Whose Child? Not Paying Attention While Watching the Scenery, Ah, It's Mine

As he disembarked from the ship, Li Ke set foot in Zaun, stood there with his arms outstretched, and took deep breaths of the Zaun air. The islanders beside him watched Li Ke's actions, their lips twitching.

"Black-haired kid, this smells like engine oil, do you have some kind of weird fetish?"

"Old Rogge, you just don't understand," Li Ke said with a smile, looking at the bearded crew member.

The time on the ship was boring, so Li Ke became friends with the people of Behemoth. With Ahri's charm ability, even though the people of Behemoth didn't intend to get close to Li Ke, this outsider, they all grew to like Li Ke over time.

He's good-looking, has a gentle personality, and can take a joke. Most importantly, this guy is very rich and willing to spend money.

But these Bilgewater people are still quite law-abiding, because not every Bilgewater person becomes a pirate. Some Bilgewater people do legitimate business, like old Rogge. This caravan belongs to him, and his task is to help sellers who come to Bilgewater to smuggle goods find buyers who will purchase their goods.

Old Rogge was a broker who had only recently entered the business, while Zaun was a very good buyer.

They never care where the things they buy come from; they only care about the price and whether the things are actually useful.

"Come on, old Rogge, Zaun is my territory. We're not in a rush. You come with me. Here, I can just say a few words and someone will come to buy your stuff," Li Ke said, putting his arm around old Rogge's shoulder and winking at him.

Old Rogge sneered, looking at Li Ke with disdain, "Black-haired kid, you've been saying Zaun is your territory ever since we were on the ship, but I've heard that the Boss of Zaun is called Silco."

"And you're fucking from Ionia, do you think I've forgotten?"

"Look, you're in such a hurry again. How come no one believes me when I tell the truth?"

Li Ke stared speechlessly at old Rogge, who shrugged, shook off his hand, Rogge Li Ke.

Because Li Ke sensed an aura.

Having spent ten years in the Soul Blossom Land in a spirit form, Li Ke, though still unable to use magic, has become extremely sensitive to the presence of magic. In short, Li Ke has become a human-shaped "Petricite."

It doesn't have the effect of banishing magic, but it has the ability to detect magic, and its magic resistance has also become stronger. Ordinary mages have no way to deal with Li Ke.

Elemental affinity makes Li Ke beloved by the elemental spirits of Runeterra; they would never harm Li Ke, just as they would never harm Yordle.

So, after becoming Zaunite, Ionia, and now, I've become Yordle?

Walking towards an alley, Li Ke smiled and looked at the bluebird standing on the wall, staring at him with puzzled eyes. He laughed loudly, "Janna, what's wrong? Don't you recognize me?"

"How... how did you come back to life?"

"I clearly sensed that your body and soul had completely perished in Runeterra, but now..." A pleasant voice rang out, Janna's tone filled with astonishment.

I don't understand. I really can't understand it!

What exactly is the person behind Li Ke?

How can this person even do something like this? Is the other person a Grim Reaper? No. Even if it were a Grim Reaper, it wouldn't be possible!

Since the Grim Reaper of Runeterra cannot arbitrarily resurrect people, and in Li Ke's case, his soul had been completely eradicated, shouldn't the souls summoned by the Grim Reaper normally be sent directly to the Underworld?

But Janna, having lived for so long, had no idea that the underworld was also ruled by the Grim Reaper.

"It's a long story, but anyway, I was rescued and spent ten years in the Spirit Realm before I was resurrected. Now, I'm out." Li Ke reached out to Janna, who flapped Janna wings and flew down, tilting her head to look at Li Ke, finding him incredibly fascinating.

"By the way, where's Jinx? Where is she now?"

"Ah!" Janna exclaimed, then quickly said, "Yes, Jinx! She... Li Ke, you should go find her right away, I'll lead the way."

"Her mental state is very bad. In the year since you died and disappeared, Jinx has been thinking about you every day. Just now, she wrote a lot of letters to everyone, and then she chose to run away from home. Now she is looking for a place to commit suicide."

"She said she was going to find you, Li Ke. You really broke her heart."

Li Ke's smile froze, his eyes widening as he stared at Janna. Hearing Janna's words, Li Ke felt as if something was gripping his heart, causing a dull, aching pain.

He looked at Janna, unaware that his tone had become unfriendly. A cold voice came from Li Ke's mouth. "So, you just stand by and watch her like this?"

"Silco didn't stop them, Vander didn't stop them, and Vi didn't stop them either, right?"

"You're just going to stand by and watch her like this?"

Are you all fucking dead?

Li Ke growled.

Faced with Li Ke's sudden anger, Janna showed no emotional fluctuation and said softly:

"We stopped her. Li Ke, Wei went to watch over Jinx every day for the past year, Silco would go to see Jinx every day after work, and Vander would often bring Jinx snacks and food, but she wouldn't listen to anyone."

"She went with you the day you died, the day you disappeared from Zaun."

"The Jinx in the back is just a soulless zombie. She diligently did what you wanted her to do, to make Zaun a better place, to make weapons for Zaun. Her daily routine was the same, repeating this for a year. She became what you call a machine, just to accomplish what you were so close to doing back then, and now she's succeeded."

"Li Ke, Silco sabotaged Jinx's research behind the scenes, delaying Jinx progress. Otherwise, she would have taken her own life sooner. But thankfully, you returned today." Janna's voice held a hint of emotion as she blinked and said, "Go, go find her now."

"She'll be so happy to see you."

"Lead the way," Li Ke said, his eyes lowered and his head bowed.

Along the Piltover Mountains, a girl with a blue ponytail walked through the woods, looking down at the map in her hand, then looking up ahead.

Her beautiful blue eyes narrowed slightly, and she muttered to herself:

"Hmm, how about we go ride Hex Airship? I've never ridden one of those before. My childhood dream was to ride one of those things. It's not too late to go now."

She turned her head and looked at the city behind her. A magnificent airship flew in the sky, heading overseas. Jinx squinted, her Big Eyes fixed on the Hex Airship with a hint of longing.

But soon, she shook her head and rejected this dream.

"Let's forget it. It's too far away. I'm afraid Li Ke won't be able to find me."

With everything let go, Jinx felt only relief.

She had a very tiring year. To put everyone at ease and to make Zaun a better place, she tried her best to show her best side, but it was really exhausting.

But now she doesn't need to. Having let go of everything, she can go about her own business.

She knew, of course, that everyone in Zaun was searching for her everywhere, but they wouldn't be able to find her.

Jinx already knew when Vi would be going to her room and had made a meticulous plan for it.

As a genius and a highly intelligent person, if Jinx wanted to, even geniuses like Viktor and Ekko wouldn't be able to discover her plans immediately, let alone Viktor being in cahoots with her.

Touching her chin, Jinx looked up at the mountaintop, then glanced towards the sea.

She's almost twenty years old and has never swum before, not even once in her twenty years of life, because Zaun simply doesn't have the opportunity.

So, Jinx suddenly had an idea.

"Go up to a higher place for a view? That sounds good, and we can even go swimming. It'll be like we're helping Li Ke swim too; he's probably never swum before. Wait, fourteen-year-old Li Ke works at the docks; could he have already been to the sea?"

Jinx shook her head, made up her mind, pulled on the straps to adjust her bag, put the cat-ear hat on her head, and muttered to herself as she walked upstairs.

As she turned around, she didn't notice that a slender figure had already caught up with her.

It's Li Ke.

Janna sat on his shoulder, silently watching Jinx walk alone up the mountain. Li Ke pursed his lips.

When Jinx turned around, Li Ke almost rushed up and hugged her, then berated her for her reckless act of choosing suicide. Li Ke knew Jinx would be sad and grieving, and that this year would be very difficult for her.

This is why Li Ke rushed back to Zaun from Ionia as soon as possible. After all, as a League of Legends player, he really wanted to know about the customs and culture of Ionia and meet the heroes Ionia.

This was a huge temptation for a player who loved League of Legends, but Li Ke resisted it because he knew he had to see Jinx as soon as possible.

But no matter how sad or heartbroken Jinx is, she can't choose this path, can she?

Li Ke was willing to sacrifice himself, partly because of the city of Zaun. After becoming a leader, Li Ke did feel a sense of responsibility and wanted to be responsible for the city. However, the biggest reason for his self-sacrifice was because of the people close to him.

And among all these people, the most important one for Li Ke is naturally Jinx.

A beautiful young woman who's been in bed with him for a whole year, a bit crazy but devoted and adorable—who could resist that? Who wouldn't like Jinx?

Li Ke had actually liked Jinx for a long time; after all, their situation went beyond just "living together"—they actually shared a room.

Physical contact, intimate interactions at night, she's the last person I see before bed and the first person I see when I wake up—how could I not have feelings for her under these circumstances?

Therefore, if Jinx were to commit suicide because of his own death, Li Ke would be angry and furious.

He likes Jinx, he Jinx, and he hopes that Jinx can live a good and happy life.

Love is sometimes a strange thing; it's about possession, but it's also about letting go.

But, listening to Jinx's mutterings, Li Ke hid himself.

Jinx was speaking her mind, and much of what she said was directed at Li Ke.

Just like now, Li Ke followed Jinx behind, while Jinx looked at the scenery, her short hair blowing in the wind. She looked beautiful with long hair, and she looked beautiful with short hair too.

It has lost some of its fragmented feel, but gained more vitality.

"Should I burn this letter for Li Ke, or should I carry it with me? If I burn it in advance, will he receive it? And if he does, will he come looking for me?"

"Hmm, what should I do with the hat? Should I keep it for Isha? Or should I just leave it? Isha will only be sad looking at the hat."

"This road is so steep! It's so annoying!"

"Hey, there's fruit!"

Li Ke watched as the girl climbed the tree, nimbly picked a red fruit, rubbed it between her hands, and ate it, a smile involuntarily creeping onto his lips.

The anger he felt earlier because of what Janna said vanished at this moment.

He gazed at Jinx quietly, his eyes growing increasingly tender.

Ten minutes later, Jinx reached the top of the mountain.

She plopped down on the cliff edge, her feet dangling over the edge, gently tapping them as she gazed at the scenery ahead.

There's no Zaun or Piltover in sight. On the vast expanse of sea, there are only tiny, dark dots—small islands. Further away, you can see what appears to be a large, very blurry black dot.

That should be Ionia?

Jinx raised her arm, shifted her posture, and then quietly looked in the direction of Ionia.

She was thinking, that's right.

Li Ke's ancestors likely came to Zaun from Ionia, because Li Ke has black hair, black eyes, and looks different from most Zaunite. Therefore, Jinx is quite curious about Ionia.

I wonder what the difference is between Ionia and what's described in the book.

Can trees really grow to tens of meters tall?

Are there really rabbits with horns that can generate electricity?

And there are giant turtles, bigger than the island?

Zaun is too small, the world is too big; Jinx realizes there's still so much she hasn't seen.

But then, Jinx stood up, opened her arms with a relieved expression, stretched, and then tied the cat-ear hat around her waist with a rope. Wearing the hat meant it might disappear later.

If you tie it around your waist, it won't happen.

Jinx closed her eyes, took a step forward, and landed on the sea. She calmly felt the wind whistling against her face, her hair being blown into disarray, and the cat-ear hat tucked into her waistband making a rustling sound.

Fall down with your eyes closed.

Then, Jinx suddenly froze, because she suddenly felt someone touching her waist, but what?

How is that possible?

This is a fall from a cliff hundreds of meters high into the sea; how could anyone possibly be there?

Could it be Janna?

No, Janna said she wouldn't stop her.

But the sensation was too real, and the gust of wind that had been whipping Jinx as she fell had disappeared. Just as she was thinking this, Jinx felt as if she were being hugged again, and a familiar scent filled her nostrils. Just one sniff made Jinx's heart pound wildly.

Then, she felt her face pressed against a chest, a warm, comfortable chest.

What I hear in my ears is that heartbeat I've heard countless times, that heartbeat I've longed for countless times in my dreams.

"Knock knock knock"

Jinx's eyes snapped open, her blue pupils dilated, her gaze filled with disbelief.

Jinx grabbed at something with both hands, and it was the collar of her clothes.

Behind her head, a hand stroked the back of Jinx's head, then gently pulled her into an embrace.

Above her head, his chin was pressing down on her head, protecting her.

"Smack!"

"Boom!"

A dark shadow fell into the sea, sending up a huge splash that was more than ten meters high, as if a bomb had exploded in the sea.

Jinx felt no pain whatsoever. She used her hands to push herself up and sat on someone's lap, staring blankly down at the person beneath her.

His long black hair was spread out on the sea surface, and he was lying on the sea in a starfish position with his arms outstretched.

A handsome face beamed with a cheerful smile as he winked at Jinx.

"Hey, whose kid are you?"

"How could you be so careless while admiring the scenery?"

Li Ke looked at Jinx, who was staring blankly at him. He raised his hand, smiled, and gently pinched her nose. A slight smile played on his lips. Li Ke moved his head and gave a soft hum.

"Ah, so it's my house."

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