The days when I wanted to be a human being

Ace walked to the table, poured a cup and drank a glass of water, smacked his lips twice, then took another cup and filled both cups with water.

He walked to the table and handed the second glass of water to Zhou Ling.

"Thank you, Brother Ace." Zhou Ling took a sip of the fruit water, but did not drink it and rinsed her mouth first.

After spitting the mouthwash into the flames in the armor space, he drank the first mouthful of water in these days.

In fact, she didn't feel thirsty, otherwise the first step after leaving the room would be to pour some water and drink it.

It seemed that because her life energy was abundant, she did not feel thirsty after four days of sleep.

"Just pour a glass for Zhiyin, and pour me one too." Herag said jokingly, feeling playful.

"Huh? Didn't you hear that she called me big brother? If you want to drink, pour it yourself." Ace retorted with a wink.

He saw that Hellagur's depressed mood of the past few days had finally dissipated and he was now in the mood to joke around. He felt so relaxed.

Herag has been in a gloomy mood these days, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.

Herag smiled and shook his head, then looked at Zhou Ling again, but he didn't say anything.

Ace didn't say anything, but he was staring at the food in Hellagur's hand.

"…What have you been doing these days?"

Zhou Ling looked at the two of them just sitting there without saying anything, so she could only speak.

"What else can I do? Lao He has been worried about you these past few days. He looks so sad all day long, as if I owe him a lot of money."

Seeing that Hellagur was silent, Ace spoke first. There seemed to be some resentment in his tone, and then he took a big sip of water.

"What about you, Brother Ace?" Zhou Ling glanced at the smiling Hellagur and asked Ace with a smile.

"Humph, I've been bringing him meals these past two days." Herag sneered and handed the lunch box to Ace.

"Eh? Isn't it for me?" Zhou Ling asked while stroking his hair.

I thought the food Herag brought was for her.

"Oh, that's right... Lao He said he was worried that you would be unconscious alone... It's not safe to stay in the room, so he has to leave alone."

Ace ate his lunch box, swallowed the food in his mouth, drank some water, and continued:

"Besides, you don't even consider your appetite."

Herag suddenly laughed when he heard this, and it was unknown whether he remembered something funny.

Zhou Ling looked at him in confusion, and Hellagur instantly returned to his calm state.

Ace obviously knew what Hellagur was laughing at, and he took a few bites of rice as if to vent his anger.

After swallowing the food in his mouth, he didn't even drink the water, and said coldly:

"Speaking of which, the Guard Bureau has been paying attention to two things in recent days, one of which is about you."

"You are already famous in the Guards Bureau... No! You are famous in the entire Longmen!"

Ace looked at Zhou Ling as if he was enjoying the show.

"Ace, if you're done eating, you can go for a walk outside to help digest the food."

Hellagur stopped Ace from continuing.

Ace knew that he seemed to have said too much, so he shut up.

However, Zhou Ling felt that he seemed to want to laugh, but he held it back.

"Many people saw what happened that night. Originally, only the people in the Imperial Guard knew about it."

Herag poured himself a glass of water and said calmly:

"Although the Imperial Guard Bureau is a strict organization, there are still some people who do not have the relevant qualities."

"For example, chefs and drivers who transport ingredients."

"The driver who was transporting the food that day got the news, and within a day, your story appeared in the news."

Herag smiled and glanced at Ace who was still sulking, stroked his beard and continued:

"While you were asleep, Ace and I were planning to take turns eating. It was fine on the first day..."

"But on the second day, he decided not to go out. From that day on, every meal was brought back by me."

After saying this, Helag glanced at Zhou Ling and paused for a long time, as if he was afraid to read something on her face, and as if asking her whether she wanted to continue.

"Lao He, please continue. I think I understand. I can handle it." Zhou Ling also figured out what it was. It was nothing more than his terrifying appetite.

"Pfft!...No! You can't bear it!" Ace almost laughed out loud and advised Zhou Ling not to listen to what happened next.

"It's okay. I can handle it. Go ahead."

Zhou Ling sat up straight, looking as if he was listening attentively.

Herag's eyes twitched, and after taking a sip of water to calm his urge to laugh, he said calmly:

"After the events of that night spread, a legend spread across Longmen... a young girl was dissatisfied with the Guards' style and planned to eat her way into the Guards' cafeteria, thus bankrupting the bureau."

"Pfft! Hahaha!" Ace held back for a long time but finally burst out laughing.

Herag held back his smile and looked at Zhou Ling. He found that Zhou Ling was very calm. She was just holding the cup with empty water, but her eyes were looking deeply at the empty cup.

"Are you... okay?" Herag looked at Zhou Ling who didn't say a word and showed a little concern.

"No, it's not funny at all." Zhou Ling stood up, washed the empty cup in the sink, and sat back calmly.

Zhou Ling felt that this was not funny at all. Rumors happen all the time, but she never expected it to happen to her.

"If you're not full, you can go eat another meal." Herag looked at Ace who kept laughing, trying to get Ace to stop.

"What about the other thing?" Zhou Ling was actually more concerned about something else. She always had a premonition that Longmen would become uneasy in the future.

"Are you asking?"

"Brother Ace, didn't you just say that the Guard Bureau is only focusing on two things recently?"

"Oh, you mean this." Ace stopped laughing when he saw Zhou Ling's calm face, and said seriously:

"Recently, the Longmen Guard Bureau is still concerned about the Longmen slums..."

"Due to the Chernobyl incident, many residents who fled there ran to Longmen." Herag stopped Ace and spoke himself.

……

After a brief explanation from the two, Zhou Ling finally understood something that the Longmen Guard Bureau had been paying attention to recently.

There is a slum in Longmen, where people infected with oripathy live.

There have been a lot of disturbances in the slums recently, and people from the Guard Bureau revealed that members of the Integration Movement may have infiltrated the slums, and they are investigating.

Rhodes Island's action is to cooperate with the Imperial Guard to investigate the slums and find the members of the Integration Movement inside.

……

"You've been sleeping for so many days, do you want to go have a meal?" Ace took a sip of water and asked Zhou Ling with a smile, "I'm hungry too."

"Okay, let's go together." Zhou Ling looked at Ace strangely, "Didn't you just eat?"

"What's wrong with me eating one more meal? Is there a rule that says you can't eat two meals a day?" Ace just wanted to see how long Zhou Ling could endure, so he deliberately mocked her.

……