I, with a long knife in my hand, can only do one move

Only at this moment, Cheng Rang felt that Rick, who had unlocked his heart, looked like he should have belonged to his age.

"Do you need my guidance?"

"No need!" Rick sat down in front of the chessboard again with a look of anger, and restored it.

Hubby looked at Rick in front of him, hummed softly to express his agreement, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Cheng Rang couldn't help feeling a little puzzled.

——At this moment, the little smile on Hubby's face, relying on calculation and imitation... Can you pretend it?

Leave that alone.

Cheng Rang let Shubi's long black hair go, fiddled twice and said, "The hair is finally washed, it's clean, but Rick, you haven't washed it yet, right? It's so hot here that it can steam people's heads. Do you want to continue playing chess here?"

"Huh? Soon."

"You don't even look at how long we've been here. If it takes longer, I'm afraid Kelong will worry about you fainting and breaking in here."

"Uh... there is indeed such a possibility." Rick seemed to stiffen his body as if he had thought of such a picture.

"So take off your clothes and take a shower, do you want me to help you wipe your back?"

"No."

"Don't rush to refuse, this is a good opportunity to enhance brotherhood! Let me be healthy!"

"Stay away from me, you bastard!" Rick grabbed the collar of his clothes, stretched out one hand and pushed Cheng Rang away.

"Hey, are you shy?"

"No, pervert!"

Shubi, who was kneeling on the ground, tilted her head to watch the fight between the two in front of her, and gathered the hair behind her that was cleaned by Cheng Rang into the palm of her hand.

"...very clean...thank you...Cheng...."

The two who stopped their movements because Hubby spoke turned their heads to look at the same time, Rick asked, "I've been a little concerned since just now, why are you so skilled at washing girls' hair?"

Cheng Rang blinked hard as if he didn't understand Rick's question, and said with an expression of "you're right?"

"Huh? So I told you before that I have a wife, so it's only natural that I have such a trick?"

Rick: "..."

Cheng Rang: "...?"

"Your wife, isn't that the knife?"

The corner of Cheng Rang's mouth twitched: "As a soldier, you have to treat your weapon like a lover. Does this conflict with my gentle and lovely wife?"

"Ah, no...this...I always thought...."

Rick fell into embarrassment as if the misunderstanding had been resolved, he kept scratching his cheek with his fingers, his eyes wandering.

when!

The sound of knocking on the head was clear and sweet, and then Rick knelt down on the ground covering his head, and his screams came through the bathroom door:

"It hurts——!"

Chapter 24 This feeling is called joy

"Rick, what's wrong with your head!"

When Klon delivered Rick's meal in the evening, he found that he was working in front of the desk with a big steaming bag on his head, so he rushed up in a panic.

"This...it's nothing, I slipped in the shower."

"...do you hit the top of your head when you slip? It's okay, right?"

"No, it's okay...it's completely okay!" Rick gritted his teeth and smiled, "Speaking of Cheng's work, shouldn't the formal arrangements be started?"

"Hey, this..." Ke Long showed a slightly subtle smile.

In the square, after a day's work, everyone gathers here to talk or laugh and share stories about going out and home.

And Cheng Rang was leading the curious Shubi to carve squares on the ground with the children, playing a game called "hopscotch".

Laughter and laughter are faintly entering the room through the refraction of the cave wall.

"He has taken care of many jobs by himself." Crolon, who answered in this way, brought Rick to the square, seeing the people relaxing here, with a smile on his face.

"Accident..."

Rick thought that Cheng Rang, apart from joking with others with an unscrupulous face, only had the advantage of superior combat ability.

As a result, all the commissions can be completed perfectly with [-]% efficiency.

Looking at the guy in the square who was mingling with the children, it is not without reason that his popularity has become so high in such a short period of time....

Rick's opinion

Suddenly it changed.

And the game they were playing just happened to be Hubby's turn.The petite girl's footsteps were precise and nimble, she jumped over every grid accurately, and turned her head to throw the pebble at the end point in the most perfect position, causing the children around to clap their hands and exclaim.

As if enjoying such praise, Shubi puffed up her chest slightly, and at the same time found Rick who was watching from a distance.

The expression on his face seemed to say: Praise me quickly.

Although Rick has been admonishing himself - that guy is an Ex-Machina and can kill humans unconsciously.

They are the same as other races, and have trampled on humans countless times so far.

Never relax your vigilance, reason cries out like this, non-stop.

But, I don't know why——

The girl who started waving to herself from a distance, frequently wanting to show off her superior 'results', couldn't be viewed theoretically at all.

Rick couldn't help it, and laughed.

This stunned Shubi, Cheng Rang and even Kelong who noticed Rick's smile.

The person who can smile so heartily in front of everyone...is it really that guy named Rick?

Simply incredible!

Such Rick was dragged into the game by Cheng Rang who came here, and Master Rick, who was respected by everyone in the settlement, received the highest courtesy and cheers.

Then he completely lost to Hubie with dignity.

Under his "really so" expression, Rick, who played a few more games, was undoubtedly crushed by Hubie.

It turns out that Mr. Rick is not good at something, and this impression also makes people around him get closer to Rick.

And although Shubi has always resisted more communication with other people, it is clear that her performance today has made her image a lot higher in the eyes of the children around her.

"That's amazing, sister Huby!"

Nonna looked at Shubi, who was slightly taller than herself, with admiration. This kind of communication made Shubi feel a little overwhelmed.

"...these... are very simple..."

Her amber pupils blinked, and Huby was a little puzzled by the feeling of "increased positive influence" that was being fed back from the body.

Obviously, they are just the simplest logic of action, so why do they react like this?

Obviously, there are many differences between the more innocent "hearts" of children and the comprehensive thoughts of adults.

After recording this feedback one by one, Shubi then asked Cheng Rang, who had just taken him along with him.

"What does that feel like?"

The girl in front of Cheng Rang lightly raised her hand and pressed it on her chest: "...well. The specific sensory feedback sample needs to be named...preliminary inference is a certain human emotion...positive emotion. ...."

"When you were praised?"

"...Praise?" she repeated the word.

Cheng Rang patted Shubi's head with a smile, and said to her, "It's amazing, it's amazing... Shubi is such a good boy."

such behavior.

She was silent for a few seconds, tilting her head.

".....Unable to understand..."

"Really?" Cheng Rang was not surprised by this.

"But...wanted to respond to this...how should...?"

"It's probably called, be happy, be happy, be happy. It can be understood in this way. If you want to do it, you should refer to other people more. In a language you can understand, after you have more samples, you can speculate on the results."

"...will you be happy to be praised?"

Cheng Rang just shook his head and said: "Not only will you be happy after being praised, but there are many, many behaviors that will make people feel happy and joyful."

"........"

"...in the bathroom before, Hubby also felt happy..."

The girl touched the corner of her mouth with her fingertips, reading that memory.

"Well, that's right, these are all feelings. They are the feelings that can emerge from the interaction between 'heart' and 'heart'."

——Happiness, anger, sorrow, joy.

"...these are...'hearts'...?"

Cheng Rang pursed his lips and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Rick also said that the 'heart' is not a substance, and it cannot be explained in accurate words, it has to be felt."

"...the way to feel, you need to know..."

The answer given by Cheng Rang cannot be explained logically——

"You have to feel it with your heart."

"......"

Shubi couldn't understand this at all, and corrected it in a slightly hasty tone: "But Shubi...has no heart..."

He raised his finger to interrupt Shubi's speech, and calmly said to Shubi:

"Huby, it's not that you don't have a heart, it's just that you haven't analyzed the 'heart' yet."

".....not...no, but...not yet parsed....."

Cheng Rang nodded and said: "Yes, and these may need something called time to slowly settle and gradually analyze clearly."

"Until Hubby, you find your 'heart' again."

"...Contradiction...Re-finding means loss...Losing...means that Hubi has no heart...it cannot be analyzed

 …”

"Uh..." The smile on Cheng Rang's face stiffened a little.

It's too early to say anything about Hubby's problems.

"You should know these things later."

"...After? Is there no definite time point?" Shubi still asked.

Cheng Rang sighed, smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Unfortunately, Hubie, I can't say for sure on that question..."

"But one day, you'll know."

"......can you?"

"Most definitely."

He replied thus to himself.

Chapter 25 Black Rain

Living in a place where the sun is almost invisible, it is inevitable that the definition of "time" will be blurred, and it is even worse for those who have experienced this kind of life alone before.

But with the company of Rick, Shuby, Crohn and others in the settlement, such days will pass quickly without knowing it.

Every day there will be some easy-to-reach commissions. When he is in a good mood, Cheng Rang will occasionally cook a small stove for Rick and Kelong, cooking a delicious meal that can make them lie on the floor.