A Tribute to the Legendary Unbreakable King

Life did not have that many novel-like plots.

For most people, life was probably bland and complicated for their entire lives. It was the media and the internet that gave people room for everyday fantasies.

For example, when Lin Tian saw someone sitting on the railing, his first thought really did not go to suicide.

He had even jokingly interacted with her.

But after returning indoors and recalling all the details from earlier, the more he thought about it, the more something felt off.

If she had been joking, she would not have handed even her cello over to him.

No, dude.

You were serious?!

Lin Tian closed his laptop, took a deep breath, and fell into thought.

Lin Tian had always taken suicide rather calmly.

Life had always belonged to the individual. Everyone had their own fate, and respecting someone else's fate was also respecting oneself.

There were generally only two reasons teenage girls committed suicide.

Either they wanted attention.

Or they truly wanted to be free.

If it was the sort of person who deliberately chose a crowded place to kill themselves for attention, certain someone would save them, and even thought that behavior was "cool"...

Lin Tian thought they might as well hurry up and die.

Preferably, no onlookers should move a muscle. They should just eat sunflower seeds and cheer from the side, making sure the person had no choice but to die.

After all, the meaning of such people's lives was to provoke everyone as much as possible while alive, then let everyone laugh in relief once they died, achieving the effect of first suppressing and then elevating.

But the girl Lin Tian had met earlier was clearly not like that.

After Lin Tian said, "Don't die in front of my door," she had very politely changed locations.

Someone who truly wanted to die would not want to trouble others.

Lin Tian took another sip of coffee, lowered his head, and suddenly realized—

The coffee in his hand had been made by Grandpa Gan personally a couple of days ago to celebrate Lin Tian's good midterm exam results. Lin Tian did not like coffee, but he had still kept it in the fridge and drank it bit by bit over the past few days, because it was the old man's heartfelt gesture.

If that girl really was Grandpa Gan's granddaughter, and he just let her go...

Lin Tian would feel guilty for the rest of his life.

With that thought, he immediately stood up and pushed the door open.

One floor up, the rooftop door was indeed already open, with the lock lying on the ground.

Oh no!

Lin Tian silently cried out in alarm.

He rushed onto the rooftop. The moon hung high overhead, and the ground was covered in puddles left by the rain.

He looked around, but could not spot anyone.

Had she already gone to pay tribute to the Los Angeles Legendary Unbreakable King?!

Just as Lin Tian was regretting his delay.

A voice came from behind him:

"What are you doing?"

He turned around. The girl was standing in front of him.

Her head tilted, she stared at him blankly.

"Is something wrong?"

Lin Tian froze for a moment, then calmed himself down.

"I came to see whether you'd jumped."

"Were you going to collect my corpse?"

"..." Lin Tian was choked speechless by the girl's train of thought.

Yeah, I was waiting for you to hurry up and jump so I could come over and enjoy you while you were still fresh.

Would saying that make you not want to jump?

"Not exactly. I just wanted to tell you that dying from a fall is actually pretty painful."

"You've tried it?"

"I had a friend who died falling out of a helicopter. He used to be the best pilot where we came from."

"Ah."

The girl bit her index finger. "But weren't we joking just now?"

By just now, she meant their conversation on the sixth floor.

Now it was Lin Tian's turn to be dumbfounded.

"Then you?"

"I came looking for my lost kitten."

As the girl spoke, something brushed against Lin Tian's leg. Looking down, he saw a white kitten gently rubbing against his calf.

She really had been looking for a cat...

The girl crouched down and lightly waved her hand. The kitten immediately darted over and burrowed into her arms.

It obediently licked the girl's palm.

What a mess.

Lin Tian let out a helpless sigh of relief.

Still, as long as she was fine, his trip had not been in vain.

He raised his head. Beneath the clear night sky, moonlight bathed the silent rooftop. Only then did he notice that the weather tonight was quite nice.

Lin Tian was just about to turn around—

An interface appeared before him.

A target eligible to be bound as a partner has been detected. Recommended for the host—

Name: Gan Yan Yu

Successfully bind the system's recommended target to receive a beginner's gift pack.

"Gan Yan Yu?"

Lin Tian could not help saying it aloud.

The girl in front of him looked slightly surprised.

"You know my name?"

"Your grandfather mentioned you once." Lin Tian reacted quickly.

For some reason, after hearing Lin Tian's words.

Gan Yan Yu's gaze dimmed, and she looked away.

Binding conditions:

1. Have the other party stay overnight at your home.

2. Extract the other party's bodily fluids for an intelligent medical examination.

Time limit: 24 hours

Bodily fluids? Staying overnight??

No matter how he thought about it, Lin Tian could not figure out how to persuade this girl, with whom he had only exchanged a few words, to stay at his home overnight and obtain her bodily fluids!

Th-That was not right, was it?!

It would be more realistic to let her fall to her death, collect her corpse, and bring it home. She could stay as many nights as he wanted, and he could get as many bodily fluids as he wanted.

Though she would have to sleep in the fridge at night.

"~"

Just then, a leisurely melody began to play.

Lin Tian turned around.

Gan Yan Yu sat on the threshold, one hand holding the cello while the other gently drew the bow across its strings.

No, why had she suddenly started performing without a word?

Although the night sky, the setting, and a beautiful girl playing on a rooftop really did have a certain atmosphere.

When the mood was wrong, though, the whole scene felt a little creepy!

Lin Tian could not help complaining inwardly.

Still, credit where credit was due.

Grand Court.

It was a very gentle piece.

The cello's uniquely deep and evocative tone drifted through the night sky, giving the place a serene and beautiful feeling.

It looked like she had been learning this since childhood.

If someone discovered her talent, her future would be limitless...

After playing a passage, Gan Yan Yu lowered her bow, tucked the hair by her temple behind her ear, raised her head, and looked at the boy.

"My grandfather taught me this piece."

"Grandpa Gan knows music too?"

"He does. He just doesn't touch it anymore."

As Gan Yan Yu said this, a spark suddenly flashed through her hazel eyes.

"Are you close with Grandpa?"

"He's taken good care of me." Lin Tian answered modestly.

"What's your name?"

"Lin Tian."

"Lin Tian."

Looking at the boy before her, Gan Yan Yu could not help feeling a little curious.

Whether it was their conversation on the sixth floor earlier or the way he had charged headfirst onto the rooftop.

Both made Gan Yan Yu feel that, in Sichuan-Chongqing terms, this guy was a little crazy.

Like he was a very interesting boy.

And a good person, too.

But this good person was now only causing her trouble.

Ever since Lin Tian had rushed in, the girl's mind had been a complete mess.

Gan Yan Yu stroked the cat in her arms and softly said,

"Mm, Lin Tian, it's getting late. You should go back."

"What about you?"

"I'll enjoy the breeze for a while longer."

"Then I'll enjoy it with you."

A trace of surprise flashed across Gan Yan Yu's face.

Lin Tian was not stupid.

He was not so easily convinced by the girl's explanation about looking for her cat. His instincts told him there was at least more to it than that.

Lin Tian could not guarantee that the moment he turned around and left, the girl would not jump straight off the rooftop.

Lin Tian had made up his mind.

Whether it was for the hard-won chance to bind the system or for the girl's safety.

Tonight, Lin Tian had to bring Gan Yan Yu home.

Even if he had to use force!

Knock her out, tie her up, download some computer parts or something, and collect bodily fluids ruthlessly.

As long as he got her home, where she went tonight would no longer be up to her.

Gan Yan Yu looked at Lin Tian, and Lin Tian looked back at Gan Yan Yu.

The atmosphere remained deadlocked for a while.

It was as if the air carried the scent of a contest.

The night breeze blew, lifting strands of the girl's ink-black hair and scattering them across her beautiful face, captured by the moonlight.

Finally,

Gan Yan Yu let out a soft breath.

"Do you have a bathroom at your place?"

"I do."

What kind of question was that? Who did not have a bathroom at home?

"Then could I..."

Gan Yan Yu put the kitten on the ground, turned around, and revealed her back.

Her blue-and-white school uniform and sweatpants were stained with filthy water, with a large patch soaked through.

"Borrow your bathroom to take a shower?"

Huh? She was delivering herself right to his door?