After listening to his words, Rosie seemed to be lost in thought, as if there were many things she couldn't understand.After Deng Huailing finished washing, the bionic man was still leaning against the door, blocking his way.

"What are you doing?" Deng Huailing said with a smile.

"I can't figure out why you dreamed that I left you and ran away." Rosie said seriously, looking very dissatisfied, "For human beings, dreams are the reflection of the real heart, and you don't trust me."

"It's been said that dreams are illogical. I just went to Mary Ellis' Sea of Memory last night. I just remembered the scene of pushing him off the sidewalk." Deng Huailing also leaned on the door frame, crossing his arms, opposite Rosie, "—and made me feel insecure, isn't it your fault?"

All the doors of the apartment were very narrow, and the two of them were suddenly squeezed in, leaving little space between them.When Deng Huailing lowered his head, he could see Rosie's hair twirling, and Rosie could smell the residual mint toothpaste on his body.

"Is that so?" In his natural eyes, Rosie was embarrassed, not knowing where to put her eyes, "I understand, or I haven't done enough all the time, that's why you have such a dream."

The bionic man lowered his head guiltily, "But I'm still blaming you for not trusting me..."

"Too stupid." Deng Huailing said suddenly.

"Huh?" Rosie froze for a moment, then looked up at him.

"That sentence is not what you understand, I don't blame you for not doing well." Deng Huailing turned his head away, feeling a little headache, "Human beings rarely speak literally—oh, forget it, IWhy are you discussing this topic with the bionics?"

"Not literally, so you're lying, Mr. Deng?" Rosie asked.

"It's not a lie, it's probably like some girls say 'I hate you'? What they really mean is 'I like you'." Deng Huailing thought about an appropriate way of expression, "I said 'it's yours'Wrong', it just wants to express 'you are too good, let me worry about gains and losses'."

He explained that he was very calm at first, just popularizing common sense with the bionics, and when he realized something was wrong, it was too late, and the roots of his ears slowly turned red uncontrollably.Sure enough, the tactful expression of human beings is reasonable. Even Deng Huailing felt ashamed if he pointed it out so bluntly.

"It turns out that human beings are used to expressing like this. Then Mr. Deng..." Rosie smiled lightly, the bright light fell into her eyes and shattered into silver sand, "I hate you."

Deng Huailing was stunned.In an instant, his heart was really beating like a drum, as if someone had hit it hard with a drumstick. He could clearly hear the sound of blood flowing from his limbs back to his heart, like a crawling little snake, biting his flesh.reason.

"That's not how it works." He tried to sound calm.

"Did I use it wrong?" Rosie was very disappointed, while thinking, subconsciously put her fingers between her lips, "It seems that people's hearts are more complicated than I thought..."

Deng Huailing's gaze followed that fair finger and landed on the other's lips.He hadn't had breakfast yet, and his soft, pretty lips made him even hungrier.Rosie was still wearing his sweater jacket, the baggy clothes didn't fit well, revealing his smooth shoulders, neck and collarbone. When he saw the bear pattern on his chest, he understood the source of last night's dream.

His clothes are all solid colors, but this one stands out, with a Rilakkuma embroidered on a dark green background, and it was given to him by Rolla.I didn't wear it a few times, so gave it to Rosie, and subconsciously he associated the other party with this pattern.

I really want to take a bite.Deng Huailing quietly watched the other party wearing her own clothes dangling in front of her, and closed her eyes, fearing that such an overly revealing emotion would frighten Rosie.Of course, he was even more afraid that he would do it directly. The execution ability of the bounty hunter is too strong. He will get what he sets his sights on immediately, almost forming a habit.

Fortunately, the communicator rang at this time. He had never answered the phone so quickly before, and heaved a sigh of relief: "Deng Huailing."

Opposite was Igor, the agent of the bounty hunter guild who was in contact with him, and he called as soon as he got off work.They are already very familiar with each other. The Russian old man chatted with him in the office, and then solemnly reminded:

"Deng, I have noticed that your frequency of accepting tasks has declined recently. Several regular customers have emailed me to complain that they have been waiting in line for a week, but you have not accepted any of them."

"You can arrange other bounty hunters," Deng Huailing recalled Dr. Chen's entrustment to him, and said vaguely, "I'm not free at this time."

He switched the communicator to his right hand, and freed his left hand to fill the glass with water, "The guild doesn't pay me wages, so do you want to control how often I pick up tasks?"

Igor said: "It's not like you don't know that there are only three A+-level hunters in Cesina. Those high-ranking officials and businessmen all want to find the top hunters to take on the task, so you have to work hard. Besides, you haven't been missing all these years."Money, why didn’t you accept the mission all of a sudden?”

Deng Huailing took a sip of water, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Rosie unpacking the guitar bag, taking out his Tang knife, wiping it clean, and applying protective oil.The android was done with care, even more carefully than he was with his knife.

The sun reflected halos on Rosie's hair, and the back was warm and unguarded.Deng Huailing took another look, and replied with a smile: "Well, suddenly I'm afraid of death."

When you die, you can't see anything, and you have nothing.He never felt how warm the sunlight was before, he only paid attention to the position of the sun in the sky to prevent it from being hindered by the light when he was on a mission, and he calculated everything in the world indifferently and disgustedly.But recently he has a wonderful feeling that no matter how ordinary and trivial things he is doing, his mood will improve.

"You don't want to make progress," Igor jumped out of a Chinese idiom, "The title of A+ hunter can't be wasted."

"I just don't want to make progress." Deng Huailing said generously, "You are good at Chinese."

Hearing his praise, Igor simply spoke in broken Chinese triumphantly: "That's because I have a new girlfriend, she is Chinese, and she draws Chinese paintings... No, it's far away. In short, Deng, youIt's our top card here, if you have time, you should think about entrusting more, I'm still waiting for the commission to go out on a date."

"Ahem!" Deng Huailing was unprepared and choked on water, so that Rosie turned to look at him with concern, "Which playboy taught you Chinese, I guess you want to say No.1, right?"

"Isn't the word 'top brand' the meaning of No.1?"

Deng Huailing was helpless for a while: "Yes, but only in a fixed place...Are you still in love at your age?"

"Look at what you said, I'm only seventy-three, and it's still a while before I lie in the coffin." Igor laughed loudly, "Besides, it's better than you, a young boy who has never been in love, and I haven't been in a relationship yet."Meaty?"

Deng Huailing was speechless.He had already expected that Igor was going to say something surprising, so he wisely put down the water glass to avoid being choked a second time."If you have nothing else to do, I'm going to hang up," he said.

"To be honest, Deng, you are very popular among the bounty hunters, and people often ask me for your contact information." Igor said casually, "Both men and women, I know you hunters are very busy,It's a dangerous job, and most people like to look for peers..."

"I'm not very interested." Deng Huailing said lightly, "Even if you want to start a matchmaking business, don't look for me."

"Both men and women." Igor emphasized.

"I know, but I'm not interested in men or women."

"..." Igor was silent, obviously shocked by his speech.After a while, the old man spoke sympathetically: "Sure enough, Deng, I have been worrying for you whether high-intensity work will cause psychological problems. I understand your situation. If you decide to take a break, I willCreate an environment without interruption for you."

Deng Huailing listened, and finally understood that the real purpose of Igor's calling him was not to urge him to accept the task, and the commission of those few credits was not worth mentioning to a senior agent.

The other party is a member of the guild, so he must know that he escaped death in a terrorist attack and in the black market. Since then, the frequency of his commissions has plummeted, so Igor called to test his mental and physical conditions.

Even after he said that he was not interested in men and women, the other party's anxiety reached its peak.

"It's not what you think," Deng Huailing said, "I have someone I like...."

He spoke very lightly, as if he was extremely confused.

Igor immediately asked: "When did it happen? Who is it?"

"Just now." Deng Huailing said jokingly.

"Just lie to me." The old man was cursing on the other end of the phone, but at least Deng Huailing could still joke, which made him feel more at ease.The two chatted for a while, talked about the latest weapons management regulations, and talked about Igor's new girlfriend, how she draws well, how she is still elegant in her age, Deng Huailing felt that the receiverIt was almost overwhelmed by Igor's exaggerated praise.

"Do you understand Chinese painting?" Igor admired, "You can still see poetic paintings in this steel city."

Deng Huailing shook his head, realizing that the other party couldn't see it, "I don't really understand. It seems to have hundreds of thousands of years of history."

"But your knife looks so old." Igor retorted.

"My knife is relatively old, but I have no artistic cells."

"In short, you have to find time to sit with me and her." The old man made a final decision, "It will help your mental state."

Deng Huailing wanted to explain, but finally gave up, and promised to visit Igor and her girlfriend when she was free.After all, the other party really cared about him, and there are very few such people nowadays.In order to comfort Igor, he also accepted the task that he had declined before - to help Mrs. Miller record the evidence of her husband's derailment. It was relatively easy and there was no risk of life. He could also take Rosie to the commercial street along the way.

Rosie was ready to go out, put on her sunglasses, and suddenly looked cold and unapproachable.

"Where are we going, Mr. Deng?" But the voice was still gentle.

Deng Huailing picked up the box containing Tang knives: "A simple commission, if you are lucky, it can be completed in half a day. After the completion, go to order two external devices, the kind requested by Dr. Chen, or you want to buy something else..”

He shook his wrist, "Any wish under 10 million is fine. Because that's all I have left."