Chapter 36: The Guardian
Liu Zhen rented a small house for Su Meng of less than ten square meters, the rural demolition house is divided into more than a dozen, the windows are very small, although the window lattices are new but peeling quickly, the ceiling begins to peel off because of the water leakage upstairs, the house is a decayed and moth-eaten old-fashioned wardrobe, the small square table soaked in oil is covered with a white tablecloth by Su Meng, the small wooden bed of one meter and two is divided into two small pillows, and the small desk with a width of one person has two red and blue books, and the blue one is sandwiched with "William Meister's Learning Era", "Luo Ting", "Queen Maibu", "The Liberated Prometheus" The Moon in Front" and more than a dozen books, except for one "Graziera" in red, the others are "Tao Te Ching", "Jizo Sutra", "Source Theory", "Program Theory" and a thick stack of drawings.
Su Meng made the bed and put the pink pillow in the closet, Wen Cheng went to laugh and hurriedly rushed to the bathroom, Su Meng wrapped the bandage in a towel for him, Wen Cheng avoided the wound and carefully washed it, and found a pair of men's new underwear hanging on the bathroom doorknob, and after changing the underwear, he put his slippers on the quilt. Lying on the pale blue pillow, the world whirled for a while, and sleepiness hit like a tide.
I don't know how long it was, but when I woke up again, I found the black sweatshirt hanging on the hanger under the windowsill, and the girl was rubbing the boy's T-shirt collar with her slender wrist in the bathroom. Wen Cheng looked at the small alarm clock on the desk, the time was eleven o'clock, and lay down again.
I don't know how long it took, Wen Cheng was woken up by a sound of "bang" in the kitchen, and his sleepiness disappeared, he sat up, the small door of the kitchen was broken and couldn't be closed, Wen Cheng found through the crack in the door that Su Meng's school uniform had already been removed, wearing only light blue underwear and a light blue apron with a bare back, and the back of the girl's neck, shoulder blades and waist were like flawless jasper, which made people can't help but wipe every rise and fall on it.
Wen Cheng swallowed his saliva and reached out to cover his sour right shoulder.
Two years ago, the relationship between the two was over, but it didn't take long to restore such a tacit understanding, although the good girl wore old-fashioned glasses, and was not pursued by so many boys in school like Liu Zhen, but she had a different kind of beauty, whether it was the warm little hands or the voice that was about to melt in her ears, and the peerless elegance revealed when she inadvertently took off her glasses, and such a superb scene was only experienced by Wen Cheng.
Wen Cheng got up and came to the desk, the phone had been charged, his charging cable was really inconsistent with Liu, it must have been bought by Su Meng when he bought underwear for him, Wen Cheng smiled slightly, woke up the phone to open the map app, and was suddenly held down by a warm little hand.
"Have a good rest," Su Meng brought a plate of dripping oranges, "just cut."
"I'm much better," Wen Cheng took a slice and found that Su Meng had returned to the kitchen, so he said to her bare back, "Come with me to the committee in the afternoon."
"Do you want to recover quickly with a healing device?" Su Meng softly used a shovel to pluck the vegetables in the pot.
"Hmm," Wen Cheng nodded, "By the way, Liu Zhen is there, is it convenient for you to deliver food?"
"Convenient," Su Meng said, "the Nineteenth Bureau is very close to the committee."
"That's good." Wen Cheng nodded, turned over to admire Su Meng's silhouette, and Su Meng suddenly said, "Ah! That's right." Then he took a blue cup, sprinkled some black tea and brewed it, and brought it to Wen Cheng.
"You drink black tea?" Wen Cheng asked.
"Ryu Jin." Su Meng replied quickly, her gaze returned to the churning pot, and after a while, she smiled again, "Although the black tea is BlackTea, she just likes red."
"Hmm." Wen Cheng took a sip, Su Meng's teacup with Liu Zhen's favorite black tea, he always felt weird. But it's not surprising that the Flame Magician likes red. He walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, and found a bottle of non-icy Coke, which must have been bought for him by Su Meng, but there was still a bottle on the side......
"Red wine?" Wen Cheng asked, "You two girls, drink red wine at night?"
"She drank." Su Meng replied without replying, took out the plate and used a shovel to serve the vegetables.
"What about you, don't you have a hobby?" Wen Cheng leaned against the door of the refrigerator and looked at the girl's thin shoulder blades.
Su Meng shook his head with a smile and shrunk his shoulders.
Wen Cheng took the freshly served dish and brought it to the table, and sat back on the edge of the bed to watch. The kitchen was too small for the two of them to squeeze together, and he temporarily admired the busy figure of the girl.
After Su Meng served the meals one by one, he took out a red lunch box and put it tightly on the back of the box, put it aside, and found that Wen Chengzheng was looking at her attentively, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and sat down beside him and gently touched the blood red on the bandage, "Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Wen Cheng took her hand and stared at the girl.
Su Meng suddenly blushed and was about to get up, Wen Cheng held the girl's hand hard and said, "I'm sorry, I ...... you like that before."
"It's okay, Wen Cheng......" Su Meng said softly, "After all, it was my one-sided ...... at the beginning" tried to withdraw his hand.
Wen Cheng exerted a little harder, the pain suddenly bloomed in his right shoulder, he bared his teeth and took a deep breath, Su Meng softened with self-blame, Wen Cheng exerted himself again, the girl's back was hugged in his arms, Wen Cheng's nose touched the back of her neck, and the girl trembled slightly.
The weight of the girl was supported by her legs, Su Meng was very light, but this level of physical contact made her softened by electricity, and after about a few seconds, the frightened girl stood up on the edge of the bed, facing the boy sideways at a loss, and her hands were on her chest.
The reckless consequences still have to be cleaned up by the boy, and he asks, "Why didn't Yoo Shin buy you clothes?"
"I don't want it, and besides, she has a lot of clothes at home,......" Su Meng replied.
"Her house? Won't Yoo Shin live with you?" Wen Cheng looked at the pink pillow in the closet.
"She doesn't go home much, sometimes she lives here, sometimes she lives at Master's house."
The two girls are crammed into a small bed of 1.2 meters, and they can't say anything...... Su Meng didn't even have pajamas, but in comparison......
"You ...... Something won't happen?"
"Wen Cheng," Su Meng regained his smile and pulled out a chair for him, "She has supported me for ten years, if something happens to her, what do you think I will do?"
Wen Cheng didn't answer, if the inference is correct, the smug red girl is arrogant most of the time, and even a little domineering in front of Su Meng, but when facing herself, except for screaming stupidly, she didn't feel anything full of aggression.
But if Liu Zhen wants to do something to Su Meng, Su Meng must also gladly accept it, it stands to reason that Liu Zhen should be a competitor, and for some reason he has no jealousy at all.
Sitting down at the small dining table, in front of him were fried vegetables, back to the pot meat, stewed eggs and tomato egg soup, Su Meng went to the refrigerator to get Coke, which happened to be the right amount of ice.
"Let's talk about the Guardian, how did Ryu really become the Guardian of the City?"
"Well...... The guardian is chaired by the committee, and the association committee and the government are elected by the three parties," Su Meng pursed her lips, "As for Liu Zhen, because she is the only great magician here, it is her who is the public recommendation, although she didn't want to ...... at first."
"Then why did she accept it again?"
"Because...... I ......," Su Meng said, biting her lip.
"You?"
"Hmm...... Because I was admitted to the 15th middle school, she didn't get in, so the committee took the 15th middle school as a condition......
"That's ......."
"Actually, she used to get good grades!" Su Meng suddenly looked at Wen Cheng, "It's because I've been busy with various cases since I entered junior high school, so I neglected to study."
Wen Cheng was silent, and after eating for a while, he said, "Is there any other way besides public recommendation?"
Whenever I see Liu Zhen's tired eyes and smile, I always feel inexplicably worried, if it's a motive.
"There have been a few times before, when several candidates were evenly matched, and the committee gave them the opportunity to compete on their strength, and the winner could get the title of Guardian."
"Similar to a jousting tournament?"
"That's pretty much it," Su Meng said, "but to be precise, it's not just the magicians themselves, but also the subordinate spirits."
"Why do you even bring Heroic Spirits?" Wen Cheng asked.
"The motives of all parties are different," Su Meng said, "after all, we have a black stele here, and their purpose is to use all means to achieve energy recovery."
"So can I understand that the Heroic Spirit's Spirit Core has a lot of recovery value?"
"Yes, the lives of the magicians are protected by the Magical's covenant, but the Heroic Spirits are different in that their lives are not protected from the day the spirit core crystallizes into human form."
"So," Wen Cheng frowned, "is that why Li He can't be by your side?"
"Well," Su Meng nodded, "That's what Liu Zhen ordered."
"Speaking of Ryu Jin, did you tell me at one point that Ryu Jin was going to leave here after he settled the loop?" Wen Cheng asked while eating.
"Sort of," Su Meng stopped her chopsticks and looked lost, "I want to follow in her father's footsteps and go to a country that belongs to the magician after penetrating the nuclear source."
Wen Cheng put down his chopsticks and listened, Su Meng continued, "The source of the surface there is several times that of here, and technology is also magic-driven, whether it is energy, transportation, communication, or interstellar exploration, it can be achieved with magic, and the identity of the magic envoy is widely recognized, and it is the most respected profession there."
"What about you? Will you follow?"
Su Meng smiled bitterly, stood up and began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, "That's why she wants to save you."
With Su Meng's physique, he will definitely not be able to go, not to mention that it seems that he needs to penetrate the nuclear source, Wen Chengchang sighed, yes, if he has magic qualifications, he must have been able to feel it at the same table for three years, unless he is determined to leave, he will have the intention of entrusting Su Meng to himself.
The beauty at the same table, is it going to leave in the end? I'll never see you again......
Wen Cheng shook his head, compared to the unreachable red girl, the little jasper in front of him was what he needed to care about more.
Although she is a little selfish, if she becomes the guardian of the city, she will have more powerful abilities and resources to protect Su Meng, not only that, but she will also have a more privileged life, which can allow her to wear better clothes and live in a better house, although she has more lofty ideals, but she has to take it step by step, if she can't even take care of the woman in front of her, what qualifications do you have to pursue something higher?
What kind of unattainable thoughts, Wen Cheng smiled at the tablecloth, obviously he hadn't even untied the loop.
"Su Meng," Wen Cheng said, "It's hard for you, I've always believed that I have magical qualifications, especially the bounce basketball in my sophomore year, you nodded desperately to me at that time and said believe me, I will never forget it."
"Huh?" Su Meng looked curious, "Basketball?"
"yes, don't you remember? One of my gym lessons, a basketball flew at me, and I bounced it back before I could reach out and touch it, and you could tell I was magical, right?"
"Oh, that time......" Su Meng covered her mouth and smiled, "That time I saw that you were pitiful and comforted you."
Wen Cheng blinked at a loss, and Su Meng continued, "Actually, Wen Cheng, the first day you transferred to the school, I believed that you could do magic."
"Why?"
"I won't tell you." Su Meng smiled, put on his clothes and picked up the lunch box, "Wen Cheng, you sleep for a while, I'll wait for you at the door of the committee at three o'clock in the afternoon."