Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Chapter 41 Despicable
"Lucy, just keep your mouth shut!" Xita pouted disdainfully, with a look of disbelief.

"Sometimes, I really don't understand what you're thinking." Lucy scratched her hair a little roughly, giving up trying to understand the strange thoughts in the girl in front of her.

She looked up at the clock on the wall, and pointed to the man in front of her who was sleeping like a dead pig, "Don't wait for him to wake up, just carry it back."

"Am I alone?"

"Whoever is the man will carry it!"

"Oh, Lucy, please help me, do you have the heart to leave me alone?"

Lucy shook her head helplessly, and Xita supported Yawei on the left and right, and walked out of the coffee shop slowly.

Along the way, Xita's mouth kept chattering, without any intention of stopping.

"Be patient!" Lucy clenched her fists tightly and said through gritted teeth.

"Hee hee, where do you live? Let's see if we can go along the way. If we don't go along the way, it's fine." Xita smiled and led Lucy to the sky Hera parked on the side of the road.

"Super Skyscraper H4."

"It's unlucky, I live on H4 too! Let's go!"

"Alas..." Lucy covered her face, feeling tightness in her chest.

A long sigh slowly dissipated in the drizzled night sky.

She left Yawei in the back seat, closed the car door hard, and sat in the driver's seat.

"Angry?" Xi Tan secretly observed the expression of the woman sitting next to her while fastening her seat belt.

"Next time you want to make me happy, can you change the method?" Lucy propped her head on her hands and leaned against the car window.

The glass reflected the slight curvature of her mouth.

"Let's talk about it next time..."

2074年，1月18日，8：00
"Ding... ding... ding." The alarm clock performed its duties faithfully and punctually.

"Good morning!"

"Xi Ting..."

He slowly opened his eyes, followed the guidance of the morning light, and said good morning to the early-rising oriole.

The fine light gently dyes the beautiful girl's hair golden.

"I've been sleeping since last night until now..." Facing the sun, she lay on his chest, pouted her mouth, and wrinkled her nose slightly.

"How did we get back?"

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and wanted to get up, but she pushed him back hard.

"Of course I'm driving. Lucy is driving. I'll take care of you."

"Lucy?"

"That's right, I didn't expect that she and we just lived in the same building, so the distance between going upstairs and downstairs."

"It's a coincidence..." He smiled, obeyed her, and lay flat on the soft bed.

"Why are you so happy?" She put her hands on the man's shoulders and put all her weight on him.

"I want to see you jealous."

What responded to him was Xita's disgusted grimace.

"Get up..." She rolled her eyes and continued, "The commission hasn't progressed yet, the one who caught the thief, have you forgotten?"

"Then you can sleep for a while, I guess you won't want to catch the real culprit."

"why?"

"Here, it's upstairs." Yawei pouted at the ceiling.

"Alas...then we can only give up the entrustment." Xi Tan shook his head helplessly.

She was too lazy to do things for the company dog, so she just obeyed her heart.

"Then sleep for a while." Xita stretched lazily, sat up from him, quickly threw away the clothes on her body, and got into the warm bed again.

"So...why didn't you ask me why?" Yawei asked in confusion.

"Because I love you." Xita raised her head and kissed his dry lips lightly.

The silver hair was loose, covering the surging emotions in her eyes.

"Love?"

The two of them seem to have a somewhat different understanding of "love".

"What is love to you?"

Yawei asked with some trepidation.

He rarely has such uncertain emotions, perhaps because he cares too much.

Xita is like a lively bird, always chirping and turning around him.

The first time he felt scared was because he was always worried that the little bird would fly away quietly one day, to a place where even he couldn't find it.

Even without him, this little bird will raise its head proudly facing the dazzling sunlight; it will soar freely in the blue sky, stretching its free body; it will turn its back to the moon and bow its head to sort out its mess or hide in a small room on a rainy night, curled up in a ball, quietly waiting for the sun to pierce the dark clouds and shine on the sky again.

He couldn't figure out her heart, so he became a little worried about gains and losses.

"What is love, Hita?"

He hugged the girl's slender waist tightly and repeated softly.

"Love is the perversion of free will..." She caressed his chest, and the delicate warmth flowed from her fingertips to her heart drop by drop.

"I love you without reservation.

So I won't ask about the stories you voluntarily concealed, and I will choose to support all your actions unconditionally.

I just want your attention when you love me, but I don't care if you fall in love with someone else..."

"How could I fall in love with anyone else? I only love you."

Yawei rubbed his eyes and couldn't help interrupting her unrealistic assumption.

"Fool..." She sighed softly, rubbing the moisture at the corners of his eyes with her lips.

"One day I will grow old and die peacefully in your arms..."

"Without Xita, my life is meaningless."

They once imagined the future together, and the decision he made at the beginning will not change.

"That's why I called you a fool, Yahweh." Xita smiled lightly, and hugged his somewhat cold body forcefully. "Human beings are so fragile, our life is limited, so we always pursue infinite value."

"There's always a way, trust me, Hita."

"Maybe..." Xi Tan smiled noncommittally, just circled his chest lightly, and continued talking.

"Happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, desire, the seven human emotions, I can only let you experience two selfishly.

Find someone else for the remaining five emotions." She smiled mischievously, and gently kissed the corner of his trembling mouth.

"Despicable, I just want to be your harbor, so that your heart will be peaceful forever; I just want to be the cotton wool baked by the warm winter sun, so that you can feel the comfortable warmth... just like now." Xi Ting blinked lightly Close your eyes, sticking tightly to his body.

"That's not mean."

"Mean, selfish, this is my love, Yahweh."

"I still don't understand."

"After I'm gone, you'll go crazy and fall in love with all the girls who have my silhouette... Isn't that mean?"

"You will not leave me, Xita, I promise." Yawei whispered in her ear.

"Even if I'm selfish, mean, and vexatious, will you still love me?" Her trembling hands stroked his back lightly, trying to calm her inner anxiety.

"I love you far more than you imagined, Xita." He grabbed her trembling hand firmly, expressing his heart with actions, "I will never forget our agreement."

　stand-alone
　　
　
(End of this chapter)