Several girls had already stopped and were whispering to him, wanting to ask for his contact information.
But then he saw the young man grab the man who came out of the barbecue restaurant, and even after being pushed away, he still clung to him like a sticky piece of chewing gum.
He immediately understood the relationship between the two and could only leave with a look of regret.
Yu Tang slapped Cheng Luo's hand away, still thinking about what Cheng Luo had said earlier.
This kid's sudden revelation truly shocked him.
All the sweetness comes from him, and my future must include him.
He simply couldn't respond to such heavy emotions.
Fortunately, Cheng Luo didn't ask him for a reply, and the two didn't mention it again after their meal, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Let's go over there and have a look around," Cheng Luo said, pointing to the sign for the art street in the distance. "There should be lots of fun things to do there."
"Um……"
Yu Tang went with him, and whenever they saw a snack on the way, they would buy one, and the two of them would share it so that there would be no waste.
Yu Tang lived a solitary life in modern times.
Moreover, being so engrossed in work that he has no time for anything else.
However, after arriving in the world of the novel, he was forced to live with Cheng Luo for a long time.
Over time, I actually got used to having someone always by my side.
Yu Tang was somewhat dazed as he watched Cheng Luo queue up to buy those buy-one-get-one-free couple's ice creams.
He thought, spending the rest of his life with Cheng Luo wouldn't be so bad...
Next to the ice cream truck was the cotton candy truck. Yu Tang's gaze fell on the fluffy, cloud-like little rabbit cotton candy, and suddenly a person's image popped into his mind.
She sat on a bench in a long, pale white robe, waiting for him.
Thud—
Yu Tang covered his head, his ears ringing from the gunshot he remembered.
The buzzing sound made his vision blurry.
Warm liquid was flowing out from under my nose.
Yu Tang quickly took out a tissue from his pocket and covered it.
"Host, I've prescribed pain relief for you."
The system asked with concern: "Are you feeling any better?"
Yu Tang: Hmm.
The system worriedly reported: "[It seems Chen Zhi was too harsh on you last time, causing the poison to spread too quickly. It looks like our mission won't be able to drag on much longer.]"
Cheng Luo's favorability rating is currently at 90, and it'll probably reach the maximum soon. The day we leave is getting closer and closer.
[Host, have you figured out how to say goodbye to him?]
The system's problems brought Yu Tang back to his thoughts.
He didn't bleed too much. He threw the paper in the trash can and saw that Cheng Luo had already gotten the ice cream. She turned around and walked towards him.
Yu Tang sounded hesitant: I haven't thought it through, but I really don't want to hurt him.
"Tangtang, here you go."
Cheng Luo handed the ice cream to Yu Tang and, seeing the latter's pale face, asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"
Yu Tang took a bite of ice cream, squinted her eyes and smiled: "It's nothing..."
Cheng Luo frowned and circled Yu Tang, but couldn't find any injuries on him. In the end, she had no choice but to give up and emphasized, "If you feel unwell anywhere, you must tell me, okay?"
"Yes, I know."
On the way, the two saw a painter sitting on the side of the art street, sketching passersby. A quick sketch could be completed in a short time, using colored pencils, and the shapes and colors were very beautiful.
The price was very cheap; it was probably just a place to experience life.
Cheng Luo's eyes lit up, and she walked up to the young man with the low ponytail and asked, "Brother, could you draw one for me and my lover as well?"
The painter, who had been drawing with his head down, looked up and saw Cheng Luo. His hand trembled slightly, and his face flushed.
"Okay, sure, I can draw for you for free."
Cheng Luo smiled shyly: "Then thank you, brother..."
The painter nodded and hummed in agreement, wondering what kind of girlfriend this kind of boy would have. When he looked up again, he saw Cheng Luo half-embracing Yu Tang, who had a helpless expression: "Brother, paint."
The painter covered his face, suddenly realizing that accepting his friend's confession wasn't so bad after all.
After all, if a guy like that is dating other guys, and his best friend likes him so much, there's no need for him to keep pretending not to agree.
Suddenly everything became clear, and the painter became even more enthusiastic about painting.
A simple sketch of two people with elegant colors was completed in about half an hour.
On the drawing, a young man with dark, almond-shaped eyes gazes at the man beside him with a light in his eyes, focused and affectionate.
The short-haired man beside her looked helpless, but showed no sign of refusing; his eyes were filled with touching warmth and understanding.
The drawing paper was rolled up and tied with string.
Cheng Luo held the drawing paper in one hand and pulled Yu Tang's hand with the other, and said softly, "Tangtang, you're right. There are still many good people in this world."
“Even those female researchers in the base, those who didn’t have access to the core secrets, were working for Chen Zhi out of necessity.”
"I cannot forgive them, but I also cannot easily take their lives."
“We can send them to prison and make them repent for their actions…”
At this point, he smiled at Yu Tang and asked him, "Once we bring down Wang Guangju and destroy the base, how about we settle down in S City?"
"I think the environment here is nice, and the people are nice too. It should be a good place to live long-term."
Cheng Luo's words shocked Yu Tang.
He knew Cheng Luo was insightful, but he hadn't expected her to be this insightful.
This child is really not a monster.
He is even kinder than many people.
"Tangtang?" Cheng Luo waved the drawing in front of Yu Tang, exasperated. "Why are you daydreaming again?"
Did you hear what I told you?
“I heard you…” Yu Tang grasped Cheng Luo’s hand and tightened it slightly: “Then you can set up the shelter here. You can bring the children out to sketch and experience life like that painter.”
Cheng Luo asked sensitively, "And what about you?"
"where have you been?"
Yu Tang paused for a moment, then said, "I'll be your model."
Cheng Luo then laughed: "That's more like it."
After Yu Tang had appeased the person, he looked up and suddenly noticed a strangely decorated store standing out in the middle of a bustling street.
The topmost display sign reads: "Time Settles."
“That shop is a bit special, let’s go take a look.” Yu Tang pulled Cheng Luo over.
Once inside, I realized that the store meant you could leave your belongings there and write a letter a few months later.
Years later, or even more than a decade later, this shop will be responsible for delivering these items and letters to the recipient at the time specified by the writer.
"How about we write each other a letter?" Yu Tang suggested to Cheng Luo after understanding the rules. "We can set the mailing address to our hotel, and then we can pick it up when the time comes and see what the other person has written. Is that alright?"
Cheng Luo's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "Wow, I didn't expect Tangtang to be so romantic!"
"What's all this talk about romance?" Yu Tang blushed slightly. "I just have so many things I want to say to you that I can't bring myself to say..."
Cheng Luo immediately became curious and pestered Yu Tang, shamelessly teasing him: "What's it that you can't say? Could it be... that you actually like me too?"
"Hey! Stop joking!" Yu Tang pushed him away, asked the waiter for a private room, and separated from Cheng Luo: "We'll write separately, and no one is allowed to peek, understand?"
Cheng Luo pursed her lips, but inside she was incredibly excited.
What Tangtang wanted to say but couldn't bring herself to say?
Besides liking him, could it be something else?
The more he thought about it, the happier he became, to the point that Cheng Luo's hand was trembling as he held the pen, and he was grinning like an idiot the whole time he was writing the letter.
Yu Tang sighed as he closed the door.
The embarrassment on her face disappeared.
He took out a piece of drawing paper with slightly curled edges from the inside pocket of his clothes.
This was drawn by Cheng Luo when he first met her.
Unfolding the paper and laying it flat on the table, Yu Tang picked up a pencil and drew a chibi version of Cheng Luo next to his own portrait on the drawing paper.
Then he carefully put the drawing paper back into the envelope, picked up his pen, and wrote the first sentence on the letter paper given to him by the shop assistant.
I'm sorry, Lolo. By the time you read this letter, I may have already left you forever...
Chapter 31
He died for the villain for the third time (31)
After leaving their respective rooms, the two handed their letters to the shop assistant.
The shop assistant placed the letters into an elegant wooden box: "Are you sending them to each other separately?"
"Yes……"
The clerk then said, "Our shop is the private property of the shop owner and has a history of nearly a hundred years. The shortest mailing time is one month, and the longest is twenty years. How long do you plan to wait before mailing it to the recipient?"
Cheng Luo: "One year..."
Yu Tang: "Twenty years..."
Cheng Luo looked at the man beside her, her expression one of surprise: "Tangtang, isn't twenty years too long?"