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Longmen was busy, but as a member of a small logistics company and a temporary operator of the Guards Bureau, Ling Dengxian had a rare chance to take some time off.

After the traitor in the slums was caught, the security situation was restored to normal, and no more miscellaneous cases occurred. In addition, the same thing happened between Ling Dengxian and Lin Yuxia before, so he ended his field mission in the slums with the tacit consent of everyone.

And now that the emperor said that Wei Yanwu received a lot of deposit for this mission, he asked him to try his best to cooperate with the arrangements of the Guard Bureau. After all, he was the only one who received a formal salary from the Guard Bureau.

But after the training time was over, he had nothing to do. Continuing the transformation - if the level he had done before could be considered "transformation" - the plan of moving to the slums was obviously unrealistic. He could only ensure his own food, clothing and other necessities.

In order to prevent himself from failing at the critical moment, he chose to use his free time to familiarize himself with the routes and terrain in Longmen city.

He didn't know where he would be assigned yet, he just thought it was a good idea to be more prepared. After all, if the enemy had really been lurking in Longmen for so long, they might have figured out the route. If he couldn't beat the enemy in either pursuit or escape, he would be in big trouble.

He was thinking about things endlessly, and unknowingly came to the central park that Mostima had brought him to before. He looked up and saw the maple tree. The green leaves were trembling in the wind, but the leaves were still trying hard to hold up their veins to face the cold wind.

He walked closer and saw that there were quite a few people in the park today. Even though the temperature was still not high, the rare sunshine still aroused the desire of many citizens to travel.

Ling Dengxian rubbed his hands and said, "This sun is just an empty shell... It's not warm at all."

Today he learned his lesson and brought an extra coat with him, which he put on after the drill. He was a little reluctant to use the one Mostima had given him.

Just like the towel Fiona gave him, it is only used for daily face washing. He can't use it to wipe sweat whenever he wants.

He is naturally afraid of cold, so his fingers are greatly affected. The gloves provided by the Guards can keep him warm, but if they are frozen before that, his hands will not be able to become flexible for a while.

I hope the temperature will rise on the day of the exhibition so as not to hinder our activities.

Ling Dengxian was "frightened" by a gust of cold wind. He lost the ability to move and sat down on the bench, curling up his body to try to reduce heat loss. Bai Yan also lit up and hid under his clothes.

"Little scum?" Ling Dengxian tried to call out a slacker to cheer him up, but a sound of annoyance like someone who had not woken up came from his mind, and then there was no response.

"...Sleep, sleep, sleep. They said we could still chat, but now even this function has been uninstalled?" Ling Dengxian felt very uncomfortable. Xiaoxie was hiding a lot of things from him. Although this guy said that he didn't know how he should go back, he also estimated that if there was any possibility for him to return to his original world, it must be with Xiaoxie.

His mind seemed to be much clearer in the cold wind, and he suddenly remembered a fragment of his dream. It was a stunning silhouette, with black hair, black veil, and a glance that lasted for a thousand years.

He had a hunch that it was small crumbs.

Ling Dengxian himself did not notice that his expression had turned much colder, even though the silhouette was as beautiful as a banished fairy.

A feeling of irritation surged up, and he didn't know if Provence felt the same way when he was under the curse, but he was sure that these two kinds of disgust and irritation were completely different.

Provence's disgust should be the curse, but my own disgust and irritability are unreasonable and I don't know where they come from.

Or... is he also in another "curse"?

Ling Dengxian became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it. He could only sigh, raised his head, and looked at the weak sun and the unchanging sky. He was hit hard by the feeling of missing her.

"Dad, Mom, are you okay... Sister, you have to be reliable... I will continue to think of ways." Ling Dengxian gritted his teeth. It's not that he forgot, he just didn't dare to think about it too much.

He never counted the days in the wilderness. Those who did so would probably rarely survive, and the boring life made the dates in his diary a little confused.

He has been in Terra for nearly two years...

"Huh? Doesn't that mean I've been over 18 years old for a long time?!" Ling Dengxian suddenly realized this and petrified himself.

He had always celebrated his birthday according to the lunar calendar, but he couldn't remember the lunar calendar clearly. He had estimated that he would be eighteen this year, but now that he had recalculated the time, he realized that he should be nineteen this year...

"Forget it, it wasn't anything special before anyway... I don't have any friends to accompany me, so this year, I'll just treat the day when Fengdi comes back as my birthday. There will be quite a lot of people here." A gleam of light flashed in Ling Dengxian's eyes, and he felt much relieved.

He stood up and prepared to go back, but saw a purple Lupert woman standing under the tree, looking up with her eyes slightly narrowed, wondering what she was thinking.

"He doesn't look like a Longmen person..." After so many days, Ling Dengxian can still tell the difference between Longmen's Rupert and foreign Rupert.

Ling Dengxian frowned. It was not strange for her to stand under the tree in a daze. After all, it was a park. He had just done the same thing. It was not surprising. However, Ling Dengxian knew why he noticed her.

Just like when he first saw Texas, the air of danger was vague, and the instincts engendered by the wilderness made his blood race.

"Hello, what's up?" The other person noticed his gaze and looked over. Ling Dengxian immediately realized that this was rude and apologized quickly: "Sorry, sorry, you look like a foreigner, and you're pretty, so I couldn't help but take a few more glances at you..."

Of course it was nonsense. Ling Dengxian found a reasonable excuse to cover up his vigilant stress response.

"Is that so... Do you know about Longmen? Can you show me around?" Rupert's purple eyes did not dodge at all, and his gaze was as sharp as a blade.

“...Okay.” Ling Dengxian’s expression remained unchanged, but he became more alert in his heart. The other party... seemed to be coming for him?

"But how long will it take? I still have things to do..."

"Forget it then." After a moment, the other party took a step back and said, "I'll go shopping by myself."

Ling Dengxian smiled and said, "Then... I wish you a good time in Longmen?"

The latter nodded nonchalantly, and the two passed each other.

Ling Dengxian was very sure that when she looked at him just now, the corner of her eyes never left the sword at his waist.

"The pressure is so great... this guy... is very dangerous!" Ling Dengxian wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt that she was definitely not an accidental factor, and was very likely related to the group of people behind the scenes!

But when he looked back again, the purple-haired Rupert had disappeared... in a moment.

That's not a skill that any bounty hunter can achieve. If it were, it would have to be at the level of those legendary bounty hunters.

"…She is definitely not."

Ling Dengxian noticed that the clouds in the sky began to surge and the sun was submerged in the sea of ​​clouds.

"…It's just a rainy day." Ling Dengxian's eyes gradually became sharper. He changed the itinerary again and planned to submit this doubtful idea to Xingxiong and Chen and others.

In a corner of the park, purple-haired Rupert looked in the direction where Ling Dengxian disappeared, hesitated for a moment, and lowered his head to send a message:

I have contacted the last member of Penguin Logistics. He is quite strong and is almost the second best among the five. He uses a sword, so there is no need to worry about him.

After a moment, the reply message appeared silently on the screen:

Well done, she won't have an "accident" today.

Rupert gritted his teeth when he saw this line of words, but quickly put away his expression.