"Is it really you?!"

Li Yuanjun looked to be at least forty years old, he was dressed in gray, tied an apron, with a beer belly that had already been revealed, and a white rag in his hand, and rushed over quickly.

"Boy Chen... You, I'm not mistaken, right? ”

He looked Chen Sheng up and down, with a touch of shock and incredulity in his eyes.

It's like seeing something rare that can't be seen.

“... Squad Leader Li, it's me. ”

When Chen Sheng saw the other party's appearance, his heart moved, obviously he already had a conjecture.

"No... Impossible. ”

Li Yuanjun swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and the incredulity on his face did not recede for a long time.

"Didn't you disappear in the flickering event? So where did you go? ”

He shook off the rag in his hand and grabbed Chen Sheng's shoulders.

"Blink events?"

A hint of discoloration flashed in Chen Sheng's eyes.

"That's right, even half of the world has disappeared, you, and Yang Qi, what the hell is going on?"

There was a faint hint of excitement on Li Yuanjun's face.

"It's been more than three months, where have you gone?"

"Half of the world's people have disappeared?"

Chen Sheng's brain buzzed, and he was stunned on the spot.

His heart, which had been a little relaxed, instantly lifted up again.

"Tell me, how did you get back?"

Li Yuanjun grabbed Chen Sheng's arms, and an unnatural flush appeared on his somewhat dark face.

Chen Sheng saw that there seemed to be something faintly expecting in his eyes.

"Squad Leader Li... You..."

Chen Sheng opened his mouth, he looked at Li Yuanjun, who was obviously not quite right, and then looked over Li Yuanjun's shoulder and looked in the direction of the quiet kitchen behind, as if he had thought of something.

"Where's my sister-in-law?"

When he asked this sentence, Li Yuanjun's face froze directly.

The faint glimmer of hope in his eyes was rapidly dimming.

“... Alas. ”

There was silence for a long moment before the man with a somewhat unshaven beard let go of Chen Sheng.

A reluctant wry smile welled up on his face.

"I'm sorry, boy Chen, I'm probably too excited."

But the loss and gloom on his face could not be dissipated.

When Chen Sheng saw him like this, he probably understood.

Because he had made such conjectures before.

But the 'half of the people who disappeared' in Li Yuanjun's mouth still made his whole person feel as if he was choked by some invisible force.

I felt an indescribable sense of sullenness.

"Boy Chen, where have you been? For so long, Yang Qi didn't come, I heard people say, you're all..."

He sighed.

Yang Qi is Chen Sheng's comrade-in-arms colleague, and the two live relatively close, so Chen Sheng's colleague will occasionally come here for dinner.

Immediately, he seemed to remember something again, and looked at Athena behind Chen Sheng.

"Boy Chen... This is..."

Seeing Athena, Li Yuanjun was also slightly distracted, because he had never seen such a beautiful woman, although Athena's height was one meter eighty-two, some people might think that such a girl was too tall, but there was no disobedience at all on Athena, who was called a perfect body.

Athena's facial features and eyebrows are generally a little westernized, but if you look closely, it seems to have some oriental charm, which makes people look easy to think of 'mixed-race' or something, it can only be said that the appearance has grown to an extreme, and the boundaries of race have basically blurred.

Athena, who was wearing a white dress, seemed to Li Yuanjun like a goddess who had stepped down from the mortal world, even if she didn't have any makeup on her face, but she also exploded those traffic stars on TV.

This Chen boy has always been unattractive and mediocre before, how did he walk with such a beautiful girl?

But Li Yuanjun didn't look at it much, after all, he was once a family man.

“... This is my friend. ”

Chen Sheng didn't know how to introduce Athena, so he said vaguely.

"Okay, I'll go and give it to you, as long as this friend of yours doesn't dislike my simplicity."

Li Yuanjun saw that Athena didn't speak, thinking that she was a foreigner, so he didn't say anything more, said hello to Chen Sheng, and then walked back to the kitchen.

Chen Sheng said hello to Athena, and then found a place to sit down.

Athena also noticed that Chen Sheng's face became a little gloomy.

"He just said that half of the world has disappeared?"

Chen Sheng didn't take the initiative to speak, so Athena spoke first.

"I'll investigate clearly, these things may have nothing to do with the Avengers."

Chen Sheng was silent for a moment, and then spoke.

He was thinking that he had only been gone for a few days, but when he arrived at Squad Leader Li, he said that he had been gone for three months.

Is it because the world has a different rate of time?

I'm afraid that in these three months, a lot has happened.

"The Avengers? What is that. ”

Athena asked.

"A so-called group of 'superheroes' who have previously defeated other civilizations that have invaded this world. That is, aliens. ”

"Oh, is it a guardian organization of this world?"

Athena said thoughtfully.

Of course, what Chen Sheng didn't say was that the biggest stake in this matter was probably related to the Infinity Stones.

The two didn't talk much in this public place, and a few minutes later, Li Yuanjun brought two bowls of steaming braised beef noodles from the back kitchen.

A little chopped green onion, chunks of beef, and a clear red broth.

At this time, Chen Sheng suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have brought any money.

When he disappeared and traveled to another world, even his mobile phone was gone, let alone cash, even if he wanted to pay electronically.

"I'll treat this meal as if I invited it."

However, when he was still thinking about how to speak, Li Yuanjun spoke first.

"Squad Leader Li, how embarrassing is this."

"What are we polite, in the past few months, many acquaintances have not come, I am very happy to see you here today."

Li Yuanjun shook his head, just listening to these words in his somewhat rough voice, as if wrapped in lingering gloom and embarrassment.

A lot of acquaintances are not coming?

Is it really not coming, or maybe it can't come?

Chen Sheng glanced at the quiet kitchen again.

"Thank you."

Athena suddenly opened her mouth and thanked Li Yuanjun in Chinese.

"Do you speak Mandarin?"

Li Yuanjun glanced at Athena with some surprise, and then smiled reluctantly.

"You're welcome, I'm old friends with Mr. Chen, and as his old squad leader, I have to take care of him more."

"Boss, let's have a spicy mutton noodle!"

At this time, a new guest entered the house.

"Okay, here."

Li Yuanjun answered, and then looked at Chen Sheng.

"Eat, there's something beckoning."

After saying that, he waved his hand and turned to go back to work.

"You've been in the military?"

Athena looked at the noodles in front of her, she picked up a pair of wooden chopsticks on the side without changing her face, and then began to eat noodles with her head down.

"It's delicious. Not bad as a treat after a big war. ”

After a few bites, she commented.

Chen Sheng looked at her a little stunned, feeling that Athena was more skilled in using chopsticks than himself.

A Greek god eats noodles with chopsticks in front of him, and there is no sense of disobedience at all, it is very magical.

And Athena's eating appearance is extremely elegant, a bowl of ordinary noodles, I don't know why she tastes like some kind of luxurious cuisine.

It may also be that the appearance is in place, and everything is good-looking.

A real goddess is eating a big bowl of beef noodles in such a roadside shop, and it is estimated that a normal person's brain can't think of this scene.

“... That's right. I used to serve for two years, and squad leader Li was a cook for eight years, specializing in food, although we were in different places of service before, but we were both natives of Lingyang City, and his hometown and my hometown are just next door to half a village. ”

Chen Sheng replied.

Then he started eating noodles as well.

He did feel hungry, he had experienced a long night of fighting, all kinds of things, in that world, almost half of the planet, whether it was physical or mental, he needed to rest.

And sitting in this familiar small noodle restaurant at this moment is the best comfort for him.

Just thinking of the phrase 'half of the world has disappeared', he knew that after a short respite, he would have a lot to do.