Lin Yuan put on a pure white guide uniform. When she walked out of the gate, she reached out and touched the fine lace on the hem of her skirt. She felt a sense of restraint that prevented her from taking a step forward.
She had worn this style of skirt for more than a decade—gorgeous, delicate, figure-flattering, and inconvenient to move in.
She had thought she was used to wearing this kind of clothes.
It turns out that you can never truly get used to uncomfortable things unless you are forced to accept them.
A car sent by the White Tower to pick her up was parked outside the door.
In fact, the White Pagoda is very close to her home and there is no need to take a car.
It is said that in recognition of her achievements, a sentry from the Royal Guard was specially sent to pick her up by car to show solemnity.
The car window was rolled down halfway, revealing a face that Lin Yuan was familiar with.
Lin Yuan was even stunned for a moment before he remembered this person's name.
Jiang Yangshuo, her former fiancé.
The alley was very quiet at this moment, and the morning sunlight was cut into two distinct halves by the courtyard wall.
Lin Yuan stood in the rising sun, while the people in the car were surrounded by the haze of last night.
Lin Yuan suddenly realized that a lot of time had passed.
So much so that the image of the little girl wearing a white dress and with a lonely back has become very vague in my memory.
The memory became a long and fragmented picture, and even the name and face of the fiancé needed to be thought about for a while before it could be retrieved from memory.
Those suffocating years in the past were always troublesome, but after going through so much, they seem insignificant and no longer worth mentioning.
Lin Yuan smoothed her skirt, greeted Jiang Yangshuo calmly, and got into the car calmly.
The vehicle started and moved forward slowly. The huge white tower could be seen through the window.
The white, sturdy, majestic tower is bathed in the morning sunlight.
The air in the car was silent. Neither of the two people in the car spoke.
After a long time, Jiang Yangshuo's voice finally rang out in the carriage.
"I heard that you... have been to a lot of places recently."
His voice was a little dry, as if he had repeated these words in his heart countless times before he finally managed to say them out loud.
In Lin Yuan's memory, Jiang Yangshuo was a man who was good at long talks and had many friends. He was always graceful and talkative, and it was rare to see him hesitant.
But people change, and I am no longer the same as I was before.
She uttered a "hmm" in response, nonchalantly.
"Can you get used to it? I heard that the environment at the sentry posts is very bad. Where have you been?"
"It's pretty good." Lin Yuan said, "I've traveled all over the eastern region."
In order to improve her coordination with Ni Ji, she had basically run through all the contaminated areas near the Dongbin Outpost and the Land of No Pupils.
Now that I think about it, after going through so much, I can be considered an experienced soldier and can call myself a veteran.
Lin Yuan looked out of the car window and his gaze fell on the towering top of the white tower.
The pointed white top of the tower was shining with the golden light of the sun. The tower was so high that when I looked up from the car window, I couldn't see the window at the top at all.
But Lin Yuan knew there was a window at the top of the tower. Someone might be standing behind the window, looking down at everything on earth.
Today, she will go to the top of the tower again to meet Her Majesty the Queen, who holds the highest power in the empire.
Jiang Yangshuo's eyes fell on Lin Yuan's profile and he felt his throat was very dry.
He had put a lot of effort into getting the opportunity to pick up Lin Yuan today.
At this moment, the person picked up the phone and sat next to him. He found that he didn't know how to start.
He hasn't seen Lin Yuan for a long time.
I tried not to think about it on purpose, but that slender figure had been engraved deep into my soul and I could never forget it.
Jiang Yangshuo had many images of Lin Yuan in his mind. She still had that delicate face and that familiar white dress, but something seemed to be completely different from before.
The girl sitting next to him had the same face, but she exuded an aura from the inside out. She was calm and at ease, not affected by external things.
That is the momentum that has truly been tempered on the battlefield.
It inspires awe and makes people dare not blaspheme lightly.
I don’t know when it started, but people around me often mentioned Lin Yuan’s name.
I heard that she opened the Golden Tree Contaminated Area.
I heard that Her Majesty the Queen received her in person.
I heard that the Royal Guard specially selected a dedicated sentinel for her.
It is said that she once again did something astonishing and shook the land of the pupilless.
During the selection match, Jiang Yangshuo, a member of the Royal Guard, also stood in the corner, almost gritting his teeth.
I want to get into the ring, but I know I can't win.
He could only stand in the audience and watch the strongest men in the Royal Guard go up to the ring and fight to the death.
Just to fight for a position beside her.
That position originally belonged to me, and I was the only one beside her.
Jiang Yangshuo really wanted to tell Lin Yuan that if he could give her another chance, he would definitely cherish it this time.
His heart was beating very fast at this moment, and his chest ached with the heartbeat.
It was like the first time I saw Lin Yuan by the sea of flowers. At that time, Lin Yuan was so beautiful that she didn't look like a mundane thing. I had sworn to treat her well, how could I have forgotten it
My heart was beating like a drum and my heart was sweet at that time, but now it is full of bitterness and despair.
He opened his mouth several times, but no words came out.
He knew this was not the right time and the distance was too short. If he turned around, the car would stop before he could exit.
Lin Yuan didn't even look at him. She pushed open the car door, got out, and walked towards the tall white tower.
Jiang Yangshuo remained silent, got out of the car and followed Lin Yuan inside.
After entering the White Tower, several sentinels saw them and came up to greet them enthusiastically.
"I've heard of you, Guide Lin. Can you add my contact information?"
"It's amazing, how did you do it? We all received weapons from the Land of No Pupils. It's all thanks to you, thank you."
"I didn't play in the last tryout. If there is a next time, I will go and take down that Ni Ji and replace him. You can look forward to it."
When Jialinyuan finally reached his personal terminal, everyone's eyes flickered across Jiang Yangshuo, hints of mockery in their eyes.
A guide with an afro saw Lin Yuan from afar and ran over.
She clung to Lin Yuan affectionately and whispered to him for a long time. Jiang Yangshuo recognized her. She was of noble birth and the youngest daughter of a marquis.
She asked about the situation at the Linyuan border post, exclaiming from time to time, with great interest.
Lin Yuan was still the same as before, speaking very little and with not much expression on his face.
But Jiang Yangshuo knew that she was no longer the silent little girl trapped in the white tower.
When it comes to sentinels, contaminated areas, mutants - these terrifying things, she knows them all by heart and can mention them with ease.
That ease and confidence was not unlike those of the powerful warriors who often went in and out of the battlefield.
It was even difficult for him to follow their conversation.
Nobles like Jiang Yangshuo have lived in the White Tower for too long, and the years have almost solidified in this small space.
They lead a comfortable life, and even as sentinels, they rarely leave the protection of the White Tower.
I have never seen a real mutant, and I have never left Kyoto, so I don't know what the real world outside is like.
In front of Lin Yuan and other soldiers who actually go in and out of the contaminated area, they often appear timid when talking about the world outside the White Tower.
Nicole held Lin Yuan's hand and looked at Jiang Yangshuo with naked disdain, as if she saw an idiot.
Jiang Yangshuo was once Lin Yuan's fiancé, but later he took the initiative to cancel the engagement. Many people knew about this.
Back then, most of the mocking eyes fell on Lin Yuan.
Now, such gazes gradually shifted to Jiang Yangshuo's head.
Jiang Yangshuo's heart felt like it was pierced by a tiny needle. Frustration, anger, bitterness, and regret all surged up in his chest. For a moment, he felt a mixture of emotions that were difficult to describe.
Lin Yuan got into the sightseeing elevator on the top of the helicopter tower.
She had taken it the last time she came here, and she knew that after swiping the exclusive elevator card, it would rise rapidly all the way and take her to the top of the tower.
Lin Yuan's heart tightened a little and his body entered a state of excitement.
That was the physiological reaction that would occur when she was about to enter a dangerous battlefield.
But she clearly just went up to the tower to meet Her Majesty the Queen and say a few words.
At this time, a small team of sentries had just returned from outside.
Several people were fully armed, holding high-energy weapons, with blood stains on their bodies and looking dusty. They were a team that had just gone out on a mission.
Lin Yuan suddenly saw the familiar shadow from the crowd.
Through the elevator glass, her eyes fell on Ni Ji.
There was dust on her soft black hair, a hot weapon was carried behind her tight waist, and her straight legs were wearing black short boots.
The sentry opened his personal terminal with his black-gloved fingers and was communicating with his teammates.
I don’t know why, but the moment I saw Ni Ji, the urgency in Lin Yuan’s heart disappeared.
My eyes fell on that person. I even thought about having dinner with him in the evening, so I had to get things done quickly.
The elevator started to move upwards, and the man didn't look up, as if he didn't see himself.
But the tips of his ears slowly turned red in his sight.
It turns out he saw it.
Yes, how could a sentinel like him not notice me who was so close to him
The corners of Lin Yuan's mouth curved slightly.
Jiang Yangshuo and Lin Yuan were riding in the elevator together. His eyes were always on Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan's cold eyes softened when he saw the sentry.
She even smiled.
Jiang Yangshuo has known Lin Yuan for more than ten years, and has never seen Lin Yuan smile at him.
Lin Yuan was like the ice on the snowy mountain, cold and never melting. From childhood to adulthood, Jiang Yangshuo had never seen her smile.
Such a faint smile is like a blooming lotus, captivating, but it is not given to oneself.
Jiang Yangshuo felt that his heart was instantly broken. Since they had known each other as children, Lin Yuan had never stared at him like this, and had never smiled at him.
If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have had such wrong thoughts, made such a mistake, suffered the consequences, and regretted it to this day.
"Is that Guide Lin in the elevator? The one Her Majesty the Queen summoned today?"
In the hall, Ni Ji heard his comrades say.
He raised his eyes and glanced at the rapidly ascending elevator, then lowered his head to continue reading the information in his hand, mumbling, "Yes, it's her."
It doesn't seem like he takes it too seriously.
Several sentries began to discuss the gossip they had heard.
"I heard that Guide Lin was matched with the Jiang family's fiancée. Later the engagement was cancelled." "Jiang Yangshuo must be regretting this now, right?"
"I heard that their matching rate was very high at the beginning, reaching 70%."
"Oh my god, a 70% match is so rare. Is Jiang Yangshuo an idiot? Why did he cancel the engagement?"
"Who knows? Seeing him following me around now, he probably wants to catch up with me."
"That guy has nothing to do with anything except a good-looking face. I guess Guide Lin will never go back to his old friend."
"It's hard to say. Guides like good-looking people. Besides, his spirit body is a cheetah."
"What's wrong with cheetahs? Cheetahs have poor stamina. I'm still a buffalo."
"Cheetahs are furry, which makes them very useful for chasing guides. You may not know that most guides are furry lovers."
As the sentries were talking, they suddenly felt a chill as if they were submerged in the icy sea water.
They stopped talking, shuddered, and looked at Ni Ji beside them in confusion.
Ni Ji lowered his eyelashes, looked cold, and said nothing, as if he didn't care about the matter at all.
(End of this chapter)