Chapter 100
The captain is right. Alcohol only makes things worse, so it's best to avoid it.
Look, right now, Laurentina and Zuo Jian are facing a table full of food, and all they can do is go back to sleep...
Sigh... there's nothing I can do.
Skadi picked up her fork and put the last fried shrimp into her mouth.
Let her help them solve these problems! We can't let this go to waste!
Click.
The door was closed and then locked.
Laurentina's face was as red as an apple.
Meanwhile, a thumping sound could be heard from his chest from time to time.
I'm so nervous!
The last time I had this feeling was when I did some harmless "bad things" behind the captain's back.
No... I am indeed doing something bad right now!
She bit her lip, and for a moment even considered giving up.
Isn't this a bit inappropriate...? Zuo Jian has always been so good to me... and it wasn't for that kind of thing... In his eyes, I might be a child who needs to be taken care of...
What if... he doesn't like this kind of thing...?
Will I disappoint him if I do this...?
No...
No, Zuo Jian wouldn't show that kind of disappointed expression.
He's a very gentle person... even though--
I'm sorry, Zuo Jian. I'm a bad kid. Right now, I'm just trying to use your gentleness to excuse myself tomorrow morning.
But if we don't do it! If we don't do it!
You'll always treat me like a child...
Although I keep saying that this is fine, I'm still not satisfied!
I'm sorry, Zuo Jian, I'm a bad kid. Not only do I want to keep you by my side, but I also want to use such despicable means to get closer to you.
But... but you will forgive me.
I know that, and I'm taking advantage of it... It's... absolutely terrible.
However... I won't stop.
As if she had made up her mind, Laurentina patted her chest and then prepared to take off her outermost layer of clothing.
Essentially, these are merely mimicry of flesh and blood, still a part of oneself.
However, when faced with such a situation, she still wanted to have some of the same sense of ritual as ordinary people.
It's like...
[Laurentina... you're still awake...]
However, the next moment, Zuo Jian's voice came directly from Zuo Jian, startling Laurentina so much that she immediately stopped what she was doing.
Turning around, he found that Zuo Jian had somehow gotten up and was standing behind him, hugging him from behind.
She appeared so petite at that moment that Zuo Jian could easily hold her in his arms.
"Eek!?"
In an instant, her face, which had been like a slightly unripe red apple, was now completely ripe.
[It's nighttime now... late at night... early morning... ah, I can't see clearly... I can't feel clearly... my head is so dizzy...]
[Never mind, it's bedtime anyway! Laurentina to sleep!]
"Well?!"
Before the latter could even react, Zuo Jian had already pulled her into his Zuo Jian and laid her down on the bed in the bedroom.
The bedding here was even made by her own hands just a few hours earlier.
At this moment, she was being held by Zuo Jian, lying on top of him.
"No... wait! This is too... too... too sudden! Ugh..."
However, just as Laurentina's thoughts began to wander in strange directions, Zuo Jian gently placed his hand on her little head.
[Thank you... Laurentina.]
"Huh? Thank you... me?"
[Actually, before... before, I was thinking that when you could adapt to this body, walk on this land on your own, and were no longer troubled by the mental damage caused by your experience with the Church of the Deep-- ]
[They were trying to find a way to leave...]
"What?!"
Laurentina's eyes widened; for a moment, she could hardly believe what Zuo Jian had said.
I... I can never let you depend on me... I've always felt that...
We are just... passengers on a train, occasionally coming together... with different destinations...
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[No matter... we'll always get off...]
"But you promised... promised me..."
I'm sorry... I lied...
So... when you said... you felt like we were family... I was really... really happy...
[I'm sorry... so this is how you've always seen me... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have viewed our relationship as just that of strangers who met... I'm sorry.]
Zuo Jian said, while hugging Laurentina tightly in his arms.
[I will... try my best to become... truly... family... no matter what difficulties we face, they cannot separate us... family...]
Zuo Jian stopped talking abruptly, and then he lay quietly on the bed, holding Laurentina in his arms.
He fell completely asleep.
Only a distraught Laurentina remained in his arms.
"... well."
"It failed."
Laurentina sighed and turned her head to look at Zuo Jian, whose Zuo Jian were closed.
"However... at least it's a step forward for family."
She glanced helplessly at the Zuo Jian, then clutched her chest with a mixture of relief and joy.
However, having made up her mind today, she couldn't leave empty-handed, even if Zuo Jian was already asleep!
"The naughty kids can't go home empty-handed."
She stood up and looked at the other person's masculine, cold face, now displaying a gentle demeanor.
Laurentina sat down on the Zuo Jian, then bent down and pressed her lips to hers.
After a long while, she looked up, licked her lips, and said.
"Consider it a deposit, my... Mr. Zuo Jian."
Taking a day off, a constant reminder.
As the title suggests, after escaping the tedious New Year's greetings routine for a short time today, I should have had plenty of time to write and update my blog.
But I didn't. I want to repent. I've let my readers down.
Sorry to everyone who has been subscribing to chapters!
I ultimately couldn't resist the temptation and went to the card shop for a "little while" of a game. When I turned around and realized I still had to update, it was already dark, just like my decadent heart.
... In short, I'm sorry, the pressure of the Chinese New Year was too much. There were stupid relatives and I needed to write at night, so I was so busy that I didn't even touch Monster Hunter for a month (my group members probably know this).
I originally planned to play a few rounds of cards to relax and get myself in a better state before starting to write.
As a result, I stayed in the store for too long.
My writing is always in a bad state at night, and my thoughts are all jumbled up... so I might as well wait until tomorrow morning.
As compensation, I guarantee there will be two updates tomorrow.
I don't like making up excuses about being unwell. If someone is unwilling to face their own mistakes and has to make up all sorts of excuses, then they will definitely keep using those excuses in the future.
This time it was my fault; it was my fault for being playful and going to play cards.
If I make a mistake, I should admit it and let the readers critique me. Then I should try to make up for what I missed today the next day. I think that's what an author should do... instead of constantly trying to come up with excuses like being sickly or something...
In short, I'm sorry everyone! I apologize for the trouble I've caused! I will make it up to you tomorrow! (kowtows)
Chapter 56, A Sleepless Night and the New Year (Part 2)
"Ugh... it's so noisy... what's going on outside? Lots of shops are closed, so why are people still wandering around the streets?"
Is it a strike?
The Doctor sat down in the chair, took off his non-prescription glasses, and rubbed his nose in discomfort.
At the same time, she stretched, causing her bones to make a slightly aching sound.
"It's all done."
She placed a thick stack of financial statements on the table aside, then leaned back in the equally creaky chair.
Just as she lay down, the door opened.
A tall, muscular, bald, burly man named Feline walked in.
His smooth, reflective head was even covered with scars of varying lengths, giving the impression that one would subconsciously check the latest wanted poster to see if a certain bald fugitive was on it.
However, this very person, who exuded an aura of extreme danger, scanned the room with his sharp pupils after entering before walking up to the Doctor.
In an instant, the dangerous aura vanished, and his fierce expression even took on a fawning look.
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