Superhumans of the Dome City
Chapter 91 - 91 10 Reaching Out to the Fading Figure_2

91: Chapter 10 Reaching Out to the Fading Figure_2 91: Chapter 10 Reaching Out to the Fading Figure_2 “I’ve been following you the whole time,” the young man in the suit said “astonished,” “I thought you didn’t want to take the skyway today.”

“It’s not that, I specifically bought a gift for the new resident!!” She angrily lifted the shopping bag, “It’s all your fault for not reminding me!”

“Yeah, yeah, it’s all my fault.”

What on earth was in that tote bag?

Even he couldn’t fathom what quirky idea the girl might have had.

But he believed that Kardesia’s temporary cohabitant would certainly display a marvelous expression upon receiving the gift, a thought that made him, her brother, quite happy.

“Are you enjoying living with your new roommate?”

“Pretty good, I guess~” Kardesia answered ambiguously, “He seems like someone with lots of stories…

but sometimes he appears so innocent, just like Qiluo-chan.”

Innocent?

If Gongsun were to hear such a description, he’d probably be the first to disagree.

And from the perspective of a relative, he felt the term might actually be quite fitting.

But to use this term to describe that pink-haired girl just didn’t seem right.

“I believe…” He pulled out a notebook from his pocket, “Miss Qiluo is not an innocent person.”

Kardesia raised her eyebrows.

“Oh Ya?”

“Miss Qiluo may appear clueless and her actions odd, but in my eyes, her movements are carried out with a certain purpose.”

Shiyu Lianyi spread open the notebook to a page cataloged with a timeline.

“Singing on the streets is to attract attention.

Holding onto Gongsun by any means necessary is to keep the only person who can recognize her.

Through interactions with Gongsun, she successfully regained some of her abilities, which is of great benefit to Miss Qiluo who desires to find herself again.

She immediately clung to this new man she met and schemed to stay by his side; those intimate actions were all deliberate efforts to bridge the distance, not the naive innocence she projects—how’s that for an explanation?”

The blonde hat-wearing woman patted his shoulder with a grave expression.

“Lianyi, you could be a bit more optimistic.

The world isn’t always as bad as you think.”

“Ha ha.”

“Viewing people through a tinted lens will make you interpret all actions as deliberate!

Geez, try to trust others a little more!”

Shiyu Lianyi put away his notebook and blinked.

“Wasn’t it Kardesia who told me ‘the city is dangerous and for someone who isn’t good at direct combat like you, learn to protect yourself’ and slipped me a handgun?”

“Ah…”

The blonde woman with her mouth half-open, stood there awkwardly for a while before retorting unreasonably amidst the young man’s laughter, “That was then, this is now!

You have to learn to adapt!”

“Indeed.”

Seizing the opportunity, the girl began to criticize him under the guise of giving advice: “That’s why!

It’s because of this that Lianyi can’t find a girlfriend!”

“Ah?”

The young man in the suit was taken aback.

Kardesia pointed at him, annoyed, “Your gloomy way of thinking makes you come off as up to no good!

I’ve introduced you to several classmates, but they said they feel uneasy getting close to you!”

That’s more likely due to the bad reputation you and Gongsun carry.

…Wait a second.

Wait, wait a second.

“Kardesia, you introduced me to your classmates…?”

The blonde girl leaned on his shoulder like an uncle, her fingers restlessly twirling in front of his eyes.

“Hey hey, we’re in university now, aren’t we?

It’s not the time to be secretly watching videos in bed anymore, but to take real action, right?”

The young man in the suit became flustered for once.

“Ah, what?”

“What I mean is, it’s about time Lianyi found a girlfriend!

You can’t stay with me like this forever!”

Completely…

unforeseeable.

That she would say something like this.

What’s wrong with you?

What has gotten into you lately?

Have you been involved in some incident?

Did Sister Ling say something…

Have you noticed something abnormal about him?

Discovered, the past existence of Shiyu Lianyi?

An indescribable sense of panic rose from his heart, and it was then that the young man in the suit realized he might have made a wrong decision.

What could he do now…

he had to do something…!

“You see, in another ten or twenty years, we won’t look the same as we do now.”

But the words coming from the other person weren’t what he had in mind.

“In a decade or so, will Lianyi turn into a handsome uncle?

I don’t have the confidence to remain as youthful and pretty as I am now, after all, time is a woman’s arch-nemesis.”

It had nothing to do with the inner world, nothing to do with the dark past.

Just an ordinary girl, envisioning her own future.

“By that time, we’ll no longer be students, and the time left to enjoy our youth is just now.

You can’t be like me and go looking for high school students at 40, right?

You’d get picked up as a suspect!”

Kardesia giggled incessantly.

“So, Lianyi, take the chance to find a girlfriend now and try out the taste of love.

Although love can make a person foolish, it’s not bad for a smart person like you to be silly occasionally!”

Shiyu Lianyi silently watched the girl beside him.

She stood within arm’s reach, yet seemed so distant.

As if a slight mistake would cause her to leave his world.

“I…

haven’t really thought about these things.”

He tried to respond in his usual tone, making his dry words seem like an uninterested reply.

“Being so stiff is going to make you age before your time, be careful.” Kardesia swayed her bag, “Anyway, we’re in the central district already; I might as well go get a beauty treatment before heading back, bye~”

“Mm, goodbye.”

He replied unconsciously.

His thoughts were in disarray, like a tangled mess.

He stood there, staring dumbly as the girl’s figure slowly disappeared into the neon lights of the urban night.

When he came back to his senses, Shiyu Lianyi had already called out.

“Kardesia!”

The blonde girl turned her head back.

“What’s up?”

What should he say now?

He hadn’t prepared anything, but he realized he needed to do something.

Otherwise, the restlessness in his heart wouldn’t settle.

Otherwise, he would spend the night tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

“This weekend, do you have time?

I want to go…

buy some stuff.”

It was too rushed.

He couldn’t even think of a proper excuse.

“You know, I’m not very good at these things…”

He could only muster such crude words, secretly hoping to muddle through.

Kardesia laughed in surprise.

“How rare, and it’s so unlike Lianyi to want to go shopping!

Sure, I’m free this weekend.

Just let me know the time and place~”

“Okay, goodbye.”

He smiled softly, watching the girl walk away.

Then, Shiyu Lianyi silently repeated a name in his heart and used his superpower to establish a link.

The psychic communication took more time than he’d anticipated; it seemed the subject had left their residence in Thorn District.

Eventually, the connection in his mind was established.

(Gongsun, it’s about love, can you help me this weekend?)

The astonishment of the grey-haired young man came from within.

(My heavens, have you finally come to your senses?

I’m out at the moment, we’ll talk in detail later, leave it to me!)