He admired Han Shao's spirit.
He asked, "When can a decision be made?"
"Two weeks later, the election will be over, and that will be the first thing that the new leadership needs to decide."
At this point, Han Shao suddenly paused and said, "Once the decision is made, I'll have to leave Teacher Cheng's house. I'll really be reluctant to leave."
"What are you reluctant to part with?" Zhang Zhiyun joked, "Are you reluctant to part with that tree in the yard that you pruned bare?"
"I can't bear to part with you."
"ah?"
Han Shao's words stunned Zhang Zhiyun, his heart suddenly pounding, the sound echoing in his chest, leaving him somewhat at a loss.
In contrast to his helplessness, Han Shao simply said something ordinary, sighing, "You should be the best friend I've made outside the team."
"As for the others, I think they're all too fickle. They don't do anything productive all day and always want to take me to those shady places. It's too tiring to be with them; it's much more comfortable with you."
Han Shao's explanation was like a bucket of cold water poured over Zhang Zhiyun, leaving him completely disheartened.
The blush faded from the man's face, and he twitched his lips, feeling ashamed and speechless at his earlier excitement.
"Oh..." Although he didn't want to appear too concerned, his voice still turned noticeably cold.
"Whatever makes you happy."
Han Shao sensed something was off about his tone, but couldn't understand why the other person was unhappy.
After a few more words were mentioned, Zhang Zhiyun showed little interest, so Han Shao simply shut up, not daring to provoke him any further.
The first place Cheng Luo took Yu Tang to was the first shelter he had ever established.
The deputy director warmly received them.
Yu Tang asked him, "You're the deputy director, so is the director Cheng Luo?"
The deputy director nodded and smiled: "We have two directors, one is Mr. Cheng who is next to you, and the other is you, Mr. Yu."
Yu Tang looked at Cheng Luo in astonishment.
Cheng Luo replied, "Have you forgotten what I told you before I escaped the base?"
"We're going to open a shelter sometime, and you'll be in charge of keeping an eye on me so I don't do anything bad."
"Therefore, the directors of the shelters and welfare homes that I funded in South Korea are two people: one is me, and the other is you."
Yu Tang's heart softened upon hearing this.
Cheng Luo truly took his words as instructions and carried them all out.
The effort and perseverance he put in were truly moving.
The two played games with the children in the shelter for a while, and then took a group photo, which was hung on the wall of the shelter's lobby.
Only then did the shelter truly become complete.
As Yu Tang stepped out the door, he felt a heat on his forehead.
"Tangtang, a spot of light appeared on your forehead just now, and then it disappeared." Cheng Luo frowned and touched Yu Tang's forehead.
"Could I have misread it?"
Yu Tang blinked, slowly sorting out her thoughts, and understood.
This is the merit and power that Cheng Luo has gained from the good deeds he has done.
This also happened in the first two worlds, but not as obviously.
This time, he clearly heard many voices saying thank you to him.
Yu Tang finally realized that while he was returning to these worlds, he was also helping Wei Yuan collect merit power.
In this way, we can better help Wei Yuan be resurrected in the end.
“You…” Cheng Luo was still studying Yu Tang’s forehead when Yu Tang suddenly covered his cheek with his hand and stole a kiss. In the moment of stunned silence, he heard the other say, as if teasing and helpless, “You really have calculated every step of the way.”
This made him begin to suspect that all these worlds were just a grand scheme orchestrated by Wei Yuan from the very beginning.
It even took into account the principles of Yin and Yang and the Heavenly Dao...
But worrying about these things now is pointless.
Anyway, he really... didn't dislike this feeling of being trapped by the other party at all.
Next, the two went to a popular tourist destination for couples, where Cheng Luo taught Zhang Zhiyun how to take photos.
He said that if the filming was good, he would teach him how to make a basic X-type virus.
Zhang Zhiyun immediately perked up and patted his chest, guaranteeing that he could produce a blockbuster-level film.
So Han Shao watched as he lay on the ground, stood on a rock, and bent over to the side, revealing a small section of his supple waist that was dazzlingly white in the sunlight.
People around him were already drawn to his elaborate posing for photos, and their eyes followed him.
Han Shao felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
He walked up to Zhang Zhiyun and pulled his clothes down a bit.
His fingers touched the soft, white skin; it was smooth and warm, just like the temperature his palm had accidentally touched when the other person snuggled into his arms that rainy night.
Han Shao quickly withdrew his hand, the tips of his ears turning slightly red.
Zhang Zhiyun glanced at him, pursed her lips, moved aside, and continued taking pictures without saying a word.
"Why did the sky suddenly turn cloudy?" Yu Tang glanced at the sky and tugged at Cheng Luo's clothes. "It looks like it's going to rain. It's already noon, let's find a place to eat and also take shelter from the rain."
The weather changes very quickly in June.
Just as Yu Tang was telling Zhang Zhiyun to stop taking pictures, raindrops began to fall.
And it's getting bigger and bigger, like water being poured down.
One of the criminals quickly sought shelter from the rain, while Zhang Zhiyun packed up his camera, his fingers trembling violently.
I prayed silently, please, please don't thunder...
The group was on a low mountain, and the mountain path had become slippery due to the rain.
Distracted, he was bumped by tourists running to avoid the rain and was about to fall.
Suddenly, Han Shao grabbed her waist from behind and pulled her tightly into his arms.
Almost simultaneously, a thunderclap exploded, and Zhang Zhiyun's face turned extremely pale, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Ignoring the stares of those around them, Han Shao picked Zhang Zhiyun up and carried him horizontally.
Knowing that Zhang Zhiyun didn't want to lose face, she pressed the man's face into her arms so that others wouldn't see it.
Then he turned to Cheng Luo and said.
"Teacher Cheng, Xiaoyun isn't feeling well, and I need to take him to see a doctor. Would it be alright if you drove him back yourself?"
Chapter 20
The villain is resurrected for the third time (20)
Upon hearing this, Yu Tang quickly said, "Should I take you...?"
Before he could finish saying "I'll give you a gift," Cheng Luo covered his mouth and covered his face with Cheng Luo's coat. Amid the sound of rain, he heard Cheng Luo say to Han Shao, "Take him to see a doctor quickly, don't worry about us."
Han Shao nodded, said nothing more, and started walking down the mountain.
Cheng Luo then carried Yu Tang and put him into the car.
Both of them were soaking wet. Yu Tang pulled Cheng Luo's clothes off his head and asked him, "Why didn't you let me speak just now?"
Cheng Luo took out a towel from the car and dried Yu Tang's hair.
"Because I don't want you to be a third wheel," Cheng Luo said. "Didn't you see anything from those two people?"
"Huh? Is there anything between them?" Yu Tang frowned, thought hard for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "You mean they like each other?"
“It hasn’t come to that yet.” Cheng Luo recalled observing the way Zhang Zhiyun looked at Han Shao, and said, “But at least Zhang Zhiyun has feelings for Han Shao.”
"Of course, half of a man's attraction to another man is initially based on physical attraction. How it develops afterward depends on their own choices and persistence."
After Cheng Luo finished speaking, he saw Yu Tang staring at him intently, her gaze so intense it seemed she wanted to burn a hole in him.
Then, she said sarcastically, "Lolo, I never expected you to be so knowledgeable in this area."
Cheng Luo's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "I'm only talking about most men! Not me! And I wouldn't like anyone but you!"
Seeing his anxious attempt to explain, Yu Tang couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"I was just complimenting you, did you have to be in such a hurry?"
He moved closer to Cheng Luo. Outside, lightning flashed and thunder roared, but inside the car, the dampness from their bodies mingled, and the atmosphere grew increasingly intimate.
"And also, about what you said about being attracted to someone's looks..." Yu Tang climbed onto his shoulder, looked him in the eye, and laughed, "How could I not be the same? I've been fooled by your face countless times..."
"Who's lying to whom?" Cheng Luo held his waist, pulling him even closer. "Aren't you the same person who completely fooled me?"
Yu Tang ruffled his hair: "Then we're even, we're even."
He glanced at the sky outside: "It's raining outside, and we can't keep wearing wet clothes. Let's find a place to rest... Achoo—"
Halfway through his sentence, Yu Tang quickly turned his head away and sneezed, startling Cheng Luo.
"Damn weather, why is it raining for no reason!" He cursed the weather, quickly turned the car's heater up to full blast, and forced Yu Tang to change out of his wet clothes, sitting naked in the back wrapped in a dry blanket.
He then started the car and drove towards the city center: "I'll go buy you some clean clothes and cold medicine first, just in case."
Yu Tang leaned against the car window, watching Cheng Luo's nervous expression.
On one hand, I thought he was making a fuss over nothing, but on the other hand, I felt a warm feeling in my heart.
"I'm fine." He teased Cheng Luo, "So it's because two hundred years have passed that my cute little Luo Luo has inevitably become a nagging old man?"
"So, would we be considered an older man and a younger woman?"
Cheng Luo froze, and glared at Yu Tang through the front-view mirror with a mixture of anger and resentment.
"And you're criticizing me? You're not much better yourself, are you? If I'm 219 years old, then you're 228! You're still older than me!"
Yu Tang couldn't stop laughing.