Doom Roar

"That person is Qiu Qiu, my former high school classmate... The other girl is Zheng Xiaoya, a former little sister of mine. In fact, you have seen it before, but maybe you didn't pay attention."

Xu Mo's cover-up question really worked, the ice in Li Li's eyes finally melted a little, and his blunt attitude towards him also eased a little.

"I went to your house to find you."

"Home?" Li Li's face showed a little bewilderment, then he shook his head and said, "The old house has been demolished, and now I live in a small hotel."

In all fairness, Li Li is not a very good chat partner. Most of the time, she seems to be simply answering questions, and the use of words is like gold, which makes it difficult to find a suitable topic to continue. [

Xu Mo is in this kind of stuck state at the moment. Although his main purpose this time is to invite Li Li to join his team, it always feels a bit too abrupt to directly enter the topic without preparing anything.

"Are you still practicing the Seven Killing Sword Art?"

On the way out of the botanical garden, Li Li who was walking in front suddenly asked.

"Huh? Still practicing."

Xu Mo didn't lie. Although he didn't practice as hard as he did when he was with Li Li, he could still guarantee more than four hours of practice time every day.

"Although I don't know why, the aura of heaven and earth that my mother mentioned seems to be back, and it is still as strong as ever... With your cultivation speed, it can almost teach you the next step of 'passing through the qi' empty."

Li Li turned his head slightly, looked at Xu Mo and said calmly.

"Uh...thank you." Xu Mo didn't know how to proceed again. Looking at a restaurant that was open by the roadside, he unexpectedly asked, "Want to have dinner together?"

Coincidentally, before Li Li refused, her stomach actually let out a grunt that represented hunger in perfect cooperation.

Facing the unfaithful physiological reaction, Li Li, who had always shown others with an indifferent expression, couldn't help but blushed, and responded as lightly as a mosquito.

Similar to the restaurant Xu Mo went to last time, this restaurant called "Emerald Jiangnan" didn't have many customers.

However, this restaurant seems to have some connections, and you can see a lot of good special dishes on the menu. Although these small stir-fries such as fried pork liver with green peppers were completely unpopular home-cooked dishes before the end of the world, but at this moment Nanzheng City, which is extremely scarce in supplies, can be regarded as an extremely high-end delicacy.

Of course, the price is also a complete hog price... Three grams of gold is a plate, and the supply is still limited.

"...Forget it, go eat at my place, I still have some supply coupons." Li Li glanced at the menu and put it down, even the cheapest white rice on it was not something she could afford now.

"It's okay, I invite you."

Xu Mo's so-called smile, gold is a temporary currency for him, and it doesn't contain too much extra meaning. If it weren't for the space ring, he might be too cumbersome to throw it away.

"So much? You... where did you get it?"

Watching Xu Mo casually grab a handful of golden jewelry as if by magic, Li Li opened his eyes involuntarily.

"I picked it up...Although I called it a thief without telling you, I really wanted to tell those shopkeepers, but they couldn't hear it anymore." [

Xu Mo took the menu and ordered four dishes, then thought for a while and wrote a few words on the order menu in the waiter's hand. After prepaying for the meal, he screened and rejected the other party.

There may be girls who don't eat, but there is absolutely no girl who doesn't love beauty.

Just like the saying widely circulated on the Internet, girls are all dragons, and they are born with no resistance to shiny things.

Because she lost her parents since she was a child and was raised by her elder brother, Li Lichang has never worn a piece of beautiful jewelry like a girl of the same age. Even a cheap imitation is a luxury for her. Seeing so many beautifully crafted genuine jewelry, even she who has never cared about things other than practicing martial arts is inevitably a little moved.

Obviously, it's not that I don't care, but that I don't dare to think about it at all... Li Li, you are just an ugly girl who knows nothing and has nothing. What qualifications do you have to pursue these unattainable luxury things?

But she was still an ordinary girl who couldn't escape the vulgar...

Li Li withdrew his eyes from the pile of jewels, his long eyelashes fell slowly, and a bit of bitter self-mockery emerged from the corner of his mouth.

Xu Mo, who was sitting directly opposite, clearly saw the series of subtle changes in expression on Li Li's face, and that bitter smile that revealed extreme inferiority was deeply engraved in his heart.

Li Li in front of him is like an abandoned ugly duckling, yearning for the white feathers of his companions around him, but at the same time, he can only hide in his humble and dilapidated nest with inferiority, using darkness to hide his own flaws, even if he knows the truth of the outside world. Beautiful, but she still refuses to get out of the darkness she created for herself.

"Give me your hand." Xu Mo stretched out his hand to Li Li.

"doing what?"

Li Li's body trembled slightly, as if he vaguely guessed Xu Mo's intention, subconsciously wanted to retract his hand on the table, but Xu Mo grabbed his wrist.

"This is for you." Xu Mo turned Li Li's palm over, and lightly placed his left hand on it. A black suede brocade box slightly larger than a matchbox fell into Li Li's hand. Take it out carefully, it is useless to keep it, and it would be a pity to throw it away..."

Li Li dubiously lifted the lid of the box, and a pair of exquisite diamond earrings shone colorfully and luxuriously in the sunlight.

"No, I don't want it." Li Li pursed his lips, closed the lid of the box and returned it to Xu Mo, "Maybe it's nothing to you, but to me, it's too precious."

Xu Mo held out his fingers against the jewelry box that was brought over, looked into Li Li's eyes and said seriously: "You should accept...this gift with a very special meaning."

"Gift? Has a special meaning?"

Hearing what Xu Mo said, Li Li temporarily stopped the action of "topping the box", and looked at Xu Mo puzzled.

"Sir, what you want."

The waiter came over and put down a tray, which contained a bowl of Yangchun noodles, a pair of chopsticks, a candle, and a disposable lighter.

Xu Mo put the noodles in front of Li Li with his own hands, lit a candle and put it on a small porcelain plate, humming softly to the beat.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."[

The bright orange candlelight in Li Li's eyes was gradually blurred by uncontrollable tears, she didn't even know whether she was crying or laughing at the moment.

Birthday...Yeah, it seems to be my birthday today...

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Qiu Qiu, you are a beast...