Chapter 41 Chapter 41 White Moonlight Myth
The noisy voices and sweet and delicate voices became the background sound. One by one, the guides passed in front of Ares. They glanced at him, passed him by, regarded him as a background board, and walked forward.
The security guards stared at him as if he were a thief, probably because the collar around his neck had a flashing red warning light.
Until everyone left.
The door opened, and the familiar sound of footsteps, with a frequency and heaviness of steps, came closer and closer. The woman crossed the corridor and came to the corner. First her trouser legs were exposed, and then her upper body. She had her hair tied in a bun today, and her collarbone was prominent when she turned her head.
Ares looked up, about to speak, but she glanced at the person opposite her. As if they were familiar, she smiled and waved, "Karl."
Then she took off the chain bag in her hand and handed it to him. The two of them stood side by side, waiting in front of the elevator. The guy's body blocked her view, so she didn't look in that direction.
"Guide Xu Shanshan."
Hearing someone shouting, she leaned over to look sideways and saw a man wearing a silk shirt with a pointed collar and loose buttons. His chest made the front of the shirt bulge out. He was pure and simple, with an innocent demeanor.
She found herself thinking of something wrong when she looked at him, such as the scene under his clothes, twisting his waist against the light by the window, the ravines between his well-defined muscles, and the smooth lines.
What was he doing here? Because of how they had met, she always felt that their relationship was not something that could be made public, especially now.
She deliberately distanced herself from him, and no matter how she tried to cover it up and find excuses, her desire to get rid of him became increasingly difficult to conceal.
She knew that if she was interested, they would not refuse her, and Ares even begged her several times.
In fact, there is no risk of public opinion. In this world, she just can't get over it in her heart.
The relationship between the sentinels and the guides is not equal. Can this kind of feeling be considered love? Or is it that they are begging for mercy and currying favor with her because she has the resources they need to survive?
She couldn't figure it out, nor was she sure about being a sea king. How could people not have preferences? Even if there were two pens, there would be one that they liked better.
People who are free and easy don’t have this worry. Even if there is only □□, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, he is pursuing it. When others see him, they will only say that he is trying to climb above his station. If he is dumped, it means he is not attractive.
Xu Shanshan turned her head away. Her mind was still tainted with thoughts from the previous world, both modern and pre-modern, which she could not quickly change. She always wanted to set things right.
Right and wrong were reversed. This world encouraged her to do the very things that the previous world despised.
She still couldn't make up her mind, but she didn't expect the man to come to her.
Ares approached, and the three of them entered the elevator together. The number of floors on the display screen kept decreasing.
Carl: "Did your afternoon go well?"
Xu Shanshan stretched upwards and muttered, "Not bad."
The sentry who visited this afternoon was a snapping turtle in spirit form. What she was thinking at the time was: These Sauropods are relying on her, right?
I have seen all kinds of birds, crocodiles, snakes, lizards, and turtles. Except for the birds, which have a high body temperature and feel warm when I hold them, like a hot water bottle, the others are all lower than human body temperature.
The bite force of the alligator snapping turtle is also very terrifying. It moves slowly and does not make much noise. When you touch its shell, it will scratch it away if it feels itchy, and it will not open its mouth the whole time.
While being groomed, it got a little emotional and bit the table leg, making a noise. The decorations on the table slid all the way to the ground along with the tilted table top, making a clanging sound.
The sentry woke up afterwards and quickly apologized to her and offered compensation. Actually, if this had been reported, someone would have come to fix it, but it was said to be compensation for her mental damage.
The person assigned to her now by the system seems to have a more serious pollution situation. It may be a promotion and transformation for her as a preventive measure.
The elevator opened and closed, passing by the cafeteria and the floor where the team was, but Ares did not leave, as if he was following the two people.
The three passed the checkpoint and waited for a car on the roadside.
Carl: "Why is Captain Ares following us?"
Ares glared at the man, groaned from his throat, and said to her: "I want to talk to you."
The front of the car turned closer, and the number on the top was exactly what she was waiting for. Xu Shanshan looked at the computer. Since there was still time, she might as well make things clear to him.
"Karl, let him take me there today, and you go run an errand for me..."
She sent Carl away, leaving only the two of them. The train stopped and they boarded one after another. When they arrived at the station, they got off and took the elevator directly to the nearby block.
The two walked into a restaurant, and he probably hadn't eaten yet.
After ordering, the drinks were brought to the table first. The two of them sat on either side. She leaned her elbows on the table, holding the back of her neck, not knowing how to start the conversation.
The man pushed the gift box towards her, the packaging was flashy, but she didn't take it. She picked up the cold drink and sipped the sour plum juice. She squinted her eyes because of the coldness. She drank too much at once.
"My cup is hot."
The man raised another hot drink, but she shook her head and refused. "One cup is enough."
He smiled vaguely, but it was a forced smile, "I recently picked a support team, and I heard that someone was going to die in the cave."
Her thoughts drifted, not sure if he was referring to Bruno. "I think it should be fine."
"What would happen to you if he died? Would you remember him for the rest of your life?"
Xu Shanshan frowned and looked up. The person he was talking about should be Bruno, otherwise he wouldn't be talking about this.
However, these people would die at any time, so she put the glass back on the table unhappily, "No, I have a bad memory and I will forget it the next day."
The man lowered his eyes in disappointment, but soon became cheerful again, "Then I must live well." The worst that could happen is to outlive them all, and if that doesn't work, he can just create some accident.
"That's right."
Seeing that he was being led back to the right path, Xu Shanshan nodded with satisfaction. Only when you are alive can you have a future.
Ares: "I've heard that some people love someone so much that after they die, they spend their entire lives searching for a replacement."
This reminded her of a certain costume TV series. She felt that this was unfair to everyone and muttered to herself, "It's a bit scumbag."
"You also know this person."
Her eyes widened in disbelief, her gossip burning. "Who is it?"
But the answer given by Ares was beyond her expectations. She thought it was a sentinel, but it turned out to be her teacher, Sister Xue Rou.
She still remembered the pangolin sentry, who was repressed and submissive, and seemed to be in a lower position in the relationship. She thought it was because of the sister-brother relationship, but she didn't expect that there was something even more exciting.
"She's not from the White Tower. She originally fled here with a Sentinel and was seriously injured. When she first arrived, she hadn't awakened yet and was just an ordinary person."
Ares gestured at the tabletop, "About this height. They used to be neighbors, childhood sweethearts who grew up together. They've been inseparable since coming to the White Tower."
"Then what?"
Even though she asked this, the answer emerged in her mind. Sister Xue Rou's surroundings had changed. They were all young people, and there were no people of the same age.
"He died, while on a mission, not long after she became a guide."
Back then, they were childhood sweethearts, and he had protected her as she made her way through a dangerous, contaminated area and into a new place. But now, only memories remained. Perhaps after so many years, even his face had become blurred.
Fate plays tricks on us, and it's hard to judge anything.
Xu Shanshan: "How do you know?"
"It's no secret."
In Xu Shanshan's heart, how could this not be a secret?
But how could this be a secret?
The favoritism is so obvious that even if the person involved doesn’t know, wouldn’t the opponent be unaware of it?
At the time, the man's death caused a sensation, and it was because of him that Bai Ta gained a deeper understanding of the contaminated area.
Sister Xue Rou was a very nice and charming person, but she felt that the sentinel was too humble, worshipping the other as a god and acting as a devout believer.
She must have lost her mind. There were only ice cubes left in the glass, which was placed on the table. The dishes were served. She stared at the arrangement on the plate and suddenly realized that she seemed to have gone off topic. What was she going to say?
Yes, she wanted to say goodbye to him.
Xu Shanshan raised her eyes, met the man's deep gaze, and heard him say: "You can consider me."
"I can change it to whatever you like."
She couldn't respond, so she just kept shaking her head, "I can't."
"……Why?"
Xu Shanshan: "I have left a spiritual imprint on him. He needs me, and I must be responsible for him."
"He's not as fragile as you think."
She asked back, "What about you?"
"You mean you need me more than he does, right?"
The man admitted defeat and nodded in response. He wasn't a very moral person anyway. "Don't you want me?"
Xu Shanshan was choked by his straightforwardness. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want, in public.
“…I don’t need it.”
"Okay." He understood.
Ares cast her gaze into the distance and found a pair of shoe tips on the street corner. She crossed her hands thoughtfully. It seemed that her sentinel was not as generous and obedient as she appeared.
The two of them dined in silence until the meal was over. Xu Shanshan then discovered that something was missing from his shoulder. His spiritual form, the lion made of mist, was replaced by a collar that flashed red light.
"Your pollution situation is not very good. Do you need to be relieved?"
Ares' hands tightened under the table. The black lion screamed in his head, but he chose to ignore it. "Will you?"
This didn't seem right, so she looked up and noticed the black lines on his neck. She frowned, stood up, leaned over, and pulled open the man's collar. It felt like it was printed on his skin, where it wasn't there before.
As she approached, Ares also cooperated by sitting forward, tilting his head back, glancing to the side, then quickly turning back to the person in front of him, letting her look at him. The two of them were dislocated, and from a distance, they looked very close.
"I have no objection. This is my job."
At the end of the meal, Ares sent her back to the training camp. After everyone was completely gone, he released the Black Lion who had been holding back for a long time.
It was obviously dissatisfied and didn't want to hang on him anymore. He was not sick, but had advanced.
In the garden by the roadside, the wind blew the flower buds, and a man slowly walked out from behind. Ares turned around, not surprised at all. When the branches rushed towards him, he was ready to fight.
Before handing in the laptop, Xu Shanshan sent a message to Karl, asking him not to worry, but there was no response. Perhaps he had other things to do, so she didn't wait any longer and handed the thing over.
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