Chapter 45 Flirting
Episode 45 Flirting
I made an appointment with Shang Hexing.
The location is at the bird cafe in Anubis.
I want to clarify one thing first.
This is not something I have decided.
This is Shang Hexing asking me if I want to go.
I just feel that I can't refuse someone's invitation like this. Especially for someone like Shang Hexing who doesn't like to talk to NPCs and even goes out of his way to find popular online stores (it only takes about ten seconds, just search it online). If I still refuse, it would seem very impolite of me. Furthermore, this internet-famous store is a small one with few people around, so I shouldn’t be backstabbed in public.
I considered various factors before agreeing.
Even if it's not a bird cafe, I won't refuse it. After all, I am a respectable person who knows how to show some appreciation.
However, the time was not set within a day or two after the phone call. I made an appointment two weeks later because I wanted to go to a bird cafe and I couldn’t just stay there for 5-10 minutes, I had to stay for at least an hour and a half. I have to set aside a lot of time. After looking at my schedule, I think I will be more free in two weeks.
Besides that, I am also thinking about how Fu Lin and Shang Hexing will get along in the next two weeks, how they will push the plot forward, and how they will quickly break away from Anubis. So I don’t want to get involved in their affairs in the short term, so as not to get myself into trouble.
I remember that when Fu Lin was discharged from the hospital, I went to visit him.
Of course, I asked everyone to go together.
I was a little afraid of him, fearing that when I was alone, even the effect of "the light and wind favoring him" would take effect on me. It’s scary to think that I might be more sensitive to light than I thought.
After a group of people surrounded me, I naturally had no chance to speak.
I was just secretly observing him from the side.
Fu Lin cut Shang Hexing's medium-long hair into a very short style, revealing his temples clearly. The entire eyebrow contour also appears much sharper and more capable. Because his temperament is not that aggressive, there is a kind of quiet lethality and restrained danger when the sword is put into the scabbard.
Fu Lin's eyes looked slightly tired. He sat there with his hands folded on his knees, rubbing his eyebrows slightly from time to time, as if he was trying hard to suppress his inner fatigue. It seems that he is not as calm as he appears. There is a hint of suppressed fatigue deep in his eyes, as if he is carrying some heavy burden.
But perhaps he also had to play the role of "Shang Hexing", so Fu Lin spoke very little. He might only talk more when the police bodyguards who are responsible for his safety talk to him.
The reason why there are security personnel is because Fu Lin's situation has been confirmed that "Shanghexing is being targeted by criminals". Before the criminal organization is found, Fu Lin must be protected by the police throughout the process.
It is worth mentioning that there is an acquaintance among the two bodyguards - Jerry.
Jerry had his hair cut and dyed brown, which made him look a little more reliable than expected.
However, he still has the same personality as I remembered. He loves to smile when he looks at people, and his eyes are always sparkling, and it seems that he can't hide anything on his mind. If he didn't tell anyone, no one would know that he had actually been an undercover agent in a certain organization for two years.
I wonder if Jerry is lucky? Or is he really good at pretending?
I actually prefer the former.
Because there were so many people, each person didn't talk to him for long.
Fu Lin didn't say a word about the time I punched him. I'm not sure if this was because of the occasion or if he really didn't remember clearly in his sleep. But if he asked, I would definitely say I don't know.
How could someone as gentle, well-educated and sensible as me be so violent?
If you tell this kind of thing to others, no one will believe it.
At least I don't believe it.
Fu Lin's attitude towards me was not as "fierce" as when I got off the train before. He just nodded and didn't say much. I think that since I had taken care of him overnight while he was in the hospital, I was responding to his emotions. Afterwards, there is no need for us to maintain the emotions too much.
So he nodded and didn't plan to say more.
I just took a look too.
Jerry, on the other hand, was a very enthusiastic person. He repeatedly heated up the atmosphere, so the entire discharge ceremony did not seem too lonely. So, I casually asked, "Where will Shanghexing live in the future?"
Jerry clenched his fist with great force and said, "Of course I live in the safest place."
My first reaction was that it was the lair of a criminal gang.
After all, the most dangerous place is the safest place.
I subconsciously asked, "Where?"
Jerry didn't say it directly, so I didn't take it to heart. After all, the other party has made it clear that he wants to keep it a secret, so I just need to stop at the right time.
Anyway, his security arrangements are not something I need to explore.
When I got home in the evening, I saw that my neighbor's door was half open and there was a pile of cardboard boxes piled up at the door.
This reminds me of the beginning of last summer when a new neighbor moved in and there was also a pile of cardboard boxes in front of the door. It’s just that my neighbor has lived there for almost a year, and I haven’t had the chance to run into him, nor have I heard any noise from inside.
Now when I see these cardboard boxes again, I can’t help but subconsciously think that maybe the new neighbors are moving away.
Before I could even think of taking a look at my neighbor's true face, Jerry had already noticed me through the crack in the door and laughed, "Mr. Li found me."
There was a long blank in my mind, and when I finally spoke I remembered that I needed to breathe.
“…The Central District is indeed quite safe.” I tried to keep my tone calm, “After all, this is the residential area for government officials.”
I grew up here and basically never had any trouble, but this is - I don't quite understand why it's across the street from my house.
Is this a coincidence or intentional?
It's time to really put my plan of buying new pajamas into action.
I just bought my little white pajamas...
Jerry smiled and said, "No, because Mr. Fu lives here, don't you know?"
I, I have absolutely no idea.
"When did you start living here?" How come I don't know?
As Jerry approached the door, he said, "Mr. Fu said he had a place to stay here a year ago, and Mr. Shang said the safest place to stay now is where he can stay with Mr. Fu. This solved our problem at once, because we could never find a suitable safe house."
I don't think Jerry knows that applying for accommodation here requires approval from senior government officials.
We have this house because my parents are the directors of the Forensic Identification Center.
I couldn't help but wonder if Fu Lin's ability to move in was related to some previous arrangements made by Shang Hexing?
Fu Lin himself does not have this connection. The most likely thing is that when Shang Hexing worked under the former mayor last year, the mayor made arrangements for him.
So, when Shang Hexing came to my house, I thought it was my dad who opened the door of the building for him, but it turned out that he did it himself?
I was suddenly shocked by my discovery.
So Shang Hexing lives opposite my house?
I was still wondering how many twists and turns there were when I suddenly met Jerry's smiling eyes. His words, "You must be very happy now that we are neighbors," almost made me lose my composure and break down on the spot.
I have no privacy anymore!
(There are still some)
Anyway, it was deathly quiet over there, as if no one was living there, and no one knew what they were doing.
The comics have continued to be updated weekly during this period, but the updates are all about memories from a year ago, when there were only seven players at the beginning. At that time, everyone was still confused and fearful about Anubis, and a small number of players treated it as a gaming site. However, at that time, Shang Hexing and Fu Lin had no interactions at all, which formed a strange contrast with the current situation.
It does appear in the comics that Shang Hexing moved into his first safe house.
However, the comic scene did not mention the area near my home, but there was a layout similar to the lobby building downstairs from our house.
But none of this has affected my life now.
These two weeks were quite peaceful. Apart from occasionally running into Jerry, I had no other interactions with them.
As time passed, the day arrived when I had agreed with Shang Hexing to go to the bird cafe. I had already prepared myself for the date.
*
Shang Hexing didn't tell me that he wanted to go together, so I went out alone.
So I made my own choice, went out on my own, and was ready to leave an hour before the store opened. I had just been waiting for the elevator at the door when I saw Fu Lin walking out.
I looked at him and saw no one else, "What's wrong?"
"Come out for a walk." Fu Lin said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Lin opened the elevator door and motioned for me to go in. I hesitated, but he blocked the door, his movement obvious.
I could only follow him into the elevator, secretly observing his expression without saying a word.
Before I could observe for a while, Fu Lin's eyes fell on me, he glanced in my direction and said, "Are you going anywhere today?"
It sounded like he would go along.
I couldn't help but want to refuse, but it seemed too self-indulgent, so I thought about it for a while and said honestly: "I'm going to the coffee shop later."
"Can I go with you?" Fu Lin didn't turn around, but just turned his back to me and continued, "I won't cause you any trouble."
"I have an appointment."
Your presence is a big trouble.
This is my subtext.
Fu Lin replied with a name in a calm tone, "Fu Lin?"
Honestly, I think it’s so natural for them to accept their changed identities.
Every time I hear their real names from their mouths, I get scared.
Fu Lin continued, "You never went out with him alone before, aren't you worried that something might go wrong?"
Although this sentence seems simple, there are really too many twists and turns in it.
This Fu Lin is calling me!
First, there is a sense of dissonance between the past and the present, and then a sentence mentions "problems", suggesting that the current "Fu Lin" may have other conspiracies. As soon as I started thinking along this line, was he going to confess his identity?
Can't you focus on getting your identity back as soon as possible?
Do I know that your true identity is so important?
I was complaining in my heart, but I still played dumb and said, "What's the problem?"
Defeat problems with problems.
I said, "I think it's good to be so close to Fu Lin now. He was always very polite before, and I felt very distant, but now that we get along, I feel like he's treating me seriously as a friend."
Fu Lin was silenced by this sentence.
"Also, have you found out about Fu Lin and I's travel plans? Otherwise, how could you think that I went out with Fu Lin?"
According to normal thinking, if he really didn't know who I was traveling with, he wouldn't immediately guess it was Shang Hexing. Because we live next door to each other now, we can choose to go out together.
Soon after I finished speaking, Fu Lin seemed to be prepared. "Just look at his performance. I don't need to investigate."
“…”
Is he brewing potions in the house?
My name was written on the potion bottle, so Fu Lin immediately guessed that Shang Hexing was targeting me.
I asked again, "Then what's your reason for following me? Are you here to find fault with Fu Lin? If that's the case, since you're friends, wouldn't it be better if you didn't make such malicious assumptions about each other?"
I always feel that Fu Lin is just looking for an opportunity to leak information to the outside world, but there is no one outside who can be trusted, so it is better to find Shang Hexing.
At least both of them are players and have the same goal.
First, finish this story progress bar, and then how the two people get the first place is their own business.
The elevator quickly reached the ground floor.
I stepped out of the elevator door before him, and turned back to Fu Lin and said kindly: "You are also in a dangerous period now, so it is better not to go out easily. Don't let everyone worry about you."
However, eight minutes later, Fu Lin came to my side and took the train with me.
I have never been a person with a very tough attitude. If the other party is tougher and more determined than me, I usually have no choice.
I also sat in the same row with Fu Lin smoothly.
I sat by the window. He didn't argue. After a while, he whispered, "Li Zhi..."
The voice was a little low, and sounded a little introspective.
I thought he misunderstood that I was angry. Just as I was about to speak, I felt my calf touching a smooth shoe surface. I looked down and saw Fu Lin lifting my trouser leg with the tip of his shoe. I immediately noticed the dark tattoo on my ankle.
His eyes were already on my ankles.
The movements were gentle and hesitant, as if he was unsure whether to continue observing. After all, considering Fu Lin's character, his behavior was a bit presumptuous.
…
But my mind is still full of thoughts, I hid it so deeply. I haven’t worn shorts since I got my tattoo in college!
The inquiry in Fu Lin's eyes was not concealed, and his voice was slightly low, with a hint of subtle curiosity. He asked, "Did you have tattoos before?" His voice was a little subtle.
Countless people instantly popped up in my mind blaming me for "how could you do this", but if I panicked, I would easily be caught. So, I suppressed my panic and said calmly, "I've always had it. What's the problem?"
Fu Lin was stunned by my self-righteous attitude, but his eyes were still fixed on the tattoo on my ankle. There was no fluctuation in his eyes, but they revealed a cold and profound meaning.
He didn't answer immediately, but smiled softly, his voice was as low as if squeezed from his throat: "Curiosity." His smile was not warm, but made people feel a little chilly, "What does this tattoo mean?"
"This is a pattern I drew myself. It doesn't mean anything."
This is a wing tattoo I designed myself, with reference to owl wings. The lines are more rounded, unlike the common "V" shaped angel wings with layered feathers on the market.
"Isn't there anywhere else?"
As soon as Fu Lin finished speaking, he put the question aside and quickly asked, "Have you heard of a man named Li Mali?"
My throat suddenly went dry.
What are you doing!
Why are you telling me this...
Is it just because this person’s surname is Li? Didn’t I change my name on purpose later?
Does Fu Lin have a grudge against this person?
Before I could respond, the train approaching station signal sounded and we had arrived at the station.
At the same time, my phone vibrated in my pocket.
Another notification of comic update.
I don't know why, but I always have a bad feeling.
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