Xu Cheng nodded and responded to the middle-aged man's call.
The middle-aged man smoked a cigarette and asked with a smile: "Are you here with your family?"
"yes."
Xu Cheng nodded, "My son-in-law, my daughter, my niece, and my son-in-law's friend."
The middle-aged man asked again: "Is that friend a boy or a girl?"
"The man is a young man."
"Then I understand."
After all, middle-aged people still have life experience, "Someone wants to be your niece-in-law."
"allow."
Xu Cheng uttered a word and puffed on the cigarette, feeling the smell that he had been away from for a long time.
The two people were chatting in the smoking room, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
"Where is your wife?" the middle-aged man asked again.
"died."
"Sorry."
"It's okay. As people get older, some things are inevitable."
Xu Cheng shook his head and turned around to see Chu Qiu playing "Gulu Gulu" in the small pool not far from the door.
The distance between the two is not very far, so we only need to increase the consumption of some raw energy.
"Where did your daughter graduate?"
"Haicheng University."
"Yo, that's awesome!"
The middle-aged man said with envy: "It would be great if that stinky girl of mine could be as worry-free as your daughter, but now she doesn't even like to do her homework."
"Children, everything is fun, just let nature take its course."
Xu Cheng consoled him.
The middle-aged man started chatting and smiled happily.
“My wife’s birthday is next week, and I have to think about what birthday gift to buy her in the past two days. I’m so worried!”
Having said that, the middle-aged man was actually smiling when he talked about his wife.
"I heard that a seafood restaurant called 'Haizhimeng' is about to open. I plan to ask her to come over and try it. Have you heard about it, sir?"
"heard about it."
Xu Cheng nodded and said with a smile: "That restaurant tastes good."
The middle-aged man said in surprise: "You have been there before it opened?"
“I went there during the trial opening.”
"Haha, then I'm relieved!"
The middle-aged man smiled.
Xu Cheng was also smiling.
The smile was a little jerky.
Of course he had been to the restaurant called "Haizhimeng", and he went with Chu Qiu.
——Ten years ago.
In other words, the time of the middle-aged man in front of me was fixed ten years ago.
The wife he loves, the daughter he cares about, and the birthday he cares about all happened ten years ago!
Xu Cheng felt a little...uncomfortable.
Han Xing disappeared for a month, and his whereabouts were finally found by professional witnesses.
What about this middle-aged man?
In the timeline of his wife and daughter, perhaps this middle-aged man has been missing for ten years.
What happened to the woman who was waiting for her birthday gift next week?
How about that little girl who doesn't like doing homework?
Xu Cheng thought about this and silently smoked the cigarette in his hand.
The middle-aged man finished smoking first and left the pack of Tianying cigarettes in his hand to Xu Cheng.
"Uncle, take this pack of cigarettes and smoke it. I still have it."
"thank you."
Xu Cheng smiled and raised his cigarette to signal.
His mind went back to the witnesses' claims.
Those who walk in the dark want to be the only witnesses of strange creatures and protect ordinary people from everything.
Based on the character of the girl president of the Star Chamber of Commerce, she must have informed the witnesses of her predicted human victory rate.
But even with a 0% winning rate, the witness's purpose has never wavered.
Perhaps, it is just to prevent ordinary people from losing the "ten years" they should have.
…
Shortly after the middle-aged man left, Xu Cheng finished smoking the cigarette in his hand.
He put away the pack of cigarettes given to him by the middle-aged man and left the smoking room.
Chu Qiu felt the thoughts of his old man.
So she lay on Xu Cheng's shoulder, smiled and comforted:
"Don't be angry, old man. Whatever is causing trouble, let's go kill it, okay?"
Xu Cheng nodded, "I'll save you a few more raw energy blocks by the way."
"OK!"
…
Whoosh!
As he spoke, a figure like lightning flashed across Xu Cheng's sight!
Is that the enemy?!
No.
Those are the couple's daughter and son-in-law.
Or……
Those were two arrows flying off the string, or two sharks swimming in the sea!
It all started a few minutes ago.
…
There was no one in the swimming pool in the morning.
Qianqian had nothing to do and suggested that she and Han Xing compete in swimming on the track.
Han Xing agreed.
His original intention was just to play with Miss Chu, but Qianqian added something before the game started:
"Be serious!"
"Oh well."
Han Xing is an honest man, so he is ready to take it seriously.
Therefore, the moment the two stood at the starting point of the swimming pool track, the atmosphere around them immediately changed.
The air became extremely thick, as if a war was imminent!
Chu Yan sat on the edge of the swimming pool, raising his right hand high.
"ready, go!"
Whoosh!
Immediately, two black shadows rushed out!
Enter the water, swim for a few seconds, and surface!
The two of them took the freestyle pose at the same time.
The water was churning, and the two of them had completed half of the swim in an instant, almost in no particular order.
At the end of the first lap, it was obvious that Han Xing was half a body behind.
Nine laps left!
It’s no wonder, after all, Qianqian likes to win the most, so she put all her effort into it from the beginning.
Although Han Xing promised to be more serious, the opponent in the competition was Qianqian after all, so of course he still subconsciously restrained his efforts.
Who would have thought that with this effort and one step down, Qianqian would no longer be able to catch up!
【Am I swimming too slowly?】
Han Xing thought so.
He was not a professional swimmer, and he had no reliable reference in the water, so he didn't know exactly how fast he was.
[It’s better to go faster, just be a little ahead of Miss Chu.]
Han Xing took advantage of the opportunity to breathe and took a deep breath.
His original energy exoskeleton was stored in the locker room, but there was still a small amount of original energy remaining in his body.
This will not cause damage to the body, but it is enough!
Ode——
A flash of blue light flashed deep in Han Xing's pupils, and his whole body accelerated suddenly.
A half body position, a body position, half a body position...
Beyond!
Halfway through the third lap, Han Xing finally completed the overtake!
…
Xu Cheng asked the waiter for a bottle of coconut juice and stood in the distance silently looking at the swimming pool.
…
【Huh...huh...】
[Okay, very good, just keep a steady distance...]
【Huh? What's going on behind the scenes?】
Han Xing just breathed a sigh of relief when he found a shadow passing him at an alarming speed!
It's Qianqian.
She changed her swimming style and switched to butterfly, which is easier to speed up!
All this fell into Han Xing's eyes.
Han Xing's original energy makes his nerve reaction speed far faster than that of ordinary people.
So at that moment, Han Xing also subconsciously switched swimming styles.
As a result, the two of them switched to the more strenuous but faster butterfly stroke at the beginning of the fourth lap!
Keep pace!
…
Xu Cheng finished one glass and started drinking another glass of watermelon juice.
…
At the end of the fifth lap, Han Xing was one position ahead.
At the end of the sixth lap, Qianqian was half ahead.
The seventh circle, the eighth circle, the ninth circle...
You chase me and don’t give in!
On the tenth lap, their hands touched the edge of the pool at the same time!
"A draw!" Chu Yan shouted.
…
Go ashore.
Both of them were breathing heavily.
Even the two of them felt a little out of breath during the one-kilometer full-speed freestyle and butterfly stroke.
"It's so cool!"
Qianqian stretched out her fist to signal Han Xing.
Han Xing was stunned for a moment, and then he extended his fist to collide with Qianqian.
"Bang".
Han Xing also smiled at Qianqian and responded:
“It doesn’t feel bad!”
The two of them were like rivals who cherished each other after a great battle.
…
Xu Cheng finished his second bottle of drink.
But he still has a third bottle.
…
Seeing that his sister and brother-in-law were having so much fun, Chu Yan also turned over and entered the swimming pool.
She looked around and her eyes fell on the person in charge on the side.
Chu Yan fiddled with the water and extended the invitation with a smile.
"Do you want to come and play too? Although I'm not very good at sports..."
In this regard, the person in charge - Meng Jun -
How should this young man who has been in the army for many years react?
