Volume 9: Vampires and Dungeons Chapter 1: Ten Years Later (Part 1)
“This is my husband…”
The lady smiled and put her arm around the handsome man next to her.
The man, who looked tall and handsome but still had fine lines from the cyborg transformation on his face, raised his glass to Li Lin in a friendly manner.
"Hello. I heard that you and my wife were good friends in childhood. As soon as I heard that you were going to have dinner together, I insisted on coming over to see you. My wife has often mentioned you. I didn't expect that in reality you are as stunning as my wife said. This has finally fulfilled a dream of mine. We can have a good chat while eating."
But you didn't even bother introducing yourself.
Li Lin looked at the man who seemed very polite, but had a wine glass in one hand and the fox in the other, and had no intention of extending his hand. Li Lin didn't say anything.
He just glared at the fat bald man who was shaking with a dry laugh, smiled at the two people in a friendly way, and turned his head to the other two handsome men and women. They also looked like handsome men and beautiful women who walked out of magazines, with traces of prosthetics all over their bodies.
They were probably a bit old or something. At least Li Lin A-11's authority level believed that the two people in front of him had at least 60% of their bodies cybernetic. Young people often don't need such a high level of cybernetic body from the perspective of growth, so they should be two elderly people. But why bring two elderly people to the internal dinner?
“Who are these two…?”
"Ah, this is my mom and dad. It's a rare occasion for them to have a meal together, and they want to see how their friends are doing. Please don't mind."
“…”
How could he not mind?
Your family said they were going to have dinner with friends, but they brought their parents? And there were fucking couples coming together? You call this a dinner with friends?
Awkward dinner party, huh?
After taking a look at this lineup that could be considered the top three in the world of embarrassment, Li Lin glanced at the fat bald man who was wiping his cold sweat, and conveyed his dissatisfaction with his eyes and quantum communication.
'You are such a mama's boy. You even bring your parents to dinner? And what's up with Fox's husband? What's up with Fox? Didn't we say we were just going out to have a beer and a meal? Aren't you being too exciting?'
"What can I do? Fox contacted me and said she wanted to have dinner with you and me. I thought that was it. Who knew she brought her husband with her? And when she heard that there was another woman at the dinner, she didn't care that I told her that she had a husband. My parents insisted on coming over to get involved. What can I do? No, how can you use quantum communication? Isn't that only citizens with Class B clearance can use? I can only send a reply when I receive it?"
"Ah? You mean this? My A-11 authority. How about that? Your captain is awesome, right? Excellent citizen A-11 authority, why don't you lick my boots?"
"If there weren't so many people here, I would have kneeled down to you, Captain. F*ck, is there only one A-level authority in the entire city?"
"Eh? Is this thing precious? I feel like I just got it casually."
"It's not a question of preciousness but——"
"Ahem, we mainly came to see if Fei Tu has hidden anything from us recently. I'm really sorry to surprise you all."
Just as Fei Tu and Li Lin were communicating via quantum communication, Fei Tu's parents coughed and showed the others a gentle smile that was obviously downloaded from a smart emoticon package.
"Our Feitu always thinks about unrealistic things. He kept it a secret from his parents when he came to the dinner this time, making us think something was wrong. But we didn't expect that all the guests here are distinguished guests and elites. I hope you can take care of our Feitu in your spare time. He always thinks about the old things in the past. If you have time, please help me persuade him. Then we old guys will not disturb the occasion of the young people and will leave first."
"Oh, uncle and aunt, take care."
He was still the fox's husband, still with his perfect smile and demeanor, but he made no move to stand up and see her off.
It was Fat Baldy who stood up and sent his parents outside, then closed the door. The soundproofed room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at each other, falling into an inexplicable stiffness and awkwardness.
If it was just the fox, it would be fine. Even if it had changed, it could still interject, at most sighing about how the outside world had changed and how it was now. Even if we were strangers, we would just eat and drink and then go our separate ways. At most, it would feel a little disappointed, but not as awkward as it is now.
But who is the fox's husband?! What does it have to do with you?! It's just a class reunion, isn't it necessary?!
What's more, there is no need to worry about being cuckolded. Husband and wife share property and support each other. A mental monitoring system to prevent cuckolding has already been introduced. What is your wife thinking? Do you have no idea whether she is cheating on you? Are you mentally ill to force yourself into other people's class reunion? We are reminiscing about the past and the past, but you have to get involved. Do you have nothing to do?
Looking at the successful man who still had an elegant smile on his face, Li Lin and Fat Bald complained about him countless times in private messages.
'So what is he here for? To disgust us?'
"I don't know. I'm not familiar with him, and I even forgot his name..."
"Aren't you business partners? At least record this portrait in your poor facial database and check it at any time!"
"I've already said that my level of prosthetics isn't that high, right? I can't remember it at all, and there are at least 800 similar templates of his face, if not a thousand. I'm afraid there's something wrong with my database, okay?"
"……"
An awkward atmosphere permeated the air. Although I was sending private messages to complain frantically in my mind, in reality there was only the sound of a few people silently picking up their chopsticks to eat Sichuan cuisine.
And because the three of them were cyborgs, only Li Lin was sweating profusely from the spiciness. He kept gasping for breath, and from time to time he took out some drinks from the table to prevent thirst and wash away the spicy taste in his mouth.
Although the fat bald man's parents had left to avoid suspicion, the atmosphere was not much better. This silent and awkward meal lasted for quite some time. Just when Li Lin thought that the dinner party would end unhappily, the guy who looked like a successful man cleared his throat and gave Li Lin, who had a mouthful of chili, an emoticon-like smile.
"It's not right to eat without talking. Let's chat with each other. Where is Mr. Li Lin now?"
“…”
Oh my god, an urban face-slapping plot?
What's going on? How come it officially became an urban superpower?
Looking at the successful man who seemed to be smiling, Li Lin subconsciously took a sip of tea to calm his nerves.
