Ch. 169 - An Opportunity
The piercing sound of the fire engine's siren, the fire hydrants with water, and the raindrops that suddenly fell from the sky.
The right time, the right place, and the right people. The flames were quickly extinguished.
Lu Xing stood calmly on the steps, staring at the old apartment building opposite, with its rolling black smoke and noisy crowd.
He suddenly felt his soul being pulled out, coldly drifting in mid-air, looking down at this quickly remedied fire.
Plop.
A drop of rain landed on Lu Xing's cheek. The cold touch brought him back to the human world.
Lu Xing looked up.
The black clouds pressed down on the sky, and the raindrops fell in a drizzle.
Lu Xing touched his cheek. The wet touch made him almost want to laugh out loud with sarcasm.
"Why are you only raining now?"
There is no one in this world who will not have their defenses broken, it's just that they have not reached their point of sadness.
Lu Xing could see the breaking points of all his clients and carefully avoided them.
Then he could also see his own breaking point.
It's now.
Lu Xing had always been bothered by that fire.
Why didn't it rain a few years ago?
If it had rained that night, would the orphanage not have burned down so quickly?
If the orphanage had not been destroyed, then would he not have been forced to this point?
Looking at the sky, where the light rain was turning into a heavy downpour, an immense sense of absurdity appeared in Lu Xing's heart.
'On what grounds?'
On what grounds were they okay?
But when he saw the anxious people returning to the apartment and celebrating because there were no casualties...
Lu Xing felt that he couldn't think like this.
He himself was unfortunate. Why should he add his pain to others?
This is too despicable.
"Junior brother."
A clear and sweet voice pulled Lu Xing back from his thoughts.
He came back to his senses.
From the moment they discovered the possible fire, the senior sister had directly rushed into the old apartment building and carried out an elderly female professor who lived on the second floor.
It turned out that the senior sister's words last time, that she could carry him, were not a boast.
And now.
The senior sister was standing on the steps below, with a few black marks on her face. A small, soot-blackened, pitiful cat was tucked under her arm.
From beginning to end, Lu Xing had stood here, watching coldly from the sidelines.
So.
What would the senior sister say? Would she blame him for not helping? Or would she look at him with disappointed eyes?
Lu Xing stood on the steps above, silently watching the senior sister walk up step by step.
"Junior brother."
Liu Qingqing put the cat in her hand back on the ground. She carefully walked up the steps, observing Lu Xing's expression.
An unprecedented sense of fate descended on her shoulders. She suddenly had a feeling that this was an opportunity sent by heaven.
This was her one and only chance to get close to Lu Xing.
The opportunity was fleeting.
And so, Liu Qingqing subconsciously said the most advantageous words for herself.
She said.
"Junior brother, your hand is trembling."
"Don't be afraid. I will protect you!"
She held Lu Xing's hand.
The Star Chasing Guide : Appear when the other person needs you the most.
Not everyone can make the right decision in a matter of seconds.
But at this moment, in the choice of fate, Liu Qingqing was pleasantly surprised to find that she had chosen correctly.
Because Lu Xing squeezed her hand back.
An immense joy instantly filled Liu Qingqing's heart. She had originally thought she would have to fight a long battle with Lu Xing.
Because from the time she met him, Lu Xing had always been business-like and never willing to get a step closer to her.
But now.
Lu Xing's hand was firmly holding hers.
Liu Qingqing thought, she had really pried open a small corner of Lu Xing's hard heart.
"My hands are dirty. I've gotten you dirty too. Shall we go back inside and wash our hands?"
Liu Qingqing held Lu Xing's hand and gently shook it like a little girl.
Meow~~~
The little cat that Liu Qingqing had saved ran to Lu Xing's feet and rubbed against his shoes.
Liu Qingqing couldn't figure out Lu Xing's preferences, so she asked.
"Junior brother, do you like cats?"
"No."
Meow~~~
The cat, as if it could understand human words, took two steps back in disappointment and then lay on the ground, listless.
Liu Qingqing glanced at the cat and nodded.
"I don't like them either."
The two of them returned to Liu Qingqing's apartment. This time, Lu Xing saw the door number clearly—301.
Back in the house again, Liu Qingqing could clearly feel that the atmosphere between her and Lu Xing had changed.
An indescribable, subtle feeling lingered around the two of them.
While Liu Qingqing was washing her face and hands in the bathroom, she couldn't hide the happiness in her heart.
'Hehe.'
Lu Xing, you really do teach some things.
She hadn't expected that this Star Chasing Guide would also be effective on Lu Xing himself!
Good!
A conscientious merchant!
After she successfully pursued Lu Xing, she would definitely give him a big matchmaker's red envelope.
Liu Qingqing didn't believe that no one would pursue Lu Xing.
But I'm so sorry, all you love rivals. She has successfully found the cheat code and delivered a fatal blow.
There's no helping it. There is no fairness in love.
Liu Qingqing understood that everyone has something that triggers a stress reaction. The fact that Lu Xing was afraid of fire didn't mean he was imperfect, it just meant he was still human.
Not having anything to be afraid of is a true disregard for life.
"Junior brother, if you're thirsty, there are drinks and mineral water in the refrigerator."
Liu Qingqing didn't hear any movement from the living room. Afraid that Lu Xing had secretly left, she called out to test the waters.
"Okay."
Yay!
Lu Xing didn't leave!
Liu Qingqing stared at the dimples that appeared at the corners of her mouth from her happiness in the mirror.
Star Chasing Guide, a great success (???????)!
On the other side.
Lu Xing opened the refrigerator and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In the refrigerator, besides a few bottles of mineral water and Coke, the rest were all bottles and bottles of pineapple juice.
Uh.
Does the senior sister like to eat pineapple?
Lu Xing didn't eat pineapple much. He always felt that it was the pineapple that was eating him. If he ate too much, his mouth would hurt. It's much better to have it juiced.
Liu Qingqing came out and saw the pineapple juice Lu Xing was drinking. She choked and started coughing.
Cough, cough, cough!
No!
Junior brother! That pineapple juice is not for you to drink!
Liu Qingqing's expression control almost lost it.
God knows this was a little trick that her junior from the student council had told her.
She said that drinking pineapple juice could make you sweeter(?).
Although she didn't know if it was true or not, she still had it prepared.
"What's wrong?"
Lu Xing looked at Liu Qingqing with confusion, thinking that he hadn't done anything.
Liu Qingqing shook her head, sat on the sofa opposite Lu Xing with her legs crossed, held a Hatsune Miku pillow, propped up her chin, and asked.
"Junior brother, you scared me to death just now. I thought you had asthma."
"No." Lu Xing smiled. "I've experienced a fire before. I hate fire."
Liu Qingqing thought for a moment and blinked her eyes.
"So now, are you, are you sharing a secret with me?"
Lu Xing nodded. "That's right. After all, I also know your secret."
Lu Xing's gaze was so frank that Liu Qingqing, who was being teased instead of teasing, blushed.
She knew all too well what Lu Xing was talking about.
It was just those little things of hers.
So annoying!
Liu Qingqing asked in a soft and cute way, "Then will you come again tomorrow? I still have many characters I want to cosplay."
Lying. She would never wear such revealing clothes to a comic-con.
Lu Xing thought for a moment, then still nodded.
He looked deeply at Liu Qingqing's soft and sweet face. He knew what she was doing.
...
Under Liu Qingqing's strong persuasion, Lu Xing still took an umbrella and left.
After Liu Qingqing went upstairs, Lu Xing, holding a ham sausage in his hand, went around the wall and finally found the cat.
Lu Xing looked at the drenched little cat and said.
"I was wondering why you were so black. So you were a little black cat to begin with."
Black cats are an ominous sign in traditional culture. It's normal for them not to be liked.
Staring at the little black cat eating the ham sausage, Lu Xing squatted on the ground and let out a deep sigh.
The old apartment building opposite was still being attended to by people doing cleanup work.
He really had his defenses broken today.
The senior sister was right. He was trembling because he had a stress reaction.
When a person walks in the dark night, they will either reach the end and start to self-destruct, or they will grab a faint ray of light.
Even a proud and indifferent person like Song Junzhu did this.
Let alone him.
It could be said...
Ever since his money was saved up, his whole person had fallen into a service burnout period.
Lu Xing couldn't help but think, what would a free life be like in the future?
Could he still like others?
Could he still live a normal person's life?
"Senior sister."
Lu Xing stroked the cat's head and said in a low voice.
"Can I find the ability to love again in you?"
One person cannot act out a love story.
All the little tricks have room to play, only because the another person is indulging them.
...
Upstairs.
Liu Qingqing squatted by the window with a strong sense of theft.
She sneakily took out a pair of binoculars.
When she saw Lu Xing feeding the cat, Liu Qingqing showed a harmless smile and said dotingly.
"A child who says one thing and means another."
...
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