" Huyan Lan, don't you make any noise when you walk?" Su Hang couldn't help but ask. "Standing behind me like a ghost all of a sudden is really scary, you know?"
Huyan Lan covered her left cheek and slowly squatted down. Even though she was sweating profusely from the pain and her whole body was trembling, she didn't utter a sound.
"That was a pretty hard punch, it even managed to bring down my great-grandmother's phantom."
"You should be grateful," Su Hang said, handing over an ice-cold can of cola and seizing the moral high ground. "Luckily, I spotted you in time and held back my punch, otherwise your head would be flying off tonight."
"Oh, I should thank you for showing mercy, old man?" Huyan Lan shakily took the Coke can, held it to her flushed cheeks to reduce the swelling, and said angrily, "Should I also cry and praise you a few times?"
"That's not necessary."
Su Hang knew perfectly well that Huyan Lan was a typical high-attack, low-defense fighter, with his attack attributes maxed out but his defense attributes weak. Su Hang knew that it would take Hu Yanlan three to five days to recover from the force of his punch.
"Why are you on the balcony at this hour if you're not aiming for the King of Glory rank?"
Huyan Lan glanced at her and said, "Can't I look at the stars?"
Su Hang asked suspiciously, "You have something on your mind too?"
Huyan Lan asked with a strange expression, "Is it that obvious?"
Su Hang's eyelids twitched. He had just dealt with Liuli's worries, and now Huyan Lan's worries were piling up. It seemed like tonight was going to be a night of stirring up trouble.
"We've known each other for almost ten years, how could I not know you? Tell me, what's bothering you?"
After a long silence.
Huyan Lan asked, " Su Hang, do you believe in love?"
"I don't believe it." Su Hang shook his head.
Huyan Lan asked, puzzled, "Why don't you believe me?"
"Perhaps they've experienced it firsthand."
Su Hang's long-buried memories were awakened. Nine years ago, during the most difficult period of the Imperial Crown, he was betrayed by the Silver Dragon Phoenix Mountain Lord. Among them, the most ruthless betrayer was his confidante, Phoenix.
In a fierce act of revenge against Phoenix, he didn't hesitate to delete his classmates' homework-sharing group and uninstall the Honor of Kings." He worked tirelessly, day and night, risking everything, just to prove that [love can be acted out].
That's right.
He left something in Phoenix's heart, a seed called love. Even though Phoenix was unaware of it at the time, he believed that once Phoenix's heart began to open to love, she would be tormented to the point of collapse by that seed of love!
"I used to be like you, I didn't believe in love," Huyan Lan said softly. "I also thought my thinking would never change, but after working in the wedding industry and seeing so many happy couples, I gradually changed, and I actually started to believe in love too."
"I even had the absurd idea of falling in love."
Su Hang nodded and said, "You're 21 after all, it's normal to want to be in a relationship."
"But I've discovered," Huyan Lan said, her fingertips trembling, "That I've lost the ability to love."
Su Hang asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"When a female cat is in heat, she will make a mating call like a baby. However, spayed or neutered female cats will not do this, and they will even ignore male cats in heat, remaining indifferent."
Su Hang glared at him and said, "You had a sterilization operation?"
"Get lost!" Huyan Lan said, her face flushed. "I was just giving you an analogy. Right now, I'm like a spayed female cat; even if I have romantic feelings, I can't put them into practice."
Su Hang suddenly realized and asked curiously, "What's the reason?"
Huyan Lan suddenly fell silent.
After a long silence, she was consumed by rage and said with hatred, "Nine years ago, in 2016, when I was still young and innocent, a despicable and shameless man stole my heart."
"A heart thief?" Su Hang asked in surprise, "Could it be the man you mentioned to me that night while camping in the mountains?"
"Yes!" Huyan Lan said viciously, "He stole my heart without me even knowing, and robbed me of the ability to love."
Su Hang frowned and said, "Can I understand it this way: because you liked him during your adolescence, you're now having trouble entering a new relationship normally after developing romantic feelings?"
"I didn't like him during my adolescence!" Huyan Lan immediately added, "I was a teenager then, ignorant and naive, I didn't understand what liking someone meant, I just had a crush on him."
Are you being stubborn?
No, I didn't.
Su Hang looked at Huyan Lan with newfound respect. He had always thought she was a fierce and assertive woman, but now she was showing a shy and indignant side like a little woman.
" Huyan Lan, what are your plans?"
Huyan Lan sneered, "It's simple. Find that man in reality, tear him to pieces, and take back my heart."
What if we can't find him?
Huyan Lan's eyes gleamed with determination. "If I can't find him in a year, I'll search for two years. If I can't find him in two years, I'll search for ten years. If I can't find him in ten years, I'll search for a hundred years. I'll find him even if it kills me!"
Su Hang sighed softly.
The word "love" is unsolvable.
Listening to the whole story, he felt somewhat sorry for Huyan Lan, who had been in love with him for nine years without realizing it, and blamed her loss of the ability to love for the other person stealing her heart in her younger days.
Little did she know, the other person hadn't stolen her heart; they had simply planted a seed of love within her. As the seasons changed, the seed sprouted and grew into a towering tree, filling her heart completely.
If your heart is full of one person, it naturally cannot hold a second one.
"Huh?"
Su Hang paused slightly, then muttered to himself, "This stunt seems familiar... it's like the revenge I took against Phoenix back then."
"That punch wasn't for nothing." Huyan Lan handed over the can of Coke, stretched, and said, "After talking to you about my troubles, I feel much better. I'm going back to my room to continue my rank-building."
Su Hang nodded. "Okay."
Huyan Lan was about to go back to her room, she suddenly remembered something. "Oh right, it was your birthday a while ago. I prepared a birthday present for you, but I was busy fighting with you and forgot to give it to you."
What birthday present?
" The Imperial Emperor Armor Suit!" Huyan Lan exclaimed with a smile, "It's an original Emperor Hero Suit that I had someone buy from the Armor Hero production team!"
"Original Emperor Hero Suit?"
Su Hang's breathing quickened, and his eyes widened. "You're not kidding me, are you?"
A Porsche car key traced a graceful arc and landed in Su Hang's palm.
Huyan Lan turned around and waved his hand, saying, "Are you kidding me? Go look in the trunk of my car and you'll see."
Watching Huyan Lan's departing figure, Su Hang felt as if he were dreaming. First, Liuli gave him the Imperial Emperor Steed, and now Huyan Lan gave him the Imperial Emperor Leather Case.
Am I dreaming?
Su Hang grabbed his car keys and quickly walked towards the door. He needed to get to the underground parking garage to verify the authenticity of the Imperial Emperor Armor.
"If this is a dream, I hope I never wake up."
But we had just reached the entrance hall.
The door to the adjacent second bedroom, number 1, suddenly opened.
A dark shape, like an earthworm, crawled out slowly from the ground.
"Um?"
Su Hang was stunned.