Chapter 862
Chapter 862: Chapter 26: Meeting Her Majesty the Queen (Extra for Alliance Master Descending Dragon Taoist!)_6 Chapter 862: Chapter 26: Meeting Her Majesty the Queen (Extra for Alliance Master Descending Dragon Taoist!)_6 “So, I think the plan to pretend to be a couple was perhaps doomed to fail from the start.”
Lin Xian looked at CC:
“Why do you say that?”
“Because…”
CC also looked at Lin Xian:
“You just said, they taught me to play the little bird relying on others, play the domineering sister-in-law, play the girl next door.
At the start…
Lin Xian, none of these are me.”
“I am not the little bird relying on others, I am not the domineering sister-in-law, and I am not the girl next door, so…
I am bound to not play these parts well, I can’t turn something fake into something real.”
“[I am me, I am CC, if there’s anything real about me that can be useful in this mission, it must be my genuine trust in you, my genuine fondness for you, my genuine willingness to live and die with you.]”
…
Lin Xian listened to CC’s words.
And he understood what she meant:
“Are you saying…
to stop pretending, to be real?”
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Lin Xian chuckled softly:
“But how can you be real about feelings that clearly do not exist?”
“Do you like me?”
Faced with Lin Xian’s question.
CC shook her head decisively:
“I don’t have that kind of romantic feeling for you, after all, today is just our first meeting, and the previous memories are just two memory fragments, after all.
The total time we’ve known each other, to me, barely exceeds 12 hours.”
“But what is certain is, Lin Xian, I don’t dislike you, and I admit you have personal charm, I also have a certain level of fondness for you.”
“So…”
“[I want to try it out, I won’t play any woman, I will be myself, I will express the simplest, purest, most sincere feelings I have for you in my heart…
perhaps, this is what truly genuine feelings are, and since it is real, it won’t be seen through.]”
Lin Xian sat up straight in the chair, looking at CC whose eyes were determined:
“Are you sure you can do it?”
“It’s not that I doubt your resolve, I am naturally willing to give it another try with you.”
“I’m just curious…
having never been in love before, not even having seen any visual materials, can you really act out the feeling of being in love?”
CC looked down, chuckled softly.
And got down from the slate bed:
“Who is born knowing how to fall in love?
In the primitive ages, with no novels, no films, not even stories…
did love not exist?”
…
Two hours later.
Queenstown, the southwest corner.
Lin Xian and CC successfully climbed over the fence.
“It’s up to you now.”
Lin Xian said.
CC nodded, extending her right hand invitingly under the moonlight:
“Give me your hand, Lin Xian, let’s walk together.”
A large hand holding a small one.
The sensation at that moment.
Was like over a month ago, leaping from a plane 20,000 meters in the sky, chasing through rolling clouds, until finally, less than 2,000 meters from the ground, Lin Xian caught Chu Anqing’s hand with a snap.
The two of them walked hand in hand.
Beneath the moonlight, they strolled forward boldly.
Without words.
Without superfluous actions.
Just holding hands, naturally at peace, walking forward boldly yet proudly.
They passed one alley after another.
They walked by one couple after another.
No one paid them too much attention.
Because…
The atmosphere emanating from them at this moment was not exactly love, but was indeed genuine fondness.
The girl would often turn her head under the moonlight.
With a slight smile.
Her agile eyes curved into shallow crescents, the dimples at the corners of her mouth faintly visible, looking at the man beside her who had been through several lifetimes of meetings and partings.
Her eyes were full of trust, filled with a rush towards shared life and death.
Along the way, coming up to the town’s main thoroughfare.
The two maintained such tranquility, as if all the lights in the town, all the noise and clamor of the world, had nothing to do with them.
On this two-kilometer journey from the old town to Queenstown Castle.
They walked past countless people.
Past countless soldiers.
Whether seen or unseen, everyone looked at them with a smile of recognition and relief, their eyes filled with wishes of blessings and eager anticipation for the new generation, for the future, for happiness.
“Look, we did it!”
CC and Lin Xian walked hand in hand to the outer wall of Queenstown Castle before finally letting go:
“It was that simple!”
“Heh heh.”
Lin Xian also smiled and remained silent, with nothing to say.
What could be said?
It can only be said that
Sincerity and heartfelt earnestness were indeed the real key.
Many questions that seemed very simple in the end were overthought.
So it turns out that what we call feelings and being in love…
It didn’t need to be loud and dramatic,
nor did it need to be sticky and messy.
The answer was just this simple and pure.
“Lin Xian, look, there’s a back door here.”
CC led Lin Xian to the back of the Queen’s castle.
Here, Lin Xian would jokingly call it a castle,
but in reality, it was just a common building of four or five stories, with a modest courtyard on the first floor, and now they were exactly at the back door of the first floor.
Looking at the crudely designed door lock,
CC directly pulled out the Mars Technology Multi-Function Army Knife from her waist and cracked it open with a few swift movements.
Indeed,
the expertise of a Code Expert, probably a gift from some memory fragments, is never forgotten in any time and space.
Lin Xian held a pistol,
well aware that in the hostage-taking business, speed was everything, and he must control the hostage in the shortest time possible!
CC also adjusted the Multi-Function Army Knife to look like a dagger, waiting for Lin Xian’s command.
“3…
2…
1…
Go!”
The two of them moved as fast as rabbits, sweeping through each room from bottom to top like cheetahs.
Finally!
On the third floor, they found the bedroom!
The bedsheets bulged, clearly someone was underneath—a female!
Swoosh.
CC, nimble as ever, leaped onto the bed and pulled off the bedsheets in one swift move.
“Eeek—”
A beautiful young girl covered her face and screamed.
CC put the dagger directly to her throat:
“Shut up, stay quiet!”
Lin Xian, too, stood to the side, pointing the Mars Technology pistol at the panic-stricken woman on the bed:
“Are you the queen of Queenstown?”
“Heh heh…”
Suddenly!
An icy sneer came from behind them.
Click, click.
A cold pistol was pressed against the back of Lin Xian’s head, and another was extended from behind, aimed at CC, who was kneeling on the bed.
“She is not the queen…”
From behind,
the woman’s voice, somewhat aged and hoarse, was now full of scorn and confidence, laced with mockery:
“I am.”
CC stood there, still holding the dagger to the girl’s throat on the bed, frozen in place, no longer moving.
Lin Xian didn’t turn around,
but glanced sideways, catching the pistol aimed at CC from the corner of his eye.
Exquisite.
Shiny.
Compact.
Complicated workmanship.
With one look, he knew it couldn’t possibly be a product of the current Earth era!
This so-called queen…
indeed came from Mars!
“Put the gun down, turn around, boy.”
The queen behind him chuckled lightly with a composed laugh:
“I’m rather curious, who gave you the courage…
to dare to break into Queenstown?”
Lin Xian didn’t move.
The gun at the back of his head pressed even tighter:
“I’ll only count to three.
If you don’t behave…
then boom.”
Lin Xian did indeed want to see who this queen was.
It didn’t matter.
If he died, there’s always tomorrow.
After all, he had already discovered the real queen’s location.
Lin Xian put down the pistol.
Slowly turned around.
The night wind, which had arisen, blew the huge curtains on the window, allowing the moonlight to scatter in.
The room glowed with light.
Lin Xian could then clearly see the face of the queen.
She was an elderly lady, around seventy or eighty, slightly gaunt, but in terms of physique and spirit, she was still robust, at least her arms holding the guns were steady.
At the same time,
the queen in front of him, with her white hair and wrinkled face, could also clearly see Lin Xian’s face.
She was stunned and couldn’t help but step back:
“Lin…
Lin Xian?”
Her breathing became rapid, pupils trembling, not believing:
“You…”
“You’re supposed to be…
dead, right?”