[Comprehensive] pragmatic theory of coquetry

But Lily's wish may come true.

Because just after saying that, someone behind him calmly and disappointingly said: "No."

The dark green pupils of the Winter Soldier had passed Lily, and looked into the blue eyes of the little professor.

The two looked at each other...it was the Winter Soldier who looked away slightly first.

Charles Xavier did not know when he arrived in the back garden. Hank and Alex, who were still talking just now, followed him from left to right. They all looked at the Winter Soldier with complicated expressions.

Lily turned around and scanned them all, and the happy smile on the corners of her lips gradually faded from their seriousness: "Why not?"

"Just to be on the safe side." The little professor said, "You may cause interference."

"But I..."

Lily still wanted to fight, but the Winter Soldier gently shook her hand, and he heard him whispering beside her: "It's okay."

After he spoke, she pursed her lips. Although she was unwilling, she did not insist, and asked again: "How do you plan to obtain James' memory?"

"Take a little coercive measures, and he might resist, so I asked Alex to come back to stabilize him." The little professor's answer was a bit vague, "Before then, I need to talk to him alone. Let's talk."

It's really heartbreaking.

Lily always felt a little uneasy, and now hearing Charles said that she had to talk alone, her little face was even more tense.

But Professor X didn't want her to follow for the time being, so she could only take the water from the Winter Soldier's hand, and watched him turn and leave, feeling listless.

Lily has seen the tall and tall Winter Soldier's back many times, but it has never been like this. She watched him go, but she could only stand there, feeling very uncomfortable like a stone was stuffed in her heart.

Hank was on the sidelines, seeming a bit unbearable. He considered his words and said, "The professor's original intention was not to disadvantage him. Maybe it's not as bad as you think."

"You know what I'm thinking?" Lily twitched her lips, "I'm tired and want to go back and rest."

Seeing her state like this, Hank didn't stop her: "If the professor starts...we will notify you."

Lily, who had already walked a few meters away, did not turn her head.I don't know if I heard it.

Alone, she went back to the villa through the back door. When a few students saw her, they avoided her carefully and curiously, and hid aside to peek.

Lily didn't care, and was about to step up the stairs to go back to the upstairs room, when out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a small shadow huddled in the corner of the stairs, with a fat hand holding on to the guardrail, apparently also looking at her, more blatantly than others many.

She was going to ignore the child and continue walking up, but after taking two steps, her feet stopped silently.

The little fat man was startled, and was about to turn around and run away when his head went dark when Lily leaned on the armrest and looked down at him.

There was no expression on her face, but she wasn't as scary as imagined, and even... a bit pretty.

Fatty Steve's face blushed quietly.

"Have you seen enough?" Lily said.

Withdrawing her eyes and straightening her back, she didn't intend to pay attention to him anymore, and walked up, but she heard Steve muttering: "Are you angry now?"

"I'm not angry." Lily turned to look at him.

"Your mouth is like this." Steve's fat hand drew a semicircle in the air, "You are unhappy."

After he finished speaking, he saw the blond lady's lips pursed even tighter.Her eyes dimmed a little, she turned around and left without saying anything.

Lily's footsteps were getting faster and faster, and when she reached the stairs, she should have turned right back to her room, but she looked at the closed door at the end of the aisle directly opposite—knowing that it was Charles Xavier's office, she hesitated for two seconds, as if by a ghost, He walked there gently.

Eavesdropping on others is not a good habit either.

She didn't intend to eavesdrop, but she couldn't help it, and wanted to ask the little professor to let her accompany the Winter Soldier, no matter how bad it was, it would be good to watch from a distance.

However, before the raised hand touched the door, it froze because of a word said by the person inside.

"I'll read that password and wake up what Hydra instilled in you."

Charles Xavier's voice was muffled through a door, and there was only silence in the room after he finished speaking.

He paused, and continued: "You will be in great pain. It is impossible to predict the possible consequences of such forced brainwashing."

Still silent.

"You may instead forget everything in front of you, including Lily Geers."

The little professor never saw the man in front of him move, and he couldn't wait for him to speak. He only saw that the bionic electronic arm trembled slightly when he heard Lily's name. Another way. I know you probably need a little time to prepare..."

"No need." The Winter Soldier finally said.

The man with dark green eyes was obviously a little distracted. He knew what Charles was talking about. He hadn't listened to a single word from the first sentence. His tone of speech was still calm, but he was still distracted.

It seems that something has gone wrong.

The air gradually became a little suffocating.

After a long time, he said slowly again: "No need. I want to live this day."

"It's not you, it's also Hydra. If brainwashing causes mutations, you can kill me."

"As for." The Winter Soldier seemed to be choked by something, his voice changed slightly, and every word he uttered was extremely difficult, "As for my Lily..."

There was a sudden tinnitus.

Lily stood outside, feeling that the ringing in her ears was really severe, she couldn't hear anything for a while, she turned around in a daze to leave, just as she took a step, tears welled up from her eyes.

She woke up as if she had just woken up from a dream, she trembled, and stretched out her hand to wipe it in a panic, afraid of being seen, she walked faster and faster, and when she reached the corner, she ran as fast as if she was running away.

Fatty Steve was waiting at the stairs. He didn't know who he was waiting for. When he saw Lily, he just opened his mouth to scream, but then he closed his mouth in a daze.

The Winter Soldier's conversation with Professor X didn't last long.

When the silent black figure in military boots came back to the door, before he opened the door, he heard the continuous sound of water inside, his expression changed, and he quickly turned the handle.

The bathroom tap was left on and Lily wasn't in there.

The lights in the room were not turned on, the curtains were drawn tightly, and it was dark——

The Winter Soldier didn't move forward for a moment.

His breathing and footsteps were frozen on the messy things on the ground.

The big rabbits he had made for her, which she loved so much, had been tied with two bow ties, and now one was thrown on the floor, with the bow ties all torn.

The first lipstick I bought for her lay at the foot of the bed.

Lily has a small bag, which is full of things he gave her, and now the bag is torn open, and the memories are thrown away.

No more.

There was a raised quilt on the bed.

The Winter Soldier stood quietly in the dimness for a while, then turned around and turned on the light in the room.

He slowly bent down to pick up the things Lily had thrown away on the ground, put them away one by one, and put the solitary rabbit back beside the wrapped quilt.

"Everything you like, Lily," he said.

Most of the blood on those thin lips has faded, and the words spoken today are more than the sum of what they said in the previous day.

The Winter Soldier sat down beside her, and when he wanted to touch her, he clenched his fist until his veins burst out.

"I have something to tell you," he said.

After saying this, the tightly wrapped quilt was finally lifted by one hand, and it slowly slid down from the top of Lily who was sitting with her knees hugged.

She turned to look at him.

Their eyes met, and it took his life almost instantly.

The blood of the limbs and bones poured to the top of the head, but the body was extremely cold, as if to swallow reason alive, the Winter Soldier didn't even have time to call her name, and stretched out his hand to hug the person who was silently streaming tears and eyes completely alienated. When he entered his arms, the first thing he encountered was the dagger stabbing in the palm of his hand.

Lily slowly turned her eyes to look at his face. The clothes on her body were already wet due to washing her face again and again in the bathroom. She didn't know it at all, rolled her eyes, and said slowly: "Do you want to say goodbye? huh, James?"

Her strength was astonishing for a moment, she pushed him hard, and sat on him in an instant.

The Winter Soldier gave up struggling completely, allowing her to thrust the cold dagger against his neck.

It's just that the tears she shed while talking and falling on his face were more wounding than weapons, as if they were going to wring his heart.

Lily said coldly: "Why do you?"

But she was really not a qualified person to extract a confession, her whole body was clearly shaking, and she had to pause to hold back her sobs.

The Winter Soldier just looked at her.

A drop of her tear dripped on the bridge of his nose, and slowly fell into the eye socket of the man with dark green pupils. He closed his eyes, and the tears slid out from the corners of his eyes.

"Surrender," he said.

His unclear words irritated her even more: "Why do you surrender?" As soon as he exerted force on his hand, the thin and cold blade cut through the thin skin of the neck, revealing a trace of bright red blood.

The Winter Soldier is still waiting for Lily's further punishment, with his eyes closed, even a second is extremely long.

However, it lasted for an unknown amount of time, and there was no further movement.The person sitting on him couldn't hold back any longer, he burst into tears, the dagger retreated and was thrown to the ground, his cold hands frantically covered the wound on his neck, his blood stained her skin.

"Why do you..." Lily cried very sadly, covering him with one hand, hugging herself desperately with the other, speaking intermittently, vaguely because of crying, but every word pierced her heart , "Why don't you want me anymore, James..."

The author has something to say: I swear to God that I am my real mother QAQ

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