If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

Meeting those pale golden eyes, Lu Mingfei's whole body trembled, as if he had scooped up a bowl of Arctic Ocean current in winter and sprinkled it from head to toe. The sense of transparency instantly made him stand up and stand at attention. .

"Zero?" If I remember correctly, Lu Mingfei hasn't spoken to this girl here yet, which means they are still in the "stranger" stage.

"What are you doing here?" Zero asked him, his tone was straightforward, without any twist.

Lu Mingfei stared at her blankly and shrugged stiffly, "What? Me? I didn't do anything, just strolling around."

"The dance is about to begin." Zero looked at the boy up and down. For tonight's celebration party, he still put on a borrowed evening dress. The dress with satin lapel collar was paired with a wing-collar single-fold sleeve shirt and dress pants. The side-paneled double-striped satin dress pants were selected from the beginning to the end by etiquette consultants from the Student Union and the Lions Heart Club. There was no time to hand-judge the selection of fabrics, so the evening gowns were all finished products and could only be regarded as fitting. There is still a way to go.

"Dance. Oh, yes, dance." Lu Mingfei did not forget that there was a dance here tonight.

But just because this dance happened as usual, Lu Mingfei would sit on the balcony and feel the cold wind in a daze. After all, he had a deep memory of this experience. Who knows when a person from Chernobyl would emerge. The mongrel who escaped from the attack used his hand to create a "Yang Lei" and directly blew up the Norton Hall.

Even though he is just sitting here drinking grape juice, he is in a state where his bloodline is refined and his senses are strengthened at all times. No disturbance can escape his perception, not to mention the chirping of insects and birds within a hundred meters radius. , but such a big person chanting such dangerous words will definitely not escape his perception - he doesn't want to see anyone die in that conspiracy attack again, and those white wax statues with hands stretched out to the sky displayed in the Hall of Heroes He will never forget the gesture to this day.

Lu Mingfei didn't speak. He found that Zero didn't speak either. He just stood behind the glass door and stared at him. It wasn't until dozens of seconds of deathly silence that Lu Mingfei realized that the other party was waiting for his invitation - that moment. A feeling of deathly embarrassment rose from the soles of his feet. Lu Mingfei had never disappointed anyone in terms of emotional intelligence.

"I don't want to dance, I'm just going to stay here for a while." Lu Mingfei held it in for a long time and finally said, "Would you like to come and sit for a while?"

Lu Mingfei instantly wanted to slap himself, regretting what he said, and at the same time remembered what Qilan said before leaving - was he really not complacent about the environment he was in now? Don’t you have any lingering feelings and feelings? Maybe when he saw this girl actively approaching him, with that familiar face and eyes staring at him, he had already violated the words he had said sonorously and forcefully from the bottom of his heart, right?

He didn't know what his state of mind was when he said the words "Have a seat". After saying it, he regretted it because he was not that familiar with Zero. Secondly, there was singing and dancing in the Norton Hall, fine wine, handsome guys, Lights, big-faced Australian lobster claws, everything, and now he wants people to come out and sit with him on the balcony? Where are you sitting? Are you sitting in the corner and looking up at the moon like he was just now? There aren't even stars or moon tonight.

When Lu Mingfei was in a daze, Ling glanced at him indifferently, turned around and left, closing the door behind him.

Lu Mingfei didn't hold back, just watched her leave silently, then turned around and leaned against the guardrail of the balcony and patted his face vigorously, persuading himself to wake up. Is now the time to fall in love with a girl? He is someone who wants to do big things! Do great things! How can you be addicted to Wenrouxiang?

Just when Lu Mingfei was feeling sorry for himself, the door to the balcony behind him was opened again, and there was a gentle knocking sound. Lu Mingfei turned around and saw Ling walking in, holding a bottle of Petrus dry wine in his hand. Red, this is the standard wine for tonight’s celebration banquet. I heard that there are better wines such as Margaux and Lafite, but they are both at the tasting table on the second floor.

But Zero didn't seem to care about the price or type of wine. She probably just went to the dance hall and saw a bottle of dry red in the tray of the passing waiter and pulled it over to him. No one would angrily accuse her of being rude. On such an occasion, such a beautiful girl would seem to be forgiven for anything she did. At most, someone would praise her for how bold and uninhibited she was when she drank.

Lu Mingfei also understood the reason for her temporary departure when she saw the dry red on Ling's hand when she came back. Since she was sitting for a while, it would definitely not be a dry sit. Wine was necessary. There were two goblets held between the fingers of one hand, presumably because he wasn't planning to drink alone - Lu Mingfei couldn't do such a thing. It was already too much to trick a girl into coming to the balcony to enjoy the air, and then let her do it alone. He deserves to be thrown from the balcony for being drunk.

Zero walked to the marble guardrail of the balcony, placed the wine glass against the guardrail, and looked sideways at Lu Mingfei. The meaning was self-evident.

She was also dressed up to attend tonight. She was wearing a thick white dress. Although it didn't trail when she walked on the ground, it still looked a bit bulky. Lu Mingfei wisely bent down to help her hold up the tail of her skirt. She turned around and stepped on her feet, lightly jumping and landing on the guardrail without any weight. She spun lightly, and Lu Mingfei let go of her twisted skirt. At the end, he watched silently as she sat outside the guardrail of the balcony, facing the Kassel College with scattered lights in the night. What was flowing in her pale golden eyes was the dark sea, and ice floes were flowing on the sea clouds to cover up the deep sea. The blue moon.

Lu Mingfei was very sensible and picked up the dry red wine on the ground. He bent his index finger and pinched the cork that was pulled out a little and lifted it hard. There was a crisp sound of "bo" and then the sound of the wine flowing into the wall of the glass. He didn't ask boring questions like whether to sober up or not. He poured one-third of the same amount into two glasses and pushed the wine glass closer to Ling a little further. The sound of the bottom of the glass sliding and rubbing on the smooth marble guardrail was very delicate, just like the emotions and actions of the two people on the balcony now.

Ling didn't say anything, so Lu Mingfei didn't know what to say, but at least she took the glass of wine and held it in her white evening dress. The red wine and the ivory dress were mixed together visually, which was very beautiful. In addition, the white swan-like Russian girl dotted the night scene. He suddenly felt that "sitting for a while" didn't seem to be a bad idea. Just looking at this girl sitting outside the balcony of the brightly lit clubhouse, with the dark sky and the castle in the forest as the background, the distance that her light golden eyes looked at was as attractive as this natural painting, approaching the infinity of the dark universe behind the deep sky.

It was really strange. It was obviously the first time they met each other, but the atmosphere was the same as if they had known each other for a long time. Was it my illusion?

There was a noisy sound downstairs. Lu Mingfei pulled out his dazed brain and looked down. It was probably a few buddies who noticed Lu Mingfei and Ling drinking by the guardrail and kept shouting something. Faced with this situation, it is estimated that ordinary girls would blush and avoid, but Ling just looked down at them, not embarrassed, nor did he speak, just looked down with his eyes until they left tactfully and stopped making noise.

The title of "Vacuum Queen" is not in vain. Although she is only in the first grade, she has already shown signs that no one can afford to offend and does not want to offend. Perhaps this is what those people call innate momentum. A person's past experience and family environment will create this momentum. What is the past of the Russian girl who can be like a queen carved out of ice?

Lu Mingfei suddenly found that he didn't seem to know this girl. Even though they had known each other for a long time in another place and even often had dinner together, he had never asked about her past. He didn't even know whether she was from a single-parent family or a normal family. It was quite a failure.

"Tell me about Lin Nian." Ling said.

Unexpectedly, it was Ling who broke the ice first. Lu Mingfei hadn't swallowed the sip of dry red wine in his mouth. He looked at Ling with some surprise and helplessness, probably thinking, why are you doing this? Isn't the torture tonight over?

"What to say?" Lu Mingfei felt that he had said everything he should say about Lin Nian. The Night Watch forum even created a character card for "Lin Nian" and even a criminal portrait. It can't be said that he is completely different, but it can only be said that he is not related at all. But he felt that in the process of his crazy search for Lin Nian before, many people should know Lin Nian's story and many things. Now that he was suddenly asked to talk about Lin Nian, he unexpectedly found that he didn't know what to talk about.

"Say whatever you think of." Ling said lightly, "For example, his position in your heart."

Lu Mingfei's expression twitched, thinking that it was a bit inappropriate to talk about this topic in this atmosphere and situation. No matter where, Ling is still the one who cherishes words like gold, and would rather let people misunderstand than to make it clear.

"What do you mean by position in the heart?" Lu Mingfei asked after a moment of silence, "I don't quite understand what you mean. You know, Lin Nian is my brother, and he will only be my brother, my best friend."

"No, I'm asking, do you want to be that kind of person?" Ling turned his head to look at him, his pale golden eyes were calm.

"Of course." Lu Mingfei answered immediately.

Who doesn't want to be Lin Nian? He is handsome and good at fighting, and is admired and worshipped by everyone. It would be a lie to say that you don't want to be Lin Nian. Even though he has a lot of pressure and troubles, there are still many people who want to be such a person. In their opinion, such a person should bear so much, which is the price involved.

He suddenly paused and understood what Ling meant by "status". Rather than status, it is better to say height.

"You want to replace him." Ling said.

"Don't talk nonsense." Lu Mingfei denied it almost at the same time, turned his head slightly, not wanting the other party to see his frowning expression, "What do you mean by replace? I'm not Xiang Yu, are you cursing that I will commit suicide in Wujiang in the end?"

"A person you need to look up to, you don't hate him, so you can only want to be and chase him." Ling said lightly, "When you find that there is no 'Lin Nian' in this world, what is the first thing you do?"

"Of course, find him." Lu Mingfei said subconsciously.

"Why do you want to find him?"

"Why? He's gone, so I want to find him. Is that weird?" Lu Mingfei was puzzled.

"Very weird." Ling nodded. "This is not admiration, nor pursuit. This is dependence."

Lu Mingfei was stunned and didn't speak for a long time.

Dependence?

"Has he helped you a lot?" Ling took a sip of red wine, and his thin lips were red like rouge.

Lu Mingfei nodded subconsciously.

"He taught you."

Lu Mingfei nodded.

"He was once your best and only friend."

Lu Mingfei nodded.

"So you have developed an incurable dependence on him. For a long time, you admired him and wanted to be him, but at the same time you were too humble to raise your head in front of him." Ling said.

The sound of deep breathing stagnation, and then there was a dead silence. On the balcony, you could hear the hustle and bustle in Norton Hall and the sound of the opening of the dance. Countless people were calling Lu Mingfei's name. Behind the curtains, there were shadows, and between laughter and joy, the subjects were looking for their hero, singing his name with dance steps and songs.

"Can you speak better?" Lu Mingfei didn't know what tone he used to say this. Thinking back, the mood of this sentence must not be too good.

"Don't you like to hear this kind of words?" Ling didn't avoid his eyes and looked directly at Lu Mingfei. Instead, Lu Mingfei was avoiding it. His breathing rhythm was interrupted. Those harsh words drilled into his ears without any warning, just like a steel needle piercing the eardrum. Under the severe pain, there was infinite tinnitus, making it difficult to hear other sounds except that sentence.

It was as if a stone slab was suddenly opened, and the insects hiding in the soil were exposed to the sun. They would flee in fear, looking for holes to drill deeper to avoid the direct gaze of the golden eyes. That gaze was so scorching that it could make a person's skin and flesh curl up and make a sizzling sound.