Lin Feng even imagined that Niu Niu might be some form of AI that had traveled back from the future through cyberspace. Regardless, he was now even more cautious about revealing Niu Niu’s existence to anyone.
The people from the National Security Bureau invited him for a ‘physical examination’ because his recent flamboyant actions had caught their attention, which served as a reminder to him to be cautious and discreet in his future actions, avoiding any slip-ups.
Imagine being captured and turned into a lab rat; how delightful would that be? After this firsthand experience, he no longer dared to trust anyone easily, especially those who claimed to be embodiments of justice, for whom he had lost all the youthful fantasies he once held.
People grow through hardships, and having experienced so much, he finally understood the dangers of human nature. He also learned that there truly were many real awakeners in this world, with people like Li Xiangdong, Scarface, and the old witch serving as living examples, which finally put an end to his previous fantasies of ruling the world with Niu Niu.
Joining the Ninth Bureau to become one of those special individuals? In the past, before his near-death experience at Yuban Mountain, during his youthful and reckless days, he might have longed for it, but now, he avoided it like the plague. To become a controlled tool, losing one’s freedom for a lifetime in exchange for an impractical and hollow reputation, the young and reckless him might have agreed, but now he only felt grateful.
Lin Feng had matured; at least now, he was no longer the naive youth he once was. He had his first real life goal: to understand Niu Niu’s origins and gain full control over her. He had already made some progress because recently, Niu Niu’s responses to him could be described as fulfilling every request.
Although the results were still not entirely satisfactory…
131 The Big Girl Brought Home (1)
Ding-dong…
“Coming, coming!” Lin Feng sprinted towards the door. A few minutes ago, Wang Xiaoyun called to say she would send over some study materials. Lin Feng originally wanted to go fetch them himself and check on the old man, but for some reason, Wang Xiaoyun wouldn’t allow it, and after returning, she wouldn’t let him into her house for several days, which felt quite strange. However, since she wasn’t angry or ignoring him, Lin Feng didn’t overthink it.
“Xiaoyun, you’re here so soon…” Opening the door and looking up, “Huh, who is this big girl? I don’t recognize her!” Standing at the door was a pretty girl with a youthful air, wearing narrow-framed black glasses, her hair in a ponytail, dressed in a white dress, with fair skin, and a pure, cute appearance…
Looking at her eyes, so lively and somewhat familiar, as if I’ve seen them somewhere before. Lin Feng was slightly stunned, “Who are you looking for?” “Is Grandpa Xing at home?” “Um… Grandpa Xing? Miss, you must have the wrong door. Our family name is Lin, not Xing…” “Ah? I’ve got the wrong apartment number again…” The girl instinctively stuck out her tongue, showing a look of disappointment and helplessness, then smiled apologetically at Lin Feng, stepped back two steps, and turned to leave. Lin Feng also smiled back subconsciously, feeling a bit apologetic as he shrugged. So, she got the wrong building number! It was understandable; in the Happiness Community, all the apartment buildings looked identical, and if one wasn’t careful with the building numbers, it was easy to get lost. He turned to go back inside.
Unexpectedly, when the girl saw his bright smile, she paused, her steps faltering as she was about to descend the stairs. Her body lost balance and was about to tumble down the stairs. “Ah—” she screamed, her face turning pale with fear. “Damn! Another one of these incidents!” Lin Feng was alarmed, cursing under his breath, but still instinctively reached out to help. His Swift Wind Step technique burst forth, and in an instant, he was in front of the girl just as she was falling into his arms.
If it had been just a simple catch, the following events might not have been so complicated. With Lin Feng’s Swift Wind Step, the girl, with her slender frame, should have been easily supported. However, something strange happened; when Lin Feng went to catch her, for some unknown reason, his leg suddenly gave out. At that moment, she was falling into his embrace. Thus, with just a slight push from her momentum, Lin Feng’s legs weakened, and he fell backward towards the stairs. The girl, who had lost her balance, was now clutching Lin Feng around the waist as he fell backward. If it were ordinary people in this situation, the outcome would have been both tumbling down the stairs like rolling gourds, seeing who would end up with the tougher bones. However, Lin Feng was no longer the same as before; his reactions were swift. In the midst of chaos, his toes lightly touched the stair edge, and his Swift Wind Step activated again. Seizing the moment, he held the girl around her waist, leaping diagonally towards the stairwell’s landing.
Lin Feng had mastered the Swift Wind Step to the point where he could use it freely, moving at will. He was confident that such a subtle move would go unnoticed by ordinary people. He didn’t want to cause too much of a spectacle, and had already prepared an explanation for the girl: luck. He would claim that their fall was just incredibly lucky, avoiding injury. After all, the idea of two people falling down the stairs and remaining unscathed was too bizarre.
As they seemed to float in the air, the scene looked like a slow-motion replay from a movie. Their expressions were vivid. The girl’s beautiful eyes were wide open, filled with wonder at the scene before her, her expression shifting from initial fear to enchantment, then to being lost in the moment, her head lightly resting against Lin Feng’s chest. Even after they landed on the landing, she seemed not to have woken from her daydream.
Lin Feng was at a loss, with a beautiful woman embracing his neck so intimately. Pushing her away didn’t seem right, but standing there like this wasn’t appropriate either. Yet, she had already been captivated by his smile; any further action might lead to misunderstandings. Could his masculine aura, gathered from his inner strength, really be so overpowering to the opposite sex? Recently, Lin Feng had been reluctant to go out casually, partly because of the trouble his inexplicable aura caused, attracting unwanted romantic entanglements. That day, he had finally persuaded Wang Xiaoyun to accompany him to the electronics market to buy a computer. Thankfully, wearing sunglasses, they avoided major incidents, though their walking attracted quite a few looks. However, in a moment of forgetfulness, his lust got the better of him. As a group of girls holding advertisement boards passed by, he sneakily removed his sunglasses to ogle at a few scantily clad girls. He even let out a playful whistle when one of them bent over to pick something up, inadvertently exposing herself. His whistle instantly drew the attention of several girls. During this, Wang Xiaoyun was unaware of what was happening, only noticing that many young girls were giving her mischievous companion unfriendly looks. She urged Lin Feng to hurry away from trouble. Lin Feng awkwardly smiled at the glaring girls, not daring to act out of line in front of Wang Xiaoyun; his smile was merely a slight raise of his eyebrows, not even daring to show his teeth. He shouldn’t have taken off his sunglasses. Who knew that just an innocent look from him would almost start a street brawl between two groups of girls.
