LWDC Chapter 171

Chapter 171: Insisting on Waiting

“Lord Ning Fei!”

The strong wind gradually subsided, the white cloth fell, and Prince Fiennes finally found the figure on the roof not far away. Although he wasn’t wearing his signature cloak and was dressed plainly, Prince Fiennes carefully scrutinized the figures sitting side by side. Wasn’t one of them the Ning Fei he had been longing to see day and night?

“Quickly, pay respects to the Lord!” Prince Fiennes was both excited and anxious. He had publicized the news of the statue’s completion ceremony so widely, and even announced that he would distribute food and living supplies to the common people for free after the ceremony, not only to do good deeds, but also to hope to see Ning Fei. Now that Ning Fei had actually come, Prince Fiennes immediately directed the crowd, “Today, no, from now on, the church’s alms are all the grace bestowed by Lord Ning Fei. Respect him, look up to him, and pay him respectful tribute!”

As he spoke, the Prince took the lead and knelt on one knee in the direction of Ning Fei, performing the grand salute of the nobility. The servants and guards beside him immediately shouted for the common people to kneel down to Ning Fei, otherwise they would not be able to receive the supplies to be distributed later. The crowd had never been hit by the magic of light, so they didn’t really understand what Prince Fiennes was doing. But when it came to receiving things, coupled with the fierce looks of the soldiers, a large number of people immediately knelt down.

The commoners in this world didn’t have so much dignity to speak of.

“Fuck!”

Ning Fei was speechless when he suddenly faced such a scene. It wasn’t that he hadn’t experienced being worshiped by a crowd of people, but he didn’t feel anything about it at all. He even hated it in his original world—after all, it represented the authority of the nobles—otherwise, why would he always control the scope of the implementation of the magic of light?

At this moment, such a scene that would make others swell with pride only made Ning Fei turn his head away, not wanting to take another look. He grabbed another black ball from Duan Yunhong’s hand and said irritably, “Quickly determine the power of these two things and target where to detonate.”

“…I’m not too sure about the stone material. But let’s put the big one on the lower part and the small one in front of the face, at least to ensure that the hands and face can definitely be destroyed. If these two places are removed, the symbolic parts of this statue will be gone.” Duan Yunhong was also shocked by Prince Fiennes’ actions. He took out a fire starter, paused, and confirmed, “You don’t mind, do you?”

“Mind my ass.” Ning Fei raised his hand to signal, “Light it.”

Duan Yunhong’s hand was very steady, and he lit it instantly.

Without Duan Yunhong urging him again, Ning Fei immediately used the wind to send the two black balls flying towards the statue. The people kneeling on the ground watched as the two small black things flew over their heads, and Prince Fiennes also stared blankly as the two black balls flew closer to the statue. For a few seconds, he even thought that it was something Ning Fei was going to give him, and even subconsciously raised his hand to catch it.

And the black balls quickly reached the designated detonation points, 1 second, 2 seconds—

Bang! Bang!!!

The almost overlapping explosions made the Prince’s ears deaf for a few seconds, and the people who were already kneeling subconsciously curled up, screaming and covering their heads to avoid the blast. At the moment of the explosion, the strong wind blew again, and the fragments of the exploded statue were swept into the air before they had time to fall down.

The statue, which had only officially revealed its true face for a few minutes, was thus blown into ruins.

The effect of the explosion was even more powerful than Duan Yunhong had expected. The statue’s chest and above were directly shattered, and the entire head to half of the chest were completely blasted open. The triangular front was also severely damaged. Not to mention the outstretched hand, the robes below, and even part of the base were blown down. The entire statue didn’t collapse, it could only be said that this abstract triangular composition was too stable.

Prince Fiennes was stunned by this change. He had hoped that Ning Fei would appear on the day the statue was completed, but he never expected that Ning Fei had come to blow up his statue!

—I made a mistake.

This realization struck his mind, and he realized that he had made a big mistake, almost making him faint.

“Lord Ning Fei…!”

He wanted to walk towards Ning Fei, but the wind was howling, and he couldn’t approach the roof in any way.

He saw Ning Fei take a piece of the statue’s fragment, which was blown into his hand by the wind.

“This is… today’s date?” Ning Fei only caught a glimpse of what seemed to be words on this large piece, so he took it to see. Duan Yunhong glanced at it and said with certainty, “This is a new church. The date of the idol’s completion will definitely become the church’s anniversary.”

Ning Fei threw it away like garbage, “It’s like giving me a new birthday, is this commemorating me? This is just embodying the image in his own heart. The appearance, birthday, and symbolic meaning have nothing to do with me.”

Duan Yunhong: “Then when is your birthday after all?”

“…” Ning Fei raised an eyebrow at him, “You’re quite good at seizing opportunities.”

“You used to say that the dates you used in each world were different, so you didn’t want to tell me.” Duan Yunhong said, “But now it’s the original world, so according to the calendar of this world, what date is your birthday?”

“November 11th.” Ning Fei chuckled, threw the fragment into the wind, and rolled it into the distance, “How is it? I’m destined to grow old alone.”

Duan Yunhong also smiled, “I can tell fortunes too, I say, it’s not accurate.”

*

Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong were exposed to the public’s eyes like this. Although they ran away on the wind afterwards, the news would soon spread throughout the city. These two didn’t change their clothes when they went out today. They were the same when they left the casino, the same in the square, and the same when they came back. Obviously, the casino would soon be uninhabitable.

Duan Yunhong asked if he wanted to pack his luggage on the way back, and Ning Fei said, “I won’t pack it, you can pack it if you want.”

Duan Yunhong realized his true meaning and confirmed, “Are you leaving?”

“Yeah.” Ning Fei replied, “If Fiennes continues to act like a brainless idiot, my name will be spread wider, and my luck points will be deducted to death by him. Stop the loss in time, let’s go.”

Duan Yunhong asked again, “Then where are you going next?”

“Go to work, otherwise, what will I eat? I’ve wasted so many worlds by taking this vacation.” Ning Fei said self-deprecatingly, “‘It’s all the original world’s fault,’ is really a good excuse that never changes.”

Duan Yunhong accepted it calmly and suggested, “Then let’s have another meal together? It’s time anyway.”

“…Okay.” Ning Fei first responded, then looked at him a little suspiciously, “I thought you would ask me if I wanted to go to your original world to see.”

“It’s useless to ask, isn’t it?” Duan Yunhong replied calmly, “I came here and unexpectedly ran into you, which was originally an unexpected surprise. If you still want to be quiet and think about it, then so be it.”

Ning Fei was suspicious: “How did you suddenly become so open-minded? Could it be that there are still some backup plans waiting for me?”

“What else can I do?” Duan Yunhong lowered his eyes and smiled, “Personal positioning is in your hands, the coordinates of the original world are in your hands, and the resume is also in your hands. What else can I be honest with you about?”

Ning Fei: “…Tsk.”

It has to be said that it was obvious pretense of being pitiful and aggrieved, a cliché trick.

But it really works.

Mainly, when someone like Duan Yunhong suddenly says such weak words, even if Ning Fei knows his tricks, he can’t help but feel ripples in his heart.

“Stop pretending.” Ning Fei covered his mouth with his backhand, “Haven’t I made enough concessions? You’re never satisfied, Mr. Duan.”

“Then one last sentence.” Duan Yunhong grabbed his wrist and pulled his hand away, “What I said, if you come to me and I’m having fun with someone else, you can have my luck and chase me to death, is still valid.”

“I will kill you even without your promise.” Ning Fei glanced at the man’s hand holding him, “Are you done? Can we eat?”

“Let’s eat, let’s eat.” Duan Yunhong said, “I don’t know when I’ll have a meal with you next time, I hope it’s your birthday.”

“Are you making a wish to me? I’m not a wishing machine…”

The two switched to small talk and had lunch together in the casino’s restaurant. Although it was the last meal in this world, the dishes didn’t become much richer. It was like an ordinary meal, the two of them sitting together and chatting about ordinary things. There was neither worry about “whether the crowd would come to the casino” nor the emotion of saying goodbye before leaving and parting, as if they would always be together in the afternoon, evening, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow…

A simple meal ended quickly.

It was Ning Fei who said he was leaving, but in the end, he hesitated about how to act. When he raised his eyes to meet Duan Yunhong’s gaze, Ning Fei always felt that he should say something, but he couldn’t say it.

—Tsk, just get up and leave, what’s there to hesitate about.

Thinking of this, Ning Fei stood up abruptly, turned around and walked towards the restaurant door: “I’ll leave from the room.”

Try not to disappear suddenly in crowded places, this is the common practice of the Management Bureau personnel.

“I’ll go with you, ‘along the way’.” Duan Yunhong seemed to see Ning Fei’s entanglement, didn’t point it out, but followed his footsteps calmly and naturally. Ning Fei looked at his chic and open-minded appearance, and inexplicably felt a little angry, and elbowed him when he approached.

“…” Duan Yunhong touched the place where he was bumped, and actually smiled.

—Annoyed? It’s good to be annoyed, I’m just afraid you won’t even be annoyed.

Duan Yunhong was still happy, when a short, hat-wearing figure came quickly in front. It was not strange for gamblers to walk in a hurry, but when this person was about to brush past Ning Fei, he suddenly turned around and grabbed Ning Fei!

“Why didn’t you kill Prince Fiennes…!”

The moment that person spoke and raised his head, Duan Yunhong recognized him at a glance—it was Ning Fei’s previous little servant, Shale!

Shale’s hand, which was tightly clutching Ning Fei’s collar, still had burn marks. She stared at, no, glared at Ning Fei, her voice low and mournful: “You killed the Duke, killed the Pope, why didn’t you kill the Prince and the King? You didn’t dare to kill them, you couldn’t kill them, right? You…?”

Duan Yunhong pinched Shale’s hand, and didn’t care if she was injured, and threw her away directly.

He knew that Ning Fei was too lazy to explain, didn’t say much, but said coldly, “It’s still very simple to kill you.”

Shale was in pain from being thrown, but quickly supported herself and stood up, glaring at Ning Fei behind Duan Yunhong: “You really colluded with them! That Prince even erected a statue for you, just because you let him go, right? Wasting so many people’s sacrifices in vain, just to write Prince Fiennes’s name on it. Do you know that Kai thought until the last second before his death that he could finally avenge his family!

“But he will never know that he was burned to death so painfully, and what he got in return was Prince Fiennes pretending to be a good person and erecting a statue for you! You are his only hope for revenge, he, and other people who hate the Prince, paid the price of their lives for this…!”

“If you really think you’re right, you might as well say it louder.”

Duan Yunhong’s sudden cold voice interrupted Shale, making her stunned for a moment: “…What?”

Duan Yunhong sneered: “If you really think you’re right, don’t lower your voice. Make a noise, make it louder, let everyone else hear what you want…”

“You want to kill him, isn’t he in the square?”

Ning Fei pressed Duan Yunhong’s shoulder and stood beside him: “He stood there today, taller than everyone else, and the soldiers didn’t stop the civilians from going to the square. Why, you can see me, but you can’t see him? You can die for writing a name, but you’re afraid to die when you want to kill him yourself?”

“You…!” Shale felt that what he said was absurd, and couldn’t find words to refute for a while, “How could we possibly…”

“‘How could we possibly’, tsk.” Ning Fei chuckled, stopped commenting, turned around and continued to walk forward. After taking two steps, he turned his head to glance at Duan Yunhong: “Aren’t you leaving yet? Do you want to stay and take a class?”

Duan Yunhong of course turned around and followed, but before leaving, he took one last glance at Shale.

“Wait for others to help you avenge, wait until you die.”

…

The two returned to the room in silence, and didn’t discuss the little episode on the road just now.

It wasn’t until Ning Fei took out the brooch that Duan Yunhong gave him from the small wooden box that the man came forward, took the brooch and pinned it on his chest: “…If you really deduct too much luck, you can come to me to borrow it.”

“Fuck.” Ning Fei was waiting for his last speech, and he was so happy that he said such a sentence, “I’m a debt collector, don’t I know how terrible luck high interest loans are? Or is it a luck bandit who puts out high interest loans, do I look like such a stupid person?”

“Very good, maintain your shrewdness. You don’t owe others.” Duan Yunhong couldn’t help but reach out and pinch his chin, “…Remember to think about me when you have time.”

Ning Fei pinched back: “What, do you want a breakup fuck? Didn’t we fuck last night?”

“‘Parting’, not ‘breaking up’. The prerequisite conditions for the two of us haven’t been met, there’s not even a stroke above the ‘parting’ character, what are we talking about breaking up.” Duan Yunhong replied, “I’m not going to fuck, otherwise I might do something that makes you angry.”

Ning Fei looked at him: “Then, goodbye?”

“Goodbye.” Duan Yunhong restrained himself and slowly withdrew his hand, “You…”

Ning Fei leaned forward and kissed him, no, bit his lip, very hard, so hard that Duan Yunhong felt that his mouth seemed to be bleeding.

Ning Fei smiled: “Don’t wait until you die.”

As soon as the voice fell, the figure disappeared.

Duan Yunhong stood there silently for a few seconds, touched his mouth, and hissed. But he was a little happy even though it hurt.

“I insist on waiting.”

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This volume is finally over!