Leader of the Ark Raiders

"People who are drunk say they are not drunk!" Xiao Linguang emphasized solemnly.

Shen Cangye was speechless.

Those who were drunk said they were innocent.

Mentally ill people say they are not mentally ill.

If you co-author, you will never be able to prove your innocence.

"You men, you like to fight for wine. Whoever drinks a lot will be the best. In the end, you will all get drunk and hurt your body!" Maria scolded emphatically.

Shen Cangye said weakly: "I'm really not drunk."

"you're drunk!"

"All right……"

Maria went on to say: "Can't you admit that you can't drink it? Say that you can't do it, and you won't lose a piece of meat. Drinking so much, how uncomfortable tomorrow will be."

"Teacher Linguang taught me that." Shen Cangye said cooperatively.

Maria glanced at him and said, "Aunt Zofia used to drink with Uncle Koval and the others, and I had to take care of her when she drank too much."

Shen Cangye smiled, "So you're quite virtuous."

"What?" Maria pushed him angrily, and then smiled secretly, "But you are better than Aunt Zofia, you are not drunk like a puddle of mud."

Xiao Linguang shook his ears, feeling gratified in his heart.

——He said that I am virtuous, isn't that... a word used to praise my wife?

The deer in her heart was rushing around, completely oblivious to the car on the road.

It wasn't until Shen Cangye dragged her back to the sidewalk, and a car honked its horn and sped past, that Maria woke up like a dream and jumped up in fright.

"Look at the road." Shen Cangye said, "Why does it look like you've drunk too much?"

Xiao Linguang pinched him angrily, "You are the one who drinks too much!"

"Okay, okay, I drank too much." Shen Cangye made a gesture of surrender.

The Kuranta girl leaned her head on his shoulder and asked curiously, "Why do you want to drink with Miss Manisa? Do you want to catch up with old classmates?"

"Because..." Shen Cangye paused.

Maria also stopped and looked into his eyes, "What?"

Shen Cangye grabbed Kuranta girl's shoulders, "I want to tell you about this matter."

"Huh!?" Maria didn't understand what he meant.

She just felt that she was being pressed on the shoulder by him like this.

She saw his face in the moonlight, his eyes bright, the outline of his lips...

Ah - wait, no, no way! ?

Maria's heart beat as if she had stepped on the gas pedal to the bottom.

At a loss, Linguang's little golden horse raised her face, closed her eyes, and waited like countless movie heroines.

Shen Cangye was organizing his words, but found Maria waiting with her chin up.

——No, at this time, no matter what she says, she will regard it as drunken nonsense! ?

Coupled with his own smell of alcohol, he is not serious at all.

He shook his head, and decided to talk to Maria slowly at another time.

Shen Cangye pinched Kuranta's girl's chin with one hand, and flicked her furry ears with the other hand.

"Ah!" Maria covered her ears in shock.

"I'll talk to you tomorrow." Shen Cangye stroked her hair and pulled her back.

"Oh, oh... ok... ok." Xiao Linguang blushed.

God, what am I thinking?

I actually thought he was going to kiss me!

She wrung her fingers and comforted herself: "It's okay, he drank the broken piece, and he will definitely forget it tomorrow!"

It was already midnight when the two returned to the hotel.

Shen Cangye originally wanted to let Maria go back to the room to rest, but Xiao Linguang insisted on sending him back to the room.

When Shen Cangye was taking a shower, he heard Maria asking him where the spare room card was outside.

When he came out of the shower, Maria was nowhere to be seen.

Shen Cangye fell asleep without thinking too much.

After another hour or so, the door of the room opened, and a pale golden figure slipped in.

Maria held Shen Cangye's changed clothes in her hands.

The clothes, which were originally smelling of wine, have been washed and dried, with a light fragrance of lavender.

Maria put a thermos cup on the table, which contained warm sober tea.

She folded her clothes and put them on the chair, glanced back secretly, and whispered a few times.

After confirming that Shen Cangye had fallen asleep, she walked lightly to the edge of the bed, lying on the edge of the bed and looking at the sleeping person.

After watching for a while, Maria leaned forward and kissed the corner of his lips.

After completing this series of actions, Maria ran away like a thief.

She leaned against the door, lowered her head, and felt a little remorseful.

Will there be a day when I don't need to kiss him secretly?

766 When You Come, You Carry the Wind and Rain, and When You Leave, the Four Seasons Are Disordered

When he woke up the next day, Shen Cangye saw that all the clothes he threw away last night had been washed and dried, folded and placed on the chair, and his spare room card and hot tea were still on the table.

Shen Cangye had just hung up his clothes when he heard the phone ring.

He picked up the phone, and it was Manisa's voice, "Are you there? I'll send you something."

Half an hour later, an exquisite invitation letter was delivered to Shen Cangye.

"This is what you requested, sponsor father." Manisa handed over the invitation letter respectfully.

"I'm not a father, but a humble laborer." Shen Cangye laughed.

I sent the two from Rose Newspaper back last night and there was no news. I guess the wine has not sobered this time.

Speaking of getting drunk...

Shen Cangye asked: "Where is the president of the association? How is he doing?"

"He agreed to the sponsorship." Manisa spread her hands, "However, he is sulking now, muttering something all the time. This is the first time someone can drink him down, and his Dionysus status will no longer be guaranteed."

"Hahaha, it's normal, that's the highest alcohol in the world, 96 degrees, and he probably won't dare to touch Casimir shochu again." Shen Cangye laughed.

"You are the one with the problem! Why does it seem like you haven't drunk!" Manisa said angrily.

"I'm a little dizzy too." Shen Cangye said, putting the invitation letter into his arms, "Then I'll go back first."

"Alas!" Manisa sighed.

Shen Cangye stopped walking, "Why?"

"The you now are really different from before. Looking back... my bad deskmate before would never have selflessly helped another person with so many things." Manisa shook her head dejectedly.

"Then what was I like before?" Shen Cangye asked curiously.

Manisa curled her lips, "I'm so selfish, I won't even copy my homework."

"It's for your own good not to copy homework for you!" Shen Cangye laughed, "Then I'll buy you coffee now to make up for it?"

"That's about the same." Manisa had a scheming expression on her face, "I want a super large cup, the most expensive one!"

Walking and chatting with Manisa, I stopped by the coffee shop, then Shen Cangye returned to the hotel and went straight to Maria's room.

In the past few days, Maria has been out of work in the workshop. She was scratched by tools and scalded by hot iron several times, so Vulcan let her rest for two days.

As soon as Shen Cangye knocked on the door, Maria came out, and she stayed in the room.

"Doctor Shen, you're awake!" As soon as the door opened, the blond Kuranta girl smiled at him.

"Well, thank you for picking me up last night." Shen Cangye said.

"You're welcome." Maria lowered her head and smiled.

Thinking of her strange misunderstanding last night, she felt embarrassed again.

"Maria." Shen Cangye said, "I want to talk to you."

"Huh? What?" Maria blinked.

Shen Cangye handed the invitation letter to the Kuranta girl, "This is for you, open it and have a look."

Maria accepted the invitation in a daze.

She opened the envelope, only glanced at it, and her eyes widened.

On the gilded cardboard, it is written in cursive characters:

[Sincerely invite Miss Maria Linguang to participate in the final selection of the forging competition.If you agree, please contact the staff of our association. 】

Below is written the place and time of the match.

Maria rubbed her eyes and read the sentence again.

"You read that right." Shen Cangye said, "You were invited to compete."

Maria stared blankly at the invitation, and murmured, "Why is there this?"

"You don't need to know about this." Shen Cangye said gently, "I can assure you that this is absolutely true. It was issued by the Craftsman Association. As long as you want, you can participate in this competition."

Xiao Linguang was stunned for a long time, and asked weakly: "Others have to go through three elimination rounds to reach the final. If I participate in the final, will it be unfair to others?"

"No." Shen Cangye said, "Let's put it this way, if you participate, it will actually be even more unfair to you."

"why?"

Shen Cangye explained: "This is the result of discussion by the Artisans Association. In order to maintain the fairness of the competition, they will arrange three additional questions for you in this final - at the same time, others only need to face One additional question, and you need to face three additional questions, which is equivalent to triple the difficulty for you. You will face a very difficult challenge."

Maria seemed to be frightened by the additional questions of the last knockout round, and it seemed that the psychological shadow was not light.

The beautiful eyebrows drooped, and the little girl from Linguang's family fell silent again.

Shen Cangye went on to say: "However, you don't need to worry too much. There are rules to follow for these additional questions. I asked Manisha to borrow the video of the nearly ten-year forging competition. We can look at the previous additional questions. How it came out, look at what other contestants are focusing on, and sum up experience and lessons... It's like last time you were completely unprepared to take the exam, but this time you took the real paper for the previous ten years before taking the college entrance examination , the results are definitely different.”

"College entrance examination?" Maria didn't understand.

"An exam in Yan Kingdom, hahaha, don't worry about it." Shen Cangye shrugged.

Maria wrung her fingers and fell silent.

After a long time, she asked in a low voice: "Doctor Shen, you went to have dinner with Manisa and the others yesterday, and you were given so much alcohol by them. Is it because of this?"

Shen Cangye scratched his head, "Oh, don't worry about that, actually I didn't drink a lot."

Maria asked persistently, "Is it because of this?"

The blond girl looked at her seriously, tears seemed to be rolling in her eyes.

"It's part of the reason, but it's not important." Shen Cangye said while thinking about how to tell the whole thing without hurting Maria's self-esteem.

Xiao Linguang lowered his eyebrows, with an expression of self-blame and remorse on his face.

She was sad because of the mistakes she made, and another person had to bear the consequences for her, make up for the mistakes, and regain this opportunity for her.

"Maria." Shen Cangye grabbed the Kuranta girl's hand, "The Artisan Association gave you this opportunity not because of me, but because of your hard work and your performance in the last competition." Thank you everyone. Those who support you are willing for you, so the Artisan Association is willing to give you another chance, understand?"

"Um……"

"But, Maria." He called the girl by name.

The golden pegasus raised its head in a daze.

"It's not important, Maria, it's not important." Shen Cangye said slowly, "What's important is—what do you think? Do you still want to be a craftsman again? Do you want to continue working as a craftsman?" Do you want to participate in this competition? If you participate, you will face challenges that are much more difficult than before. If you succeed, the sense of accomplishment and joy is unparalleled. But if you fail, you will face More criticism, and that could knock you down."