Ryan never expected that lunch would last until the evening. He drank a bellyful of coffee, and Elysia ate at least three pounds of cake.
It's a bit like what it is: two old men, each holding a bottle of Erguotou and a plate of peanuts, can chat about everything, from Mr. Wang next door to national affairs, and before they know it, a day has passed.
"Yeah, I'm full, I'm full."
The street lights were on. Elysia patted her belly with a look of satisfaction on her face. Ryan followed behind her and couldn't help but complain.
"Yeah, after eating so many carbohydrate bombs, it's more than just..."
Before he could finish his words, a warm index finger touched his lips. The girl in front of him raised her eyebrows and said, "Stop. It would be impolite if you continue."
Ryan swallowed and saw Elysia spinning lightly, her skirt dancing like butterfly wings.
"I won't get fat, absolutely not!"
"Okay, I haven't thanked you for buying me coffee yet. Logically, men should pay for it." Ryan returned to normal. He didn't know why he always had difficulty in having evil thoughts.
"I invited you to dinner, so of course I'll come. So, how was your day?"
"Well..."
This morning he was still a little confused, feeling the pressure brought by the Honkai, and the loneliness of being separated from his friends; near noon he was still thinking about the internal struggle of the Fire Moth, and then -
Then I chatted with the girl for a long time, and I couldn't even count how many words I said. I felt like I didn't do anything today, but I was annoyed that I didn't waste time.
Ryan thought for a moment and replied in an affirmative tone: "At least it's easy."
"Really? That's great!" The girl clapped her hands without saying anything extra.
He saw Elysia stepping onto the curb, walking on it with her hands raised flat, looking quite childish. Because she looked too high profile, passers by turned their heads, some with desire, some with admiration, and some with jealousy.
Lovely Elysia seemed to have seen nothing, and was only concentrating on her fight with Dessert. Ryan did not say anything, and did not even ask her where she was going. He just followed behind silently, watching her long pink hair swinging back and forth.
This is a waste of time, but Ryan doesn't hate this waste. He is even a little grateful to the netizen who stood him up. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have met Elysia.
"Ryan, what do you usually do?"
"Practice skills, research various topics, try my best to understand Honkai, and occasionally solve some disasters."
"Really? I didn't ask you about your job, just how you like to have fun, drinking or doing something else? Doesn't your roommate like playing basketball?"
Ryan paused. Basketball was too easy and too difficult for him. If he wasn't careful, he would easily dunk the backboard.
"Let's write something to kill time."
"A novel? Where is it serialized? Can I take a look?"
"Ah, forget it. These are all things that are not presentable." Ryan felt ashamed for some reason. For example, he had never let Kevin see them.
A clumsy work, not worth mentioning.
"Hmm, you're still keeping it a secret from me, but... never mind. It's more fun this way."
Interesting? What does that mean?
As Ryan was thinking, Elysia had already jumped off the curb. She came over and looked at Ryan gentle smile under the street light.
"Well, this smile is genuine, lacking a lot of politeness. This is my first time dating a boy. Thank you, it feels great."
"Ahem, don't say such misleading things." Ryan looked away.
"What's there to misunderstand? I like you, don't you like being with me?"
hiss...
Ryan took a deep breath and wanted to ask if this Elysia was a reincarnated succubus, she was so seductive. But when he looked at those pure purple eyes, he couldn't answer for a moment.
She was sincere in what she said. She seemed to know everything, and yet she seemed to know nothing. But if she thought in that direction, she would seem so vulgar.
Elysia loves everything, whether humble, noble, vulgar or elegant, she loves human beings themselves.
What a fairy like girl.
Ryan silently chanted "Love Gate" in his heart, and was about to discuss what "love" is from a philosophical perspective, when he heard Elysia's cell phone ringing. It was the theme song of a certain children's animation, a pure nursery rhyme.
"Sorry, oops, I forgot something important." Elysia quickly answered the call, and then a cold female voice came.
"Alicea, where have you been? Didn't you say you would shield me from the questioning from above?"
"Sorry, I was chatting with my friends for a long time today and forgot about it."
"Forgot? Well, you really don't take me seriously. Ha, you don't need to consult me about that question anymore."
"No, I'll be right back."
Pop.
The girl hung up the phone and ran away: "I have to go back. It's already night time before I know it. Happy times really pass quickly. Goodbye, Ryan."
Before Ryan could react, the girl had already run away. Ordinary people couldn't keep up with her thinking. After a few seconds, he raised his hand.
"Goodbye, Ellie."
As soon as he said this, he realized that he had subconsciously changed the address. He stood there for a long time before shaking his head in self-mockery.
Elysia, it's so scary.
This affinity is simply unreasonable. Due to too many secrets, Ryan never drank over the years and was very cautious in what he said and did. Only a few people could treat him sincerely, but that was also the result of years of preparation.
But in just half a day, he made a friend. Looking back now, everything seemed to be natural.
"If you treat others with sincerity, will you get sincerity in return? Even if you are hurt and betrayed, you can still love everyone equally and powerfully. You are indeed Elysia."
After thinking for a long time, all I can do is sigh. He is indeed the only one in the world, the last ray of sunshine in despair.
Love door.
Ryan made the sign of the cross on his chest and felt his steps become lighter.
"Let's just go back to the hotel. This Elysia is really hard to deal with because she does whatever she wants."
He felt that he was somewhat unable to deal with such an overly enthusiastic person. It was not that he disliked him, but when he thought of the ending, his heart became heavy, and the joy of increasing his strength disappeared.
It is difficult to survive alone, and it is even more difficult to change the fate of others and survive together, so people rarely make friends.
He had already understood something last night, and after receiving telepathy from Elysia today, he finally understood what the twisted feeling in his heart was.
Selfishness, unwillingness, fear, and some heroic thoughts.
"Alas, I have been so deeply involved with this world without realizing it. After all, I am still not capable of being autistic, nor am I cruel enough to treat every living person as an NPC." Ryan walked through the long street and glanced at the dim moon in the sky.
He couldn't be absolutely rational. Looking back now, he realized that when he approached the elementary school student Fu Hua, he had already fallen into it and embarked on a more difficult path.
"I originally wanted to find someone to cling to and slowly survive, but it really doesn't work -"
The man clenched his fists and walked forward in the moonlight.
"Let me be the forerunner."