What Do You Like About Me?

There were some questions even Wang Ji did not know how to tell apart.

He was handsome because his father had once been somewhat capable and had married an exceptionally beautiful wife—his mother.

So he was handsome.

And being handsome meant girls would like him.

Ever since he entered puberty, he had never lacked girls who liked him.

But none of that mattered. Before deciding he could date, he had never felt much inclination toward such things.

Though his hormones had been building up, his kidneys burned hot, and every morning he had to wait for certain parts to go down, he still longed for girls' beautiful bodies.

That impulse did not gradually fade from suppression. Instead, it only grew stronger as his body matured.

As for what kind of romance he would have, what kind of love?

That was hard for him to predict too.

Because he had once found it hard to predict that he would gain superpowers, just as he had found it hard to predict that an accident on his path toward developing overseas would bring him to a place called the Super God Academy.

Actually, when he had first wanted to ask Qi Lin for her WeChat, he had not had many thoughts about it. She had simply matched the type he found appealing at first sight.

And before that, he had already been preparing to go abroad to develop his career.

Once he left, who knew what life would bring? If he succeeded, romance might not even be something he could talk about.

A lone man, need he say more?

Even today, after learning so much at the Super God Academy, he still felt that way.

And the more he learned, the more certain he became that he would succeed.

But life was unpredictable... and with an alien invasion looming, many things had become meaningless.

Besides, the first charge brought momentum, while the second weakened it. He had grown up beneath that flag, and he had only once steeled himself to take the initiative and stir up bloody turmoil that might leave mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Times had changed, and so he had arrived at today.

Of course he knew the Avengers existed. Captain had the serum, so naturally the Avengers existed too.

At the start of his plans, he had made his estimates based on the Avengers from the movies. As for missiles and the like, heh...

And now, he honestly waited for war at the Super God Academy, learning knowledge and building up his foundation.

He knew ambition still lay hidden within him, and he was not afraid of others knowing it.

He accumulated strength to resist the alien invasion, but also for himself.

And amid all this, he hoped to have a love and marriage of his own.

Even if the future was ever-changing... he wanted to start a family.

What was his attitude toward love? He could not predict that either.

His heart had once been pure, and it had also been wild. But now, he did not want to be fickle.

Would he change his heart? Or become a playboy?

A man with superpowers—who could guarantee anything...? But right now, he did not want that.

"What do you like about me?"

In Juxia City, after leaving Zi Tian Fang with a huge pile of strange little trinkets in hand, Wang Ji and Qi Lin walked hand in hand along a quiet path with few passersby.

It was their first date during the holiday.

She looked beautiful today, delicate and fresh. Her red lips were moist, her long hair draped over her shoulders, and she wore a light pink dress. Her slender, jade-like legs were fair and tender, as flawless as a baby's skin.

Her hand was soft, tender, bonelessly delicate, smooth and fine.

He could not bear to let it go. For some reason, in that instant, he felt his heart change as he held her hand and strolled through the streets with her.

He felt a kind of... peace he had never experienced before.

It was as though a transparent thread had drifted out from within his heart, tying itself to something—and tying down his heart as well.

It was a feeling he had never had before.

What was it called? Wang Ji blankly froze for a moment.

Love?

He gently stroked the exquisite softness in his hand and held it tenderly.

Actually... actually, he knew what it was.

It was a bond, something he had never possessed before.

So... this was what a bond felt like.

"You..." Qi Lin pressed her lips together, amused yet slightly heartsore. "You can't even say something nice? Even... even if you don't like me that much, after what happened today, you should at least make something up for me, right?"

She squeezed his hand hard and gave a coquettish huff. "What are you spacing out for~?"

Actually, she had carefully thought about it these past few days. She did like this boy.

He was her peerless hero, the one who rode the Seven-Colored Auspicious Clouds in those cliché stories, the young Male God in Mary Sue tales with a tragic background, good looks, and a heart devoted to her.

He was funny, sometimes rather chuunibyou, but more often than not, he was steady and mature.

He was capable, had saved many people, and had a strong sense of justice. Though there were things about him that made her uneasy, recently, she had dreamed of him every night.

Some of those dreams... had been sweeter than this.

But she also knew that he did not seem to like her all that much. Even though he was pursuing her... she could not find many reasons why he would be devoted to her, or what it was about her that attracted him.

It left her confused and uneasy, without much confidence.

Especially when two other goddesses were chasing after him...

"Sorry, I got a little distracted." Wang Ji did not hide his daze, nor the sudden impulse that had made him neglect her for a moment.

"It was just that I was thinking..." His voice was gentle. Whenever he did not act like a child, he truly seemed quite mature.

"I was thinking that if I could keep holding your hand from now on, whether in spring and summer or autumn and winter, that would be nice." His thumb lightly stroked her tender little hand, his voice soft.

Her hand was slender and delicate. He truly could not bear to let it go.

"You..."

Qi Lin's fair cheeks reddened slightly. She had not expected this guy to spout sweet nothings so easily. At such a young age, he was already so smooth-tongued~

Her hand felt itchy, and so did her heart~

"Hmph~ You only say things like that to make me awkward. Obviously, you just couldn't think of an answer to my question... which proves you only know how to say insincere things.

I always feel like you don't really like me that much."

Wang Ji chuckled. "You won't listen to the truth, even though you just said I could make something up. Women really are impossible to understand."

"It proves you can't say it, and you're still arguing here to stall for time~" Qi Lin pouted and huffed, her cherry lips fresh, soft, and rosy.

Wang Ji kept looking at her stunningly lovely face. His gaze focused in a daze, and he subconsciously swallowed. "I think I just found another thing I like."

Qi Lin blinked in confusion, her little mouth slightly open. "Huh?"

"Cough~" Wang Ji forcefully looked away, gently stroking her soft hand in his.

"I think your question is strange." He seemed to return to the subject. "Does liking someone require that many reasons? Besides, don't you have confidence in your own charm?"

"I... it's not that I lack confidence in myself~" Qi Lin felt a little embarrassed by his words, but she still spoke honestly. "It's just that... you're too amazing, so I don't have confidence.

You make me feel... pressured.

And you're so much younger than me."

She lowered her head slightly, her face red with embarrassment.

They said that what one could not get was always restless, while those who were favored had nothing to fear.

At the academy, he was chasing after her, while two goddesses with better qualifications than hers secretly liked him.

Speaking of which, she had been far less proactive toward Wang Ji than those two.

But it was not because she had nothing to fear. On the contrary, she was very uncertain.

"If you keep praising me like that, I'll get arrogant." Wang Ji smiled at her and gently took her other hand as well.

They both knew what they had come to do today. Neither needed to say it aloud.

"You're beautiful, perfect. If you keep thinking like that, you'll suffer for it." He spoke softly, as though he were not the younger one between them.

He bent down slightly to catch her shy gaze, but she turned her head away in embarrassment.

"Do I have to say it?" he asked.

She immediately looked up and nodded. "Mm."

After thinking for a moment, she added, "Anything is fine... I just want to hear it. Even if you make up something nice, that's okay~"

"You're beautiful. I was drawn to you by your looks."

As he said it, she burst out laughing.

"Actually, you don't know this, but you're exactly my type." He ignored her laughter and instead pressed on. "Do you understand what that means?"

She raised her head in slight surprise. A sudden brilliance bloomed in her beautiful eyes, and the corners of them curved as she smiled.

So he could put it like that...

"You're very kind. Although we haven't spent much time together, that's beyond doubt."

"Of course~" She hummed smugly, clearly pleased and proud.

"And also, I really wanted to find a girlfriend. You felt suitable, and we happened to have a little bit of fate between us."

"It wasn't just a little bit of fate, was it~" she retorted.

"Do I need to keep going? Isn't that enough?" He smiled faintly. "If you want me to say right now that I'll love you until the seas dry up and the rocks crumble, that my devotion will never change, wouldn't that feel a little fake?"

Qi Lin pressed her lips together and giggled. Put that way, it did feel quite sincere~

"There's no more? Say one more."

"I like uniforms."