Five days after the welcome party.
When earth-shattering clamor becomes routine, looking back at one's past evokes a strange sense of emotion.
How did I become like this? And why did I become like this? Thinking back, it seems the past was like a hazy, unclear dream. Humans are creatures living in the present, so they don't treat the present as some ridiculous illusion, just inexplicably feel regret about the past.
If only I hadn't joined this line of work back then—such thoughts never appeared. But the thought of being able to do better at that time, Li Lin did have it from time to time. If at that time he already possessed the skills he had now, Li Lin would no longer have to worry about injuries or insufficient combat power. Wouldn't he and these girls already be immersed in some rose-colored scenes?
Thinking carefully, to some extent, his favorability should have been increased quite high, right?
Whether it was saving people through various premonitions, or the battle in the alley, the daily banter and fooling around, and because of living together, occasionally getting quite a few benefits. For example, accidentally witnessing some lucky pervert incidents or something, Li Lin felt this favorability should have been raised, right?
But why was he still a single dog now?
Exusiai, who pursued trends yet was somewhat gentle and cute, a super beautiful girl, with a rock-solid relationship with him, eating and living together for so long; no rose-colored thoughts, instead, camaraderie. Texas, initial misunderstanding resolved later, favorability maxed out, even publicly claiming to like him, a beast-eared beautiful girl; no rose-colored thoughts, partnership emotions growing stronger. Similarly with Sora and Croissant, all maxed out on partnership, zero on romance.
This isn't right, is it? It's been almost a year, right? Living and eating with beautiful girls for so long, yet not developing any romantic relationship, in novels, this would be scolded as impotence , right? But how to develop a romantic relationship? Make them shy on a date? Should I deliberately create some ambiguity?
But how to do it? How to develop a sweet, sweet romantic relationship with cohabiting beautiful girls?
Even if not beautiful girls of his partners' level, ordinary beautiful girls would also be fine? Or even ordinary girls would do; after so many years, having a new life again, can it be done without finding a girl? But why hasn't any romance flag been triggered so far? Is it because in the eyes of people in this world, I am just a third-class cripple? But I'm cured now, right? Why is there still no related development?
Sitting in the car waiting for Lappland to deliver goods, Li Lin fell into deep thought. Until an earth-shattering explosion came from outside, and Lappland, covered in blood, jumped out of the exploded floor, only then was his train of thought jolted awake.
"Yo, Li Lin~ Pleasant cooperation~"
"Told you not to make it so disgusting, don't mess up the dormitory again."
Tsk, the only one I don't want to develop a relationship with has arrived.
Reluctantly giving Lappland a high-five, Li Lin glanced at the scene behind Lappland and pursed his lips with some disgust.
"Now that we two live in the same dormitory, can't you consider your cohabitant's feelings? Seeing you wagging your tail and rubbing clothes in the dormitory in the middle of the night every day is also very awkward for me. Can you at least not let so much stuff splatter on your clothes?"
"What's the big deal, what's the big deal? Texas hasn't said anything; you and I, as members of the White Hair Alliance, shouldn't you be on my side?"
"I don't remember joining that kind of strange alliance?"
"There you go again, there you go again~ Isn't it good to be honest with yourself~"
Lappland wiped the stain off her face, wagged her tail with a grin, threw an arm around Li Lin, and amidst Li Lin's 'wanting to devour someone' gaze, rubbed off most of the stain, only then said proudly:
"You should thank me, right? If not for me joining Penguin Logistics, wouldn't you be pitifully lonely and helpless in the dormitory all by yourself? With a roommate like me, look, isn't your mental state much better now~ Look at your previous timid and listless appearance, aren't you much happier now? You should thank me."
"Why has your level of annoyance increased geometrically after coming back… I was afraid to do too much back then because of my physical condition. And living alone was quite good, really."
"Starting to be insincere again~ Tsk tsk tsk~"
"…"
Can you go bother Texas, please? I'm really begging you.
Pushing away Lappland, who for some unknown reason suddenly became highly spirited and excitedly rubbed against him, Li Lin looked with disgust at the collapsed building behind, pressed the 'mission failed, sender set a trap' button. Unsure why, Lungmen recently seemed as if driven mad by poverty, frantically defaulting on bill payments, insisting on playing dirty .
Various organizations basically never thought about how to pay, all just sending item A to location B, then recipient C suddenly opening fire trying to rob directly. Li Lin now, at least, wasn't some frail person anymore, very agile. Especially after passing the initial adaptation period, the current Li Lin was simply letting himself go , feeling good. The only unsatisfying point was, now that there were more people, the allocated missions were also more, leading to Li Lin being separated from the others.
And according to the current state, the one grouped with Li Lin was actually this silly woman Lappland.
The reason was also very sufficient. They had fought side-by-side the most times, had the best tacit understanding, and Li Lin himself could also drive, and could complement a melee fighter like Lappland; why not do it?
But for Li Lin, it was simply shocking. Watching this white-furred one looking at her phone and laughing loudly while sleeping, suffering from insomnia all night. Waking up in the morning only to have a quilt shoved in his face, claiming to wake him up for training. Although she indeed left him sleep time, and it was indeed a very scientific allocation, why was it so annoying? Can beautiful girls do whatever they want?
What on earth is this unprovoked anger in my heart? Is this the rose-colored life I wanted? Are you sure this isn't a comedy-genre life?
Where are the roses? What happened to the promise that beautiful girls are the embodiment of perfection?
"Beer! Barbecue! Texas! Beer! Barbecue! Texas!"
"Don't squirm around in the passenger seat, and don't dance around in your seat either, quiet down, okay… And don't rub against my face! I need to drive!"
And Texas is food?
What on earth is her thought process?
Driving towards Penguin Logistics, Li Lin pressed down on the flailing Lappland with one hand, looking at the bustling traffic ahead, couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
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