Purple Had Its Own Charm

Lu Heng held up the plane and slowly began to change direction.

John F. Kennedy International Airport.

He flew there in three minutes.

That was at a steady speed, too, so the passengers inside the cabin would not get shaken into an even paste and smeared uniformly across the walls.

The runways at Kennedy Airport were already packed with fire trucks and ambulances, while the control tower kept calling the plane.

Lu Heng gently set the plane down on the runway. Once it came to a complete stop, deafening cheers erupted from the cabin again.

"Guardian!!!"

"Guardian!!!"

"Guardian!!!"

Lu Heng flew out from beneath the plane and hovered beside the fuselage.

The reporters on the ground began snapping photos, their flashes nearly blinding the passengers.

The system panel kept flickering.

[Global media exposure bonus: Event popularity ×3.7]

["Guardian Single-Handedly Holds Up Passenger Plane for Safe Landing"—No. 1 global trending topic]

[Ability points obtained: +18,200]

[Total ability points obtained from this event: +32,548]

Current ability points: 111,207 / 250,000

Not bad. He was halfway to another upgrade.

Once the plane had stopped, the cabin door was kicked open.

Many people collapsed to the ground the moment they emerged, kissing the earth. Some sprawled face-down with their limbs spread wide, while others simply lay flat on the ground.

What a fine day to screw the heavens and screw the earth!

Homelander and Maeve followed close behind the crowd.

The moment Homelander landed, reporters surrounded him.

"Homelander! What happened just now?"

"Did you save the plane?"

"Guardian was there too. Were you working together?"

Homelander revealed his trademark smile.

"Of course. This was a team effort. Guardian is my good brother, and we worked together flawlessly..."

"But the footage showed Guardian alone beneath the plane?"

Homelander's temple began to twitch.

He silently memorized that reporter's company.

"That was because I was inside the cabin protecting the passengers and making sure no one got hurt. Different jobs, you know!"

"Oh! I see! Then may I ask..."

The reporters continued pressing him.

Lu Heng and Maeve stood off to the side, not competing for the spotlight.

Two little girls ran over to thank Maeve.

It was obvious from Maeve's expression that she truly enjoyed being a superhero.

"Thanks to you, I can ride your popularity and boost my approval rating by a lot too."

Maeve's approval rating had been falling lately.

Vought had always made Homelander bring Maeve along. Having the two appear together could raise their approval ratings.

But honestly, Homelander's image had taken a serious hit recently as well.

First, The Seven had kicked out two members in a row, and as the team leader, he had drawn heavy criticism. Then there was the suspicion that he had been riding Guardian's trending fame, which was rather damaging to his reputation.

Put the two of them together, and their approval ratings fell instead of rising.

"Do you really care about approval ratings?" Lu Heng shook his head, clearly unconvinced.

There were only two decent people in The Seven: Starlight and Maeve.

Counting A-Train after his later awakening, that barely made three.

"What else would I care about? I represent female power. If my approval rating keeps dropping, I'll become some washed-up third-rate hero."

Maeve crossed her arms and watched Homelander bask in the camera flashes, her expression slightly weary.

"I heard you've been living with Starlight lately?" Maeve asked as if it were just a casual question.

"Yeah."

"Don't hurt her. Looking at the two of you feels like looking at my former self," Maeve said.

Maeve recalled when she had first joined The Seven. She had still been full of longing and expectations for heroic deeds, only for Vought to deal her a crushing blow.

Then there was Homelander.

The two had dated for a while. In the end, Maeve discovered that Homelander was a monster wearing human skin.

He disregarded human lives and only cared about his own public image.

If she had not called Guardian, Homelander had originally planned to abandon that plane. There were children on board!

What kind of person would watch children die just to protect his reputation?

"Don't look for the shadow of your past in other couples. No matter what happened before, you can still embrace a new life."

Lu Heng wrapped an arm around Maeve's shoulders and suddenly flashed his trademark smile.

"Don't resist. The reporters are starting to photograph us!"

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The interview ended.

Facing the cameras, Homelander began a tearful performance. The topic was nothing more than the bill Vought had been pushing recently.

If the military were willing to share data and recruit superhumans into the armed forces, they could respond faster instead of being dragged in only when a crisis had already erupted.

There had been over a hundred lives on that plane, including children.

Even Lu Heng could not help giving him a thumbs-up for that performance.

An Oscar-winning actor, bro!!

"Take me away. I don't want to stay here anymore." Maeve was still shaken.

The two left the airport.

Homelander merely glanced at their departing backs before continuing to boast to the reporters about how he had saved the people.

Let them sleep together if they wanted. Brothers were more important than women, anyway.

Besides, the guy had dared to make a move on Maeve right in front of him.

He truly was not afraid of him.

Where else could he find a brother like that?

Lu Heng flew with Maeve for a while before landing in a quiet alley in Lower Manhattan.

There was no one nearby.

Maeve folded her arms, her face full of wariness.

"I asked you to take me home. Why did you bring me here?"

Lu Heng studied Maeve.

Honestly, Maeve was quite beautiful too.

Annie was the innocent, girl-next-door type. (Be sure to picture Starlight before her plastic surgery.)

Maeve possessed a mature, aggressive kind of beauty.

She was tall and athletic, with deep-set features and sharp eyes.

Yet Homelander had forcibly turned a woman like that gay.

Lu Heng felt obligated to turn Maeve back. Harmony between yin and yang was the great unity of heaven and earth, after all!

"What are you looking at?"

Maeve knew Lu Heng had x-ray vision, and his gaze made her uncomfortable.

"I'm looking at you."

"Have you seen enough? Is there any material that can block your x-ray vision? I want to reserve some for the next time I get a suit made."

Maeve frowned.

"Oh, oh!! Don't misunderstand. I'm neither Translucent nor Homelander. I'm not that much of a pervert."

Lu Heng declared himself utterly innocent. Aside from being a little lustful, he was nowhere near as perverted as those teammates.

Compared to the others, he was practically a lotus blooming unstained from the mud.

"Do I like going to the beach?"

"Huh?"

"Is it Beast King?"

"Huh?"

"An elephant or a cat?"

"What are you talking about?"

Maeve gave Lu Heng another once-over, her gaze turning strange.

"No way. Are you, Guardian, really some living saint?"

Lu Heng thought:

Maeve doesn't like sunbathing at the beach.

It's Beast King.

Neither. Purple has its own charm.

"You can always trust my character!"

Lu Heng vouched for his own noble character.

Maeve felt that something was off, but she could not put her finger on it.

"Would a noble man bring a woman to a place like this in the middle of the night?" Maeve looked around. "This place looks like a damn crime scene!"

"The reason I brought you here was to do this."

Lu Heng braced one hand against the wall and pinched Maeve's chin with the other.

Then he lowered his head gently.

Maeve punched him in the shoulder, but Lu Heng did not budge.

Three minutes later.

A trace of blood seeped from the corner of Lu Heng's mouth, and he casually licked it away.

Maeve's hair was disheveled, and her breathing was slightly heavy.

She reached up and wiped the blood from her lips.

A fiery-tempered mature beauty was not an easy target to win over.

"I'll slowly collect the favor you owe me!"

Lu Heng shot into the sky.

Back where she stood, Maeve gently touched her chest, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.

Guardian was far more domineering than Homelander!

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