reason why you should sacrifice your head, young master!"
Gu Yueyan blinked: "Isn't it to besiege Wei to save Zhao?"
"Almost!" Lin Xianyu, full of wisdom, waved his hand and said, "This principle applies at all times. Class monitor, you never cause trouble and always stand on the moral high ground. Of course, you can use the moral stick to hit Brother Ren as hard as you can. As long as others feel sorry for him, they will naturally not dare to provoke you."
Gu Yueyan stammered and whispered, "Then...what should we do? It won't be serious, right?"
Lin Xianyu rolled his eyes and said, "What? You feel sorry for him before we even start?"
Gu Yueyan bit her lip slightly: "Hmm..."
Lin Xianyu: "So, you have forgiven him for the sin of dating several of you at the same time?"
Gu Yueyan was stunned for a moment and shook his head repeatedly: "No."
Lin Xianyu sighed: "This is the price he needs to pay for his mistakes. Why do you feel sorry for him?"
"Squad leader, I won't comment on your relationship, but even if you can really become a harmonious family in the future, you must remember that you have never owed him anything.
The grace of saving a life cannot be equated with love. You are with Brother Ren because of love.
So at this point, he owes you, he made a mistake. And you are wronged because of his mistake, you should use all means to fight for your rights and interests with a sense of righteousness, don't feel guilty, and don't think about him.
Otherwise, if you tolerate him without limits now, he will be able to hurt you without limits in the future. "
Gu Yueyan nodded thoughtfully, and after a while he seemed to have figured it out. He patted Lin Xianyu's shoulder gratefully and said, "Thank you, Xianyu."
“Hehe, we are good sisters.” Lin Xianyu held Gu Yueyan’s arm intimately and said with a smile: “If Xiao Xingxing wants to hire a secretary in the future, you must inform me first!”
"Yeah!" Gu Yueyan nodded heavily and praised: "I didn't expect that although you have never been in love, you can talk about these things so well. It's amazing!"
If it were anyone else, Lin Xianyu would definitely think that the other person was mocking him, but if it was the class monitor... that was real praise.
Gu Yueyan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he asked casually, "Xianyu, don't you plan to have a relationship in college? Don't you have someone you like?"
Seeing Gu Yueyan testing her, Lin Xianyu felt happy as if she saw an elementary school student wanting to be solo with her, so she said with a smile: "Maybe, but I don't plan to fall in love."
Gu Yueyan asked: "Why?"
"I'm timid." Lin Xianyu laughed: "Besides, are games not fun? Are idols hard to chase? Or are variety shows not good to watch? Love is not the first on my life list now."
Gu Yueyan nodded thoughtfully: "Oh... Hey, aren't we going back?"
"I really want to go to the bathroom, please accompany me." Lin Xianyu happily pulled Gu Yueyan to find the bathroom, hiding all his thoughts deep in his mind.
I am a very timid person. I dare not speak clearly about right and wrong for fear of losing friends.
Reiki revival doesn’t dare to work hard to practice, fearing the responsibility;
In times of peace and prosperity, I dare not say I like you, for fear of delaying others.
Although I was lazy, sowed discord, gave advice to the monitor, and watched the show from the sidelines, I knew I was a good girl.
When they returned to the gathering place, they found that only Qiao Muyi, Ren Xingmei, and Xiao Jiu, who was holding a black cat, were there. Lin Xianyu asked curiously, "Where are Teacher Dong and Brother Ren?"
"Elope." Qiao Muyi said lightly.
The two looked at Ren Xingmei, who nodded and spread her hands, saying, "They have already left New York and are hiding in another dark night to be affectionate with each other."
Gu Yueyan frowned slightly: "Did they return home in a hurry?"
There is a 12-hour time difference between New York and Xuanguo. It is noon in New York and night in Xuanguo.
Qiao Muyi stopped joking and said, "Well, it seems that there is a problem with the space experiment at Tianjing Research Institute, and Cheng Ling is needed to go over to save the situation. Xiao Suo... Xiao Suo's reason is that he is a fourth-level healing monk and can treat the wounded. He went with Cheng Ling very enthusiastically."
This reason is very legitimate, but it always feels weird coming from Ren Suo's mouth.
Lin Xianyu raised her eyebrows slightly: "So, Brother Ren and Teacher Dong have temporarily left us. If anything happens to them, we won't be able to intervene in time..."
Everyone was stunned and their faces changed drastically in an instant!
Qiao Muyi gritted her teeth and said, "Why is it Cheng Ling again? It should be my turn this time, right? "
Ren Xingmei sighed, "Why did you abandon me this time? I was with Teacher Dong last time. It's not fair!"
Gu Yueyan was also a little unhappy: "Teacher Dong, twice in a row..."
"It's not fair, Xiaojiu wants to play too!" Xiaojiu shouted, holding up the black cat, and the black cat meowed lazily.
Lin Xianyu was speechless—do these people think they are going on a picnic?
You know, if things go wrong, Brother Ren and Teacher Dong will encounter major events comparable to the Moon Goddess Trial and the invasion of another dimension!
But according to them, when they and Brother Ren experienced these adventures, it seemed that it was really no different from a picnic. They even saw Brother Ren showing his wisdom and courage...
Lin Xianyu asked: "Can't we call them?"
"The Tianjing Research Institute blocks cell phone signals." Qiao Muyi shrugged and said, "There's nothing we can do. We can only wait for them to come back or contact us."
Everyone had different expressions, some were worried, some were dissatisfied.
At this time, Qiao Muyi suddenly came over and touched Gu Yueyan's head. Gu Yueyan immediately took a step back vigilantly and looked at Qiao Muyi nervously.
"Are you serious about taking a step back?" Qiao Muyi smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Xiao Suo scolded me just now, and I thought about it. I did something wrong these days, so I want to apologize to you, Yueyan. Can you forgive me, Yueyan?"
Lin Xianyu raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
Brother Ren dares to scold you?
I might as well believe that the Supreme One did not summon Brother Ren in 1999 because his rank was so high that he had broken through the sky and became an outer-level cultivator who could not be summoned.
Although she knew it a long time ago, Lin Xianyu still couldn't help but sigh: Sister Qiao is the one who is unconditionally tolerant of Brother Ren.
Shit, I really wonder if the breakup between the two of them will cause the solar system to explode...
Gu Yueyan was slightly startled. She met Qiao Muyi's sincere gaze and nodded slightly: "Well, since you said so, then I forgive you."
Qiao Muyi smiled happily, held Gu Yueyan's hand and said, "That's great. If we were to go into a cold war over these little things, the atmosphere would be so awkward."
"after all……"
Qiao Muyi glanced at them, the corners of her mouth curled up, and a hint of teasing appeared in her eyes: "Before Cheng Ling and Xiao Suo come back, we are friends who have to travel together."
Lin Xianyu, Gu Yueyan, Ren Xingmei, Xiaojiu and even the black cat could not help but feel a chill spreading from their spine to their whole body.
It is clearly April, but there is a solemn and deadly atmosphere as if everything is withering.
They suddenly realized that without Dong Chengling and Ren Suo, no one could control Qiao Muyi!
Even if everyone packs up together, it won’t be enough for Qiao Muyi to use just one hand!
"Come on, let's enjoy this ride."
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"The spatial coordinates are offset."
As soon as Ren Suo and Dong Chengling landed, Dong Chengling spoke quickly: "The space earthquake is more serious than I thought. The space coordinates I left behind have shifted. We should still be in the research institute, but we don't know where we are. We must contact the person in charge of the institute as soon as possible..."
As she was talking, Dong Chengling's body suddenly went limp. Ren Suo quickly held her in his arms. Dong Chengling exhaled softly, "I'm still not capable of teleporting across half the world. Normally, I should be able to detect the offset of the spatial coordinates before teleporting."
"You are already the most powerful space cultivator." Ren Suo praised softly, holding Dong Chengling's hand, clasping their fingers tightly, then he looked around, feeling a little confused.
"This is... a research institute?"
They are now in what should be a clothing room or a utility room.
The cold silver-white walls, the bright voice-controlled lights, and the noise that seems to come from far away do have a bit of the flavor of a research institute.
The room is very big, but it also contains a lot of things, such as stepping cloud boots, flowing cloud boots, Wangxian shoes, Lingbo Shicui shoes, Tongtian crown, evil-repelling cloak, cloud pattern armor, winged cloud armor, Xuanwu battle robe, Taiji soft armor...
I don’t know which fantasy game these clothes are made based on, but each piece of clothing not only has a special mannequin base, but also has a name tag and even different matching modes. It’s like a live show.
If it weren't for the fact that these clothes had no spiritual energy at all, Ren Suo would have suspected that they had broken into the treasure house of the Tianjing Research Institute.
In addition to these clothes, there are also some very wonderful things, such as several Asgard Nine-tailed Fox pillows.
Ren Suo suspected that this pillow had an inside and outside pattern, but with Dong Chengling in his arms, he was too embarrassed to pick it up to have a look.
In addition to these, there are many other things, including guitars, bass, harmonica, calligraphy and painting, swords and spears, and even stacks of comic manuscripts.
Ren Suo glanced at the comic and found it was well drawn. It told the story of a young man from the Ren family of the Eastern Han Dynasty who had not awakened his bloodline power and traveled to the 21st century to roam the colorful world.
The plot is very old-fashioned, the dialogues are extremely ignorant, and the whole thing is full of YY. It is a toilet paper cartoon of the standard that can be used to cheat primary school students out of their money.
There are also several display cabinets for figures in the room. The one that appears most frequently is naturally the Nine-Tailed Fox figure. From swimsuits to Post-it notes, from shrine maiden costumes to bandage costumes, from sailor uniforms to Saint Seiya, all kinds of styles are available.
In addition, there are some figures of the Ren family of the Eastern Han Dynasty, including the heads of all generations, and even ordinary disciples of the Ren family who have appeared only a few times...
Is the person using this room a fanatical fan of the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Ren family?
Ren Suo quickly determined that this room should be someone's collection room, because the collections were basically of the same style and were carefully arranged, and the strong hobby was overwhelming.
At this time, Dong Chengling, whose spiritual energy was exhausted, also recovered a little and said, "Suo, let's go out."
There was a door in this room, but Ren Suo knew at a glance that it was not a door that could be opened by conventional means: there was no door handle, and there was a camera on the top edge of the door, probably an iris authentication system.
Dong Chengling took Ren Suo over and looked at the camera. The camera light flashed red, then turned yellow and made a "bi" sound, but the door still opened.
"I have certain authority in the institute. The yellow light means that I am not qualified to come in. However, if the situation is urgent, I can provide additional application materials or get approval from a higher-level supervisor, then there will be no problem."
Dong Chengling breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it's not a highly confidential area with a flashing red light, otherwise we would have to use violence to get out."
Ren Suo looked at the room with some curiosity - this room was a place that even Dong Chengling was not qualified to enter?
"Um?"
A voice suddenly sounded in Ren Suo and Dong Chengling's minds: "What's wrong with you... Oh, it's Level 5 Space Researcher Dong Chengling. You came here to solve the space earthquake accident, but because the space earthquake affected the space coordinates, the teleportation was offset?"
Ren Suo and Dong Chengling immediately looked around and found that there was no one around, and the passage behind the door was also empty!
Both of them were shocked beyond words - they were fourth-level cultivators, but now someone was communicating with them using mental power, and they couldn't even find where the other person was!
Dong Chengling had come here many times before to conduct space research, but he didn't know that there were such powerful cultivators in the institute!
Ren Suo was even more shocked. He didn't expect that his wife's researcher level was higher than his!
He is only a level 4 researcher!
Dong Chengling is actually level 5!
Damn it, the promotion speed of entertainment researchers is indeed slower than that of industry researchers!
"Come along the passage. I have temporarily adjusted your access permissions." The voice sounded again.
The yellow light on the monitor instantly turned green. The two looked at each other, then walked along the corridor hand in hand.
The passage was very short, and after turning the corner, there was another shield door. But after Dong Chengling looked up and passed the iris authentication, the green light opened.
A wide underground space, accompanied by warm light, shone on their retinas.
Just a few minutes ago, Ren Suo was at New York's Grand Central Station, which looked like a castle with a starry sky dome.
And now, he saw a magical palace that was comparable to the wizard's temple in fantasy novels.
The high ceiling reflects the operation of the solar system in real time. Countless asteroids, dwarf planets and planets revolve along invisible tracks. The central sun emits warm light, illuminating the entire palace.
The marble floor is like the surface of a lake, and every step you take will create different ripples depending on the strength of the step.
Thirteen giant LCD screens displayed various data. Scholars in white coats sat in front of the control consoles and argued. In addition to the scholars, there were also acquaintances that Ren Suo knew: Cha Xian'er, You Jian, Mr. Chuan...
The most fantastic and eye-catching thing in the entire space is the huge frozen throne.
Countless pipes extended from the giant wall behind to the ground, forming a pedestal in an extremely ugly, extremely orderly, yet extremely strangely beautiful way, supporting a deep blue frozen throne.
The icy air from the throne extended along the pipe, freezing the giant wall into an ice surface. Seats extended out from the ice surface, and on the ice seats sat familiar game characters from Ren Suo: Asgard Killer (2049), Zhao Zili (2049), Supreme Supreme (1999), Black Coffin Demon King, Dark Fear Time Master, Void Walker, Mr. Dark Moon...
And the most gorgeous one is the gorgeous ice sculpture, the Enchanting Nine-Tailed Fox, which reflects the light of the rainbow all the time.
Ren Suo's first thought was: go back and ask Bai Ji to make one for me.
Sitting on the throne was a young immortal with a sage-like demeanor.
When Ren Suo and Dong Chengling came in, the young immortal's eyes moved away from the nine-tailed fox screensaver on the laptop on his right hand side. He first glanced at Dong Chengling, then looked at Dong Chengling and Ren Suo's clasped hands, and finally looked at Ren Suo.
Ren Suo raised his head and looked at this young immortal who was detached from the mundane world.
The two people's eyes met, and each of them made an accurate subjective and objective judgment of the man in front of them.
Many years later, when people talked about this historic meeting of the century, they often used adjectives such as "mutual sympathy", "hit it off at first sight", and "love at first sight" to infinitely glorify the two protagonists in the meeting.
Countless fan fiction writers (mostly BL) have commented on this meeting: "The gears of fate began to mesh and turn at this moment."
An enthusiastic citizen who did not want to reveal his name came out to refute the rumor:
"At that time, I thought he was just a scumbag who exuded the sour smell of love all the time."
"It turns out that I was right."
Everyone turned to ask another protagonist for his opinion, and Ren Suo, a bystander who requested privacy protection, answered anonymously:
"At that time, I also thought he was just a pretentious person who pretended to be an idiot instead of a pretentious one."
"But I never expected that I would be the one who made him famous as the King of Toughness... As expected, being tough not only depends on personal efforts, but also on the course of history."