Chapter 18: A Selfish Man, Inner Monologues
Jiang Cheng didn't do anything that night.
He simply cleaned up the ground, spread the futon, and then went to take a shower and brush his teeth, and didn't go to see Xiang Li's hand-copying method that he was very interested in, so he slept quietly.
After turning off the lights, after a long time, Jiang Cheng didn't fall asleep, his eyes were open and he looked at the darkness, only the computer's mouse was lit up with a faint cold light, the router flashed and flashed, and Xiang Li's steady and long breathing could be heard in his ears, this sword fairy girl with an excellent work and rest routine should have fallen asleep.
He had just put the suspected bugging device back in place, and everything was back in place.
Jiang Cheng's mood and emotions are now chaotic and complicated, not only the uneasiness of offending the second ancestor Sun Yuntao again, but also the pleasure of beating the intruder after cultivating Xiang Li's mental method, as well as the doubt and vigilance of discovering that someone in the house seems to have been installed with a bug.
He gathered his thoughts and tried to calm his mind.
According to Xiang Ya, he has now broken through the first realm of cultivation - stunning. Since it is the entry realm, this should be just a small start, although he may be really talented and get started very quickly, but originally he didn't notice any difference, but after a vicious fight, he realized that there was already an extra power in his body that he didn't have before, maybe it was the true yuan that Xiang Ya said.
Without continuing his cultivation, Jiang Cheng didn't know how to control this faint True Yuan now, and he couldn't even find where this mysterious power was hiding in his body. But just now, when he was beaten, just like he would secrete adrenaline when he encountered danger, this force didn't need to be deliberately searched, it came uninvited, and it began to heat somewhere in the lower abdomen, and then flowed to the whole body, where the warm current passed, the pain gradually weakened, the strength increased, and on the whole, even the reaction speed was accelerated, and even the illusion of time slowing down, presumably because of the increased speed of his nerve reflexes, which caused time to slow down in his perception.
This is of course good news, which is enough to make Jiang Cheng excited.
This is more than a grade stronger than his fitness or martial arts training in this world, this is the real cultivation method, he can hardly imagine how much his body functions will change if he continues to cultivate like this for a long time, will he no longer have to worry about anyone, anything, will cause harm to him?
He is a child who has not been able to fight since he was a child, and his underdeveloped limbs directly contribute to his mouth cannon skills, as well as the idea of protecting himself when he encounters some, and most passers-by, he never dares to make a move when he sees injustice, and the thief steals blatantly, but he doesn't even dare to cough when he passes by, because he knows too well the sinister nature of the world, the earth's seven billion people, one less of his painless and painless, a utility knife can make his fragile existence pass away, and once seriously injured and rescued, it will drag his entire family into a place of no return, so not to mention righteousness and bravery, even when he encounters someone humiliating and blowing, he can only respect the rules of society, or use the rules to find a way to fight back around the bend, or swallow this breath and say to himself that a good man does not suffer immediate losses, and it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years.
Jiang Cheng doesn't read those novels that are often against the sky, and he doesn't watch hot-blooded anime, he doesn't want to be torn apart by reality after igniting a lonely heart.
He knows very well in his heart that in this city with clear hierarchies, he is an ant at the low end of the food chain, he can live by swallowing his anger, and he can struggle to move forward only by kneeling, whether it is selling a house or officiating at a wedding, it is essentially a service industry, he picks up his image, suits and leather shoes, looks like a dog, in fact, he is just to better serve others, in exchange for a livelihood.
The so-called mortals are to bow their heads, bend their waists, and kneel forward, like a flat boat in the vast ocean......
Can't stand a little wind and waves.
But I don't know if it was that little unwillingness in his heart that made him violate his rules of self-preservation and take in Xiang Li, so that the trajectory of his life changed slightly, but irreversibly.
So......
He felt a joy he had never felt before!
Every punch is like using the angry breath he has been holding for more than 20 years!
Every punch seemed to hit Sun Yuntao's disgusting face!
But he also felt unreal.
There are also the aftermath that come with it.
He thought of the information from the person in charge of Peng Yu's wedding that the list was canceled.
There was a female planner who had a good relationship with him at the wedding, and the planner told him that Mr. Fei Hedong had a very high status in the wedding circle and should not offend him casually.
Mr. Fei just made a phone call, and his list was canceled, because the person in charge of the wedding weighed the pros and cons and did not want to offend the gods of the wedding industry.
The wedding party told the client that the master of ceremonies had made a mistake, and his schedule was full and he could change it.
And the wedding does not need to have any explanation with him, and there is no emcee who will ask the customer, the general emcee will automatically understand, it must be that the customer is not satisfied, after all, even if the meeting and conversation are good, it is normal for the customer to turn his face and not recognize the person.
Whether facing clients or weddings, he is a vulnerable group and does not have the dignity he thinks he deserves.
If he messes with any party for a little grievance, whether it is a wedding, a client, or Fei Hedong, they can do it so that he can no longer mix in this small circle, and he can't receive a single list.
Circles, barriers, light and dark rules.
This is the world we live in.
These facts made Jiang Cheng's heart very cold, and he calmed down and analyzed what he was going to do next.
Six people broke into his house, he didn't plan to call the police, not only because he beat those six people into pigs' heads, but also because the matter was laid out in the open, and he would only be made worse by the network behind Sun Yuntao's family.
Jiang Cheng knew Sun Yuntao's sick psychology and would definitely not let him go, but he felt that he should have the ability to protect himself now, and if someone came next time, he would fight again, but the bottom line was not to make a big fuss.
As for the discovery of something suspected of being a bugging device at home, his first reaction was, of course, Sun Yuntao, but he immediately ruled out this idea, Sun Yuntao had no reason to do such a troublesome thing.
He immediately thought of two mysterious people who came to the store to check him out.
Who are they, and what do they want?
Jiang Cheng has always lived carefully, he doesn't do bad things, he is not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, if he is secretly investigated, he can only think of one possibility.
Xiang Li.
This black account.
This traverser.
Jiang Cheng kept his eyes open in the dark, and slowly got used to it, and he could vaguely see some of the furnishings in the room.
He turned his head to look at the bed.
Xiang Li is sleeping in a nightdress, her sleeping position is not as cold as her character, at this time she is holding the quilt sideways, a white thigh resting on the quilt, and the skirt of the nightdress has slipped to the root of the thigh.
Jiang Cheng just looked at her quietly, without the slightest evil thought, because he was thinking about a very cold question.
If the person who wants to investigate her is the police?
If they want to take Xiang Ya away from him, he can't do anything, is he unable to do anything.
Will they take her for experiments? Will they connect the electrodes, will they disembowel, or will they be imprisoned in some dark place for the rest of their lives?
Although Xiang Ya looks very good now, she can't actually use Zhenyuan, if she is really surrounded by armed police with loaded guns, how can she escape......
No matter how strong she is, she can't be stronger than the murderous weapon that this world has developed for thousands of years.
Jiang Cheng sighed, the faint sigh seemed particularly empty and powerless in the darkness, and after he figured out the situation he might face, he realized that he couldn't actually do anything, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Then don't do anything...... If they're listening, go ahead and wait for the final outcome. After all, he is just a common man, life has given him a little adventure, there is a little surprise in life, be happy, and there will be no change after that.
And no matter whether Xiang Ya was taken away in the end or not, he got a cultivation technique from another world, which was perhaps the most precious windfall in his life.
Jiang Cheng understood that he had given up on Xiang Ya in his heart, and then felt disgusted with his incompetence and cold-bloodedness.
Suddenly, he heard Xiang Ya on the bed as if he was muttering something.
The voice was very slight, and the bite was not clear, Jiang Cheng listened curiously, but even though it was not far away, he still couldn't hear clearly as he lay there.
Somehow, Jiang Cheng was really curious, he got up lightly, and then slowly approached Xiang Li's bed.
Xiang Ya suddenly turned over, and Jiang Cheng was so frightened that he almost didn't hide under the bed.
After a while, seeing that there was no movement, Xiang Ya was still muttering something in his mouth, Jiang Cheng slowly raised his head, and just happened to see Xiang Li's sleeping side face.
When she was sleeping, her eyebrows, which were usually too cold and sharp, softened a lot, her thick long eyelashes trembled and trembled, and her two thin pink lips opened slightly, revealing white teeth, looking defenseless.
Jiang Cheng finally resisted the urge to kiss him.
He heard what Xiang Li said in his dream, vaguely: "Don't come...... Stay back...... Senior Brother Zhang...... Come on...... Sword Formation...... Can't ...... No...... Don't ......"
Xiang Li's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and his breathing was a little short: "Don't sleep...... Don't die...... Master...... Coexist and Die ......"
muttering and muttering, a teardrop seeped out of the corner of her eye, Jiang Cheng suddenly felt unspeakable, knowing that she was dreaming of something before the crossing, he wanted to wipe away Xiang Li's tears with his hands, but he was afraid of waking her up, so he could only take a tissue and gently dip the tears away without touching her cheeks.
After muttering for a while, her brow slowly relaxed, and her breathing gradually stabilized.
Jiang Cheng put down the tissue, sighed, and turned around to go back to the bed to sleep, and then he heard Xiang Ya behind him shouting his name.
"Jiang Cheng ......"
His body shook, and he suddenly turned around, but saw that Xiang Ya was still asleep, his mouth moved slightly, and he shouted again: "Jiang Cheng......"
He half-knelt on the ground and looked at Xiang Ya quietly.
I only heard her say: "Don't be afraid of ......"
Jiang Cheng felt as if his heart had been grabbed.
The corners of Xiang Li's mouth moved, as if she was laughing, and as if she was disgusted, she whispered, "Master will...... Cover your ......" After saying that, she turned over again and stopped talking in her sleep.
Jiang Cheng's nose was sour, his heart was mixed, looking at Xiang Li's back as he slept quietly, thinking about what he was thinking just now, thinking about what might happen if she was discovered by the world and taken away by the government, he couldn't forgive himself for actually thinking about being alone.
He half-knelt beside the bed, clenched his fists silently, and said to himself in his heart.
Jiang Cheng...... Just this once...... Don't live just for yourself anymore...... Don't be so selfish anymore...... She's not just a passerby......
Think of a way......
Protect her!