Invade the World

  Chapter 304 Embrace that despicableness

  Xu Xiangyang is standing on the balcony to blow the air. Behind him is a tightly closed glass window, and outside there is a carved wooden window specially engraved in the shape of window grilles.

  The cold glass is dyed into a warm yellow by the indoor light, as if it has become warm by itself.

  Noisy and lively human voices can still be faintly heard through the thick walls. The steam coming out of it hits Su Su Qiu Ye, turning into a cloud of smoke-like white vapor, sticking to the window lattice.

   "...It's still a bit cold at night, as expected."

  Xu Xiangyang hugged his arms and shivered, feeling that he was wearing less clothes.

  He looked up at the bright moon hanging in the middle of the sky. It is so round and so golden, it looks brighter against the velvety night around it, and there are no few cold stars competing with it for a glorious time.

  The moon is like a beautiful woman with bright teeth, leaning over, smiling and touching the earth.

  However, she just smiled, but she refused to give any warmth to the people on the earth. The bright light seemed gentle, shrouded like a circle of hazy veil on people, but it felt cold.

   Just as Xu Xiangyang was shivering and his nose started to itch, there was a sudden “squeak—” behind him.

  Someone came out through the door.

   "Oh, you are outside too."

  Zhu Qingyue saw him lying lazily on the railing, and walked towards him with a happy smile in his voice.

  In fact, she has no other place to go, because this balcony is so big, and it is a place where the restaurant provides guests with a temporary rest or smokes away from the table.

   "...asking knowingly."

   Xu Xiangyang spit out and ignored her.

  There are only a few people in the box. Everyone can see who is going out and who is coming in.

  It naturally includes the present. Participants in the birthday party should have noticed that they both dropped Lin Xingjie and secretly went to the balcony to whisper.

  Maybe someone else is there secretly gossip.

  But Xu Xiangyang is too lazy to pay attention to it, even too lazy to think about it.

  Anyway, the people to conceal no longer exist, and they are all insiders.

"What's up?"

  He spoke.

   "I can't see you if I'm okay?"

  She asked back.

   "Look, look, you can watch it all."

  Xu Xiangyang put on a dazed expression. When the squad leader saw it, he couldn't help but laughed out.

   "I just want to come out to accompany you."

  The girl with short hair was holding her lips, her beautiful and charming eyes narrowed with a smile.

   "Anyway, the atmosphere inside is already very lively. Xingjie is now very proficient in dealing with it, not to mention that there is still sister Lian present. I don't need to continue to host."

   "Oh? It seems to be very relieved to see your expression."

   "Yes. Since my good friend doesn't have to worry about me, the rest is worrying about her boyfriend."

She grabbed the iron railing which was blown by the wind and exclaimed "It's cold!", but she forced herself to grab it, and then stood at the same height as him, looking towards the sky and overlooking the restaurant below. the way.

"Worry?"

   "I'm afraid you feel lonely."

   "Why am I lonely..."

  Xu Xiangyang sighed.

   "No? Then why do you want to come out alone to blow the cold wind?"

   "It's just coming out to let out a breath....Also, don't hold it like this."

  His eyes fell on Zhu Qingyue's delicate fingers clutching the railing. I don't know if it was cold or simply too hard, a faint blue and white surface appeared on the back of her hand.

   "What are you doing? I like it."

  "Be careful to stick to the iron railing."

  "Ah, you are talking about the rumors of ‘licking the lamppost with your tongue in the winter in the Northeast and it was stuck.’ But it’s not winter now, and it’s not the Northeast."

  "Same as winter, it’s easy to get frostbite if you hold it down."

  Xu Xiangyang covered the palm of Zhu Qingyue's slender hand, letting the heat of the palm pass continuously.

   "I will feel bad."

  Zhu Qingyue was stunned for a moment, she was not shy, just showing a cute expression that couldn't help but laugh again.

   "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

  She pulled out her hand and let go of the railing.

   "If you feel cold, you can go in first."

   "No, I don't need it yet."

  The squad leader put his hands back into his sleeves and replied with a smile.

   "You guessed it, I have something to say. To be precise, I have a question to ask you."

"Just ask."

   "You said I was relieved just now..."

  The girl put her hands on her back, wandering around slowly, walked behind Xu Xiangyang for a while, walked back to the window for a while, stood on her toes and peeked in, then turned her head to look at him.

   "To be honest, seeing Xingjie's performance tonight, don't you have a feeling of ‘daughter has grown up and admits that he no longer needs protection from the old father’?"

  This question sounds funny, but Xu Xiangyang really started to lower his head in serious thought.

   "There must be something..."

   "Right? After all, even I feel this way, let alone you who live under the same roof with her."

  You are her mother.

   "However, I am actually used to it." Xu Xiangyang replied, "Because this feeling has been there before the summer vacation."

  Xingjie’s treatment of the changes in the surrounding environment began with the formal communication between the two.

Just before the beginning of the summer vacation, she began to learn how to deal with people: when talking and chatting with classmates, she was no longer the attitude of rejecting others thousands of miles away; and friends like Yang Wenjing were also the same. I started to hand it in at that time.

Some people may find it troublesome to be dependent on this matter; but when this dependence comes from a young and beautiful girl, once they feel the sweetness brought by this wholehearted heavy emotion and the vanity in front of others To say that Xu Xiangyang doesn't have any emotions such as "stealth" in his heart, that is a lie.

   And when the other person’s personality begins to become strong and independent, if he says that he never feels the slightest regret, he is also deceiving himself.

  However, apart from regret, there is more to be proud. He is sincerely happy for the progress of his friends and lovers, just like a wish he had hoped for will one day be fulfilled.

  No one can guarantee that he has never had any dirty thoughts in his entire life, even if it is a saint, this is the inevitable human nature; but despite this, people since ancient times have been pursuing moral perfection and perfection from beginning to end.

  For Xu Xiangyang, watching Lin Xingjie walk towards her ideal self day by day, that happiness is really unparalleled, and it easily washed away the little panic and anxiety in his heart.

  This was the idea he had proactively exposed to Xingjie, and it was definitely not self-deception.

   "...That's it."

The squad leader sighed softly.

   "It seems that I am more despicable than you."

"Ok?"

  Xu Xiangyang is a little confused.

   "I certainly feel very happy to see Xingjie now." Zhu Qingyue said, "But when I am happy, I still feel upset. Even if I am happy for her, it is hard to ignore."

   "This is normal, I have this idea occasionally."

   "But my next thoughts are not normal."

  Zhu Qingyue shook her head.

"I started to think, if you have never encouraged her, but out of... the same idea as me, let her become more dependent on you mentally, and become like a creeper who wants to pester you forever , Even reaching a morbid stage, then I want to achieve the goal of "three people together", but it is much easier."

  "……"

  Xu Xiangyang was speechless for a while.

"Xingjie loves you very much and is willing to wrong herself for you, but the current situation makes her self-esteem unacceptable. But if she becomes a slave to love, maybe even her self-esteem can be abandoned... …"

"--you're right."

  Xu Xiangyang was unwilling to continue listening, and interrupted the other party's conversation.

"Ok?"

   "I mean, you are right, you are really mean."

   Xu Xiangyang talked and became angry. Because what the squad leader said just now was really too much.

  But this anger did not last long. Because he already knew what kind of person the other party was, and he also abandoned the path of retreat and chose to be tolerant. At this time, regenerating Qi seems to have little meaning...

  Xu Xiangyang suddenly realized that he just couldn't bear Qingyue's frankness to him.

  To love someone, even the darkest and most muddy part of her heart must be embraced with open arms.

  The love Qingyue longs for is just such a naked appearance, and he can only accept it.

  "...Fortunately, I am not you. This kind of thing will not happen, and I have not given you any chance."

   There was a long silence.

   "...That's right."

  Zhu Qingyue raised her head to look at the silver plate, and the words that quietly leaked from her lips were quickly blown away by the night wind to nowhere.

  The two watched the night quietly for a while, until they both started to tremble.

   "Ah, by the way, I think of it, I originally came out to praise you."

  Zhu Qingyue put on a smile again, as if the conversation just now had no effect on her mind.

"……what?"

"You're right, we shouldn't prepare those that are not, games, or programming, they don't need it. Judging from the current situation, just eating and talking with everyone is more than enough. This is true. It is the best birthday party for Xingjie."

  "Can’t you think of it? This is obviously the safest way to do it, and you don’t know it." Xu Xiangyang said, "The reason why you have to propose other methods is just that you want to do that."

   "Yes, maybe if I manage the birthday party entirely, the result will be just as good in the end." The squad leader nodded seriously, "It's just that I have done everything now. There is no way to verify this."

   "So, do you feel unconvinced?"

  He couldn't help raising his brows.

   "Nothing."

  Zhu Qingyue shook her finger at him.

   "I have said that I will listen to you. So there will be no dissatisfaction. Your decision is my decision."

   "Huh, really obedient."

   "Of course. Say I am yours..."

  Xu Xiangyang suddenly had a hunch that the wicked squad leader was about to say something pretending to be shocking.

  Think about the dog-blood plots in those soap operas, what if someone comes in and hears them at this time? What if this person is Xingjie?

  Xu Xiangyang quickly wanted to stop him.

   But at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the door. His attention was immediately shifted to that place.

   "...not to be exaggerated." Zhu Qingyue frowned, followed his gaze, and looked inside the box.

"What's wrong?"

  The two did not hesitate, and pushed the door in sequence.

  At this time, most of the people around the table have turned their eyes to the direction of the door. Their expressions seemed curious or confused, and they didn't seem to know what was going on.

  Only Li Qinglian, who stood up from her seat, looked serious, staring at the back of the long-haired girl standing at the door like a nail.

  As soon as she saw them coming in, she whispered:

   "Go and persuade her not to quarrel in front of other people."

  Xu Xiangyang replied and walked forward.

  As he approached the door frame, he saw Lin Xingjie’s cold eyes and the person standing in front of the door blocked by her.

  This "uninvited guest" is a middle-aged woman, dressed in a simple sweater and very decent. From her facial features, she can still discern the beauty of her youth, but she adds a few wrinkles of anxiety.

  The middle-aged woman's smile is gentle, but facing the girl's frosty attitude holding her arms in front of the box, her eyes are inevitably bitter and helpless.

  ...It is Ms. Lin, who is Xingjie’s mother.

  (End of this chapter)