Data Wasteland

"Come here and take a look."

Chen Xing said casually.

But his heart is not as relaxed as the surface. When I met the girl I used to be, I couldn't help but feel a little complicated. At this moment, she is already someone else's woman and no longer belongs to him.

Perhaps, she never belonged to him. They are just passing through each other, passing through the only meeting point in life, and then heading away in different directions.

There was sorrow and grief in his heart, and he wanted to turn around and leave, but the brilliance in the opponent's eyes firmly attracted his footsteps like a magnet.

Some people, it's strange, when they haven't met, it's like they've never met before, just like strangers who have never met, they don't think of it anyway.

But when we meet, it seems that all memories will be awakened in an instant.

After waking up, there was a touch of nostalgia.

It seems weak and invisible, like smoke like mist, it will disintegrate with a light touch, but it is so stubborn that the world will not disappear even if the world is destroyed.

Not forgetting, but not daring to think...

The inexplicable sadness spread between the two, diluting the joy of meeting again.

"You, how are you doing?"

She hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but ask again, her eyes filled with concern. Chen Xing couldn't help feeling hot, and a strong impulse emerged spontaneously, wanting to step forward and hug him.

However, the hand that had just stretched out immediately retracted again. He reminded himself again that she was already someone else's woman, they were just former friends.

He suddenly regretted why he returned from the Black Death Continent, he didn't find him the first time.

Perhaps he was afraid that their final result would be the same as in the previous life, and the final result would be nothing short of spectacle. He has no courage to experience the feeling of loss again.

"Okay…"

Chen Xing regained his calm and replied lightly.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared behind Su Xuefei, his arms naturally wrapped around the slender waist.

A handsome and extraordinary face broke into the line of sight, his gaze was arrogant, and the expression on his face looked like a smile.

Chen Xing's pupils shrank suddenly and became sharp and unmatched.

Ricardo, the eagle owl on the shoulder of the dragon!

Su Xuefei was frightened by the sudden intimacy action, like a frightened rabbit, she immediately saw the person coming, showing a furious appearance, and punched the other person's chest.

"Suddenly ran out, scared to death."

"I'm very curious about which gentleman my female companion is flirting with?" Ricardo said half-jokingly, looking at Chen Xing like ice skates.

"No!" Su Xuefei hurriedly waved her hand, then opened Bai Shengsheng's little hand and introduced, "This is Mr. Chen Xing. He is a mercenary. You met last time."

"Mercenary?" Ricardo sneered at the corner of his mouth.

"During the Crow City fire, Mr. Chen Xing led me and my mother to escape." As if afraid of Ricardo's misunderstanding, Su Xuefei explained, "Without him, my mother and I might have been burned to death."

"Oh..." Ricardo showed a sudden realization.

"So it seems..." He looked at Chen Xing again, his tone was lukewarm, "Mr. Mercenary, should I thank you?"

"It's just a matter of effort, not enough to make a point." Chen Xing said, his tone was neither salty nor light.

The atmosphere is not very good, and Chen Xing quickly pointed out that he still has things to do and will get together again next time.

He is now a public figure, and Ricardo is the same. The collision between the two is definitely small.

The headlines of newspapers and magazines do not know how many stories to make up. Regarding this matter, no matter how it was edited, it was not good for him.

After Chen Xing left, Ricardo didn't say a word, and went straight to the outside balcony.

Looking at the lights of the city in the distance, he raised his head and took a sip of wine.

Ricardo did not speak, and the atmosphere was very depressing. Su Xuefei, who followed him, stretched out her hand cautiously and pulled his elbow, "Katu, do you have any misunderstandings about Mr. Chen Xing?"

"I have nothing to do with him, just an old friend we know."

Ricardo drank the wine on his own without responding, Su Xuefei became more and more anxious, "He is just a low-level mercenary, and will not pose any threat to you..."

"Are you caring about him?" Ricardo turned his head and looked at Su Xuefei coldly, as if a layer of ice had formed on his handsome face.

"No, no..." Su Xuefei quickly denied.

"He's just a low-level mercenary?" Ricardo's eyes grew colder and colder, with a trace of contempt. "Don't you watch the news? Stupid woman!"

"I..." Su Xuefei shrank back cowardly. Every time Ricardo was angry, she felt that she was facing a lion and was very scared.

Suddenly, her eyes flickered, and before she could scream, her voice was pinched in her throat.

Her neck was pinched by a hand that was as cold as iron tongs and pressed against the balcony railing.

A cold and low voice came from my ear, "Su Xuefei, you will remember..."

"You are just a canary I raised. What should be done, what should not be done, what should be thought of, what should not be thought of, you should know better than anyone!"

Su Xuefei's eyes widened, terrified.

"Have you heard!" Ricardo repeated, his voice low, as if suppressing endless anger.

Just now in Su Xuefei's eyes, he saw what he had hoped to see but had not seen in the past few years.

Su Xuefei saw in his eyes, there was worship, respect, fear, dependence and joy, but never love.

He clearly saw it, the kind of nostalgia that came from the bottom of his heart.

Originally, he was bound to win the position of commander of the expeditionary army, but he did not expect to kill a little-known person halfway through, directly taking away his long-awaited position of power.

Not only that, even his most beloved woman showed an expression to this little man that he had never seen before. This makes it difficult for him to control how he is not jealous.

Su Xuefei gradually recovered and nodded hard.

At another part of the reception, Chen Xing met Mayor Bert and Mayor Ambisi, as well as seven or eight mayors of fringe towns who were chatting with them.

"Master commander, good evening."

Mayor Bert and Mayor Ambisi unanimously nodded and saluted Chen Xing, while the other mayors just nodded their heads and did not greet them.

Mayor John Prader was among them, and when he saw Chen Xing, his face became a little unnatural.

As if deliberately, Chen Xing's gaze passed through the other mayors and fell on him, with a look of surprise, "Mayor Prade, you are here too."

Mayor Prader nodded awkwardly, smiled, and greeted, "Good evening, Lord Commander."

John Prader belongs to the circle of old-school aristocrats. He knows what Chen Xing has done recently, and Earl George met them privately and asked them to boycott Chen Xing, the "rogue commander."

But on the other hand, Chen Xing once helped him. John Prader is a man of integrity and cannot be a good general

The matter of revenge, so I can't treat Chen Xing coldly like others.

"Mayor Prade, are you interested in coming to our expeditionary army?" Chen Xing asked straightforwardly.

During this period of time, he intends to let Mayor Bert, Mayor Ambisi and Mayor Prade move more, using him and the mayors of the fringe towns around him as a breakthrough. There is also a bit of friendship.

"This..." Mayor Prader looked embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to answer.

The mayors of several other fringe towns looked around, for fear that someone would notice here.

Chen Xing smiled and said, "Earl George told you to stay away from me, right?"

Facing Chen Xing's straightforwardness, several mayors all showed awkward expressions.

"It's okay. If you think the Third Army is good, you can eat food with the defeated general, then it's okay." Chen Xing mocked.

"Master Chen, you, did you comment on the other commander in this way, isn't it a bit rude?" A fringe town mayor said cautiously.

"Am I wrong?" Chen Xing looked indifferent, "Earl George took tens of thousands of people and couldn't even enter the second line of defense, and I, with only two hundred people, broke through the Seventh Mountain."

"Master Chen is indeed young and promising." "Yes, Master Chen's strength is not what an ordinary commander can do." Mayor Bert and Mayor Ambish sought after.

The mayors of the fringe town looked at each other, their expressions a little ugly, because they were all from the Third Army. These words sounded like slapped their faces.

"Several adults, you don't need to feel ashamed. You have lost the battle. The fault is not with you, but the commander in chief." Chen Xing said, "A sheep leading a group of lions must be defeated."

Then Chen Xing's eyes condensed, he leaned forward, and said in a low voice, "Everyone is from the Northern Wilderness, so I won't go around with you." With a heart-warming tone, he said, "If you are willing to come over, it will be our expedition. The direct line of the army."

"Don't say anything else, the military pay will not be deducted, and you will be treated as cannon fodder, just use it to block the muzzle."

"Although there is a lot of rumors outside, saying how despicable I am, how shameless, how nasty, but what kind of person I Chen Xing is, others don't know, don't the mayors still know?" Chen Xing stared at Pu Mayor Rad.

Mayor Prade was so frustrated by him that he was forced to tell the truth, "Master Chen is generous. When he came to Monitor Lizard City before, he specially supported us with two thousand gold coins."

The other mayors of the fringe town suddenly showed envious expressions.

The fringe town lacks everything, but the most lacking is money.

Chen Xing stepped forward and patted Mayor Prader on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "My fellow, this is a rare opportunity!"

Mayor Burt and Mayor Ambisi also followed suit.

"Mayor Prade, I swear in the name of Roast Duck Town, Mr. Chen Xing is definitely a man of high character." "Mayor Chen Xing is a person, it's really needless to say, just two words, righteousness!"

"This..." Mayor Prader looked hesitant and embarrassed.

"What else? Hurry up, go to the military department to write an application and be transferred to our expeditionary army." Mayor Ambisi urged.

"Yes, I'm still waiting to have a drink with Mayor Prade." Mayor Burt said.

The friendship and benefits are like a carrot and a stick, and Mayor Prader half-pushed and agreed.

Seeing the fall of Mayor Prade, the mayors of several other fringe towns were also shaken. They asked Mayor Burt and Mayor Ambisi to ask questions with eagerness.