Chapter 375
Chapter 375 I Actually Have No Opinions
Xia Xinyan was enjoying this moment of leisure.
The matters regarding Chicks were mostly handled by the fatty and Ling Mo; she spent most of her time slacking off. However, while slacking off was quite enjoyable, seeing a group of friends gathered in the square for a barbecue made her pretty happy too.
It had been a long time since she had such a carefree time.
Moreover, it was likely that opportunities to gather like this would become increasingly rare in the future.
This inevitably made her relax a bit, and perhaps as Ling Mo thought, she was becoming more open, allowing herself to completely unwind in front of everyone.
After all, changes in feelings are sometimes hard for even one’s self to notice.
She only knew that Ling Mo’s grilled skewers tasted really good.
However, the fatty and the others didn’t stay there for too long. Once the operations of the Grand Alliance began, it would be hard to find free time again, and the fatty, who was mainly responsible for this part, was the busiest person around, dealing with all the rules involved for other forces joining the alliance.
It wasn’t just him, either—Bai Yu was helping him, and Ling Mo would chip in when he had the time. But the main workload still fell on the fatty; after all, he was the most skilled in this area.
Once the fatty left, the outdoor barbecue was pretty much winding down. After finishing the remaining grilled skewers, others gradually dispersed until only Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan were left.
Ling Mo was flipping the last skewer of meat when he tilted his head to look at Xia Xinyan for a moment and laughed, “If you want to eat more, I can continue grilling.”
“…No thanks,” Xia Xinyan shook her head, “Let’s just finish this and call it a day, no need to waste anything.”
She was almost full anyway.
Ling Mo agreed.
The two sat in silence for a while.
Ling Mo spoke softly, “Xinyan.”
“Hmm?” Xia Xinyan tilted her head to look at him.
“Xinyan… have you thought about the future?” Ling Mo asked.
Xia Xinyan paused for two seconds, “Future? What future?”
“The future that Xinyan has thought about.”
“I have thought about it…” Xia Xinyan looked up at the sky for a moment and murmured, “Probably, after solving the world’s crisis, I’d just return to a plain and simple life.”
She didn’t realize how many times she had fantasized about living a spectacular life when things were peaceful before. But now, when faced with an opportunity to create a spectacular life, she oddly found herself reminiscing about the quiet days.
Honestly, a peaceful life is pretty good. At least there aren’t too many worries, and you don’t have to worry about not living to an old age.
Ling Mo turned to meet her gaze and gently said, “Then, have you thought about our future? Our… future.”
At his words, Xia Xinyan was momentarily stunned.
Their future together?
“Xinyan,” seeing her expression, Ling Mo’s tone softened a bit, “Do you remember? When we went to my house together, you said… you hoped to keep the beauty for after marriage.”
After pausing for a bit, he continued, “So have you thought about our future? After marriage?”
Xia Xinyan fell silent for a moment.
This question… she really had thought about it.
She had seriously considered it.
After all, now that they had gotten this far, it was essentially meaningless for her to keep lying to Ling Mo or lying to herself.
Ling Mo liked her; she could feel it.
But did she like Ling Mo?
She didn’t quite understand what liking someone meant.
But if… liking was getting used to living with someone, getting used to their company, getting used to someone occupying a place in her life, then maybe she did like Ling Mo.
In the end, previously she was just tangled up in the conflict of being reborn as a girl, but now she had long since gotten used to it.
Just like Monica had once said, the so-called memories from a past life are theoretically just a bunch of useless data that cannot occur; she was always Xia Xinyan from the very beginning.
She remembered mentioning that her adaptability was strong—her character, cultivated in the high-pressure environment of her “previous life,” meant she had to either adapt or perish.
So, in this life, she had already adapted to her current lifestyle and her relationship with Ling Mo.
She just… didn’t quite understand how to face this issue head-on.
After all, she wasn’t really a proper girl. From the moment of her rebirth until now, her life had been a blank period.
Thus, now facing Ling Mo’s expectant query, she fell silent for a moment and ultimately didn’t give an answer, “The skewers are about to burn.”
Ling Mo was startled and immediately grabbed the skewers, “Ouch… Sorry, I didn’t notice.”
He was too concerned about Xia Xinyan’s answer.
But… it seemed like Xia Xinyan was still unwilling to give him an answer…
“If… you can deal with my family, then I actually have no objections,” Xia Xinyan’s voice suddenly came through.
Ling Mo paused, then immediately felt joy, “Xinyan…”
However, when he turned to look, Xia Xinyan had already gotten up and left without him noticing, leaving him with only her distant silhouette and a somewhat unnatural farewell, “I’m a bit sleepy; I’ll head back for a nap.”
Ling Mo stared at her silhouette, a little in a daze.
Did Xinyan… just agree to him?
—However, before he could figure this out, a familiar figure suddenly charged over from not far away.
It was Summer Jincang.
He almost instantly spotted Ling Mo here and stormed over with a fierce expression, “Ling Mo!! What have you done?!”
Ling Mo paused, “Brother Jincang? What’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong? You’re asking me what’s wrong?!” Summer Jincang was furious, “Didn’t the Ability Bureau take you all to handle an ability incident?! You even live-streamed the whole ordeal?! I watched the replay! Xinyan almost got into trouble! Didn’t you say you’d protect Xinyan?! Is this how you protect her?! Carelessly sending her to such a dangerous place?!”
He had been dealing with matters in the Dark Zone for some time, and only returned to reality this morning to find out about this situation. He came over to find Ling Mo right away.
Especially the last scene of the explosion and landslide; watching that almost made his heart stop.
If he hadn’t initially known that Xinyan was safe, he would have likely come over brandishing a knife.
But now it was pretty much the same—though Xinyan was fine, Ling Mo taking her to such a dangerous place was simply challenging his limits.
Ling Mo and Summer Jincang exchanged glances for two seconds, his tone quite calm, “I’m protecting Xinyan well; she won’t be harmed in the slightest.”
“That’s still not an excuse for taking her to such a dangerous place!”
“Does Brother Jincang think Xinyan needs to be protected like a little girl in a baby carriage all the time?”
“You…” Summer Jincang was momentarily speechless.
Ling Mo silently sighed.
He still had to deal with the Summer Family… this guy in front of him was likely going to be a big challenge.
