Volume 10: Pride and Prejudice in the City-State Chapter 14: City-States and the New World (Part 1)
It turned out that Li Lin's intuition was correct.
Ever since he confirmed that the two had a non-hostile relationship, Li Lin felt that his strength was declining sharply, falling all the way to a low level.
What made him most uncomfortable was that Li Lin couldn't get over this. Especially when he recalled that he had killed all the other people's friends, if Sally and the professor were all killed, Li Lin would definitely sacrifice his blood to those bastards and kill them every time he saw them throughout the game, devoting his whole life to them. So facing Alice who didn't seem to say anything, he always felt a little embarrassed. But Alice seemed to be very interested and looked at Li Lin with great interest.
"Li Lin, you."
"Um?"
"I'm talking to you, Li Lin."
"What?"
" He looks pretty handsome, not as cold and fierce as I imagined, nor does he look like the final boss laughing wildly on a corpse. Looking at him this way, he is just an ordinary handsome guy... although he is a little too handsome."
"Why, what's wrong? Why do you say that suddenly?"
"Hmm? I complimented you on your good looks. And after talking to you like this, it seems like you don't have such a bad personality. You can talk nicely. Then why did you have to put on such a villainous face? You look more pleasing to the eye like this now. You are handsome and beautiful, and you have a gentle personality. You can also say nice things, and you dare to admit your mistakes. You don't get too angry when you are fooled. You are obviously a very good person. Why did you become like that?"
"Because it's in the game, right? Games always like to present different appearances. There's no one we know, and we don't care about each other's identities. We're all just part of the daily entertainment, so there's nothing special about it, right? It's just like this."
"That's really weird. Aren't we also in the game now? Why are you suddenly so easy to talk to?"
"...Can I say that you are particularly annoying right now?"
"Yeah, sure. But compared to the initial aura of you being the final boss, it's really fun to see you so embarrassed. No, should I say, it's cute, right?"
“…”
Oh my God, why do women exist in this world?
Looking at the girl who rode a pony and circled from front to back, with her chin resting on her hand as if she was lost in thought, Li Lin felt a little nervous from the bottom of his heart.
Compared to the fake fearlessness in the game, the real Li Lin is actually the kind of person who is weak when facing the strong and strong when facing the weak. To put it bluntly, he is the most annoying person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. He is arrogant to those who are not as good as him, and humble to those who are stronger than him.
However, this status is not due to social status or anything else, but simply because of his speaking style or the way he gets along with others. For example, he is very opinionated when facing the mild-tempered fat bald guy, but when facing those top-school girls or other strong tasks, the first thing Li Lin thinks of is to escape. It is no big deal to say that he is a hamster that is particularly large and only has a deterrent effect because of its size.
If no one knew him in the game and there were no other players, Li Lin could continue to pretend. But once he became a teammate, it was easy to find that he was actually a very easy-going person, even to a certain extent. He basically would not loudly refute other people's opinions, and would consider each other's strength or other things when making plans. He would take the blame immediately when problems occurred. So when Alice - the former female anchor - stared at him curiously beside him, Li Lin could only sweat coldly.
Besides, they could harass him anytime after exchanging IDs. In addition, Li Lin's real personality was not that violent and violent. It was better to say that playing games was just a way for him to vent his emotions. So when faced with the harassment from friendly forces, all he could do was to move closer to the straw pile.
Then pray in your heart that these things will pass quickly, otherwise you will have to look at the blue sky and count the white clouds.
"...You definitely don't have a girlfriend?"
"What right do you have to defame someone's innocence? You said I'm a virgin, where's your evidence?!"
"Because it looks like you don't have a girlfriend, and I haven't even mentioned whether you have any experience. Why are you so excited? But it's really strange. With a face like yours, you would have been eaten up by those people long ago, right?"
"I think this is my personal privacy issue and has nothing to do with you. I hope that as a woman you can maintain a high level of self-respect and self-love. I think this kind of thing can only happen when both parties are in love. I have devoted the first half of my life to my career, and the second half of my life is working for the government (if imprisonment counts). Now I have just returned to society. I don't know anything about love affairs between men and women. No, it's better to say that I don't want to know at all."
"So you really don't have any emotional experience?"
"...Can we change the subject?"
"Oh, then tell me about your lolita complex."
"What right do you have to defame someone's innocence? Tell me, you say I'm a lolita complex? Show me the evidence!"
"No, I just have a hunch that the man with the pretty girl in the photo is definitely not a decent person. Especially since this girl once secretly promised to spend her life with him and trusted him unconditionally, and now she looks so happy. I think I really don't have any evidence."
“…”
Enough! What on earth do you want to do?
Li Lin originally wanted to shout out loudly, but when he thought that this was a player and that he lacked confidence, he inexplicably backed off.
Seeing Li Lin's impatient look beside the haystack, Alice showed even greater interest. She simply put away the pony - the horse turned out to be a celestial creature summoned by a flute - put the package on the car, and then sat next to Li Lin and looked at him with interest.
Again, if he knew it was an NPC or an enemy, Li Lin would not hesitate or show any mercy and would just chop him down with a sword. But when he thought that this person was also a living person, trying to survive in this miserable world, entertaining himself, thinking and researching, and that his darkening was probably due to his own reasons, Li Lin felt that something was wrong with such a complex person.
"So what do you want? Can you just tell me?"
"Hmm...it's very simple."
Looking at Li Lin who looked aggrieved, the former female anchor Alice smiled friendly.
"Because of the contrast, I think you are cute now that you were the villain boss at the beginning and are now uneasy. And after seeing your real face, I think you are very good-looking and very much to my taste, so I have fallen in love with you and want to date you, that's all. Are you satisfied with this?"
"You think I will believe you? So what do you want to do? If you don't want to help, I'll go find it myself-"
"Ah, we're almost there."
" What ?"
"The city-states controlled by the Wuwei Alliance and other alliances, isn't that what you're looking for? We're almost there."
While the two were talking, the dilapidated oxcart had already climbed over a hill, and a small and exquisite city gradually appeared in front of them.
