Chapter 560
"I'm your boyfriend?" Shen Mochen blinked, trying to use a sincere expression to awaken the other person's conscience.
"Yes." Xiao Xingshuang nodded solemnly, taking out a photo of the two of them to show Shen Mochen, "Look, our photo. This was taken in Yupi."
"Oh oh..."
Shen Mochen nodded with a puzzled expression. Although this was a photo of the two of them, he really couldn't see how close the two people in the photo were.
Seeing that Shen Mochen seemed a bit skeptical, Xiao Xingshuang opened the cupboard again and took out a pink bracelet: "And this, you gave it to me."
Shen Mochen examined it closely. In front of him was an obviously ordinary shell bracelet, tied with a pink string. It didn't look like anything valuable, more like something casually bought at a boutique by the roadside.
"It's so ugly..." Shen Mochen said instinctively.
Xiao Xingshuang said nothing, thinking to herself, so you thought it was ugly too.
"I really like the thought behind it." Xiao Xingshuang said.
"So, we really are a couple?"
Shen Mochen blinked resigningly, with an expression of "So that's it".
Of course, he didn't believe it. If they were really a couple, Xiao Xingshuang would definitely have countless pieces of evidence. But at this moment, Shen Mochen could only be cautious to avoid angering the other party.
Besides, since the other person was pretending to be his girlfriend, she probably wouldn't want to harm him.
"Yes, we really are a couple!" Xiao Xingshuang said decisively and with a touch of fierceness.
"Then what's my name, and why am I here?" Shen Mochen tried to gather information.
"Your name is... Zhang Xiaoqiang."
No way, that's definitely a name you just made up on the spot! I've cooperated with you this much, and you still won't tell me my real name!
Shen Mochen's mouth twitched slightly.
"So, how did I end up here... I remember you said, I was... a celebrity?" Shen Mochen continued to cautiously probe.
"You secretly came to Roman to see me." After a moment of silence, Xiao Xingshuang said.
There it goes again, making things up.
"Then my identity..."
"A little idol with no popularity."
No, come on, can you tell me a bit of truth here! Shen Mochen thought exasperatedly, thinking I've already yielded to you, and this is how you guard against me!
Even though he remembered nothing, Shen Mochen hadn't turned into an idiot.
"Oh oh, I understand, I'm Zhang Xiaoqiang, a little idol, who secretly came to Roman to visit you and then encountered an accident." Shen Mochen continued along Xiao Xingshuang's line, "So, what are you doing in Roman, how did you find me?"
"... I'm a Guardian, and coincidentally, the place where your plane went down was near my patrol area, the higher-ups asked us to look for survivors."
"Watcher Unit?" Shen Mochen was startled, "Are you a Superpower User?"
"Yes, I'm a Superpower User." Xiao Xingshuang's eyes showed a hint of peculiarity, "You know about the Guardians?"
"These common knowledge things, I still remember..." Shen Mochen gently pressed his head, and his mind started working quickly.
Given Xiao Xingshuang's display of innocence, she probably wasn't lying in this sentence.
According to his understanding, all active superpower users in the world were collectively referred to as Watchers, only different countries had different names internally.
For example, Roman's Guardians, this name originated from ancient times when humans had learned to use fire but hadn't mastered the technology of starting a fire, so they would assign people to guard the fire every night to prevent it from going out.
Of course, no matter what these people were called, their job was only one—to eliminate invading monsters.
In his knowledge, it didn't seem like the Watchers were tasked with anything else.
For the Guardian Unit to be dispatched for search-and-rescue, the person they were seeking had to be someone unusual. Could it be that they were looking for me, to protect me or kill me?
Could the person wanting to kill me be among them?
"You said you're a Superpower User, can you let me see your superpower just a bit?" Shen Mochen asked.
Xiao Xingshuang didn't speak, just flipped her hand, and a small red phantom appeared on her hand. That phantom looked like a small person but with three heads and six arms, each holding something.
"That's the smallest it can be." Xiao Xingshuang said.
"What does this little person do?"
"For fighting, it can grow very large, and the six weapons in its hands each have their uses." Xiao Xingshuang said, "You used to know about it."
Shen Mochen nodded, this should also be true, and he gestured for the other party to put it away. Then he fell into a headache. If he was just a trivial little role, perhaps he could latch onto this Guardian's thigh.
But currently, it seemed that this Guardian's thigh might not even be as thick as his own.
Damn, this bad woman, can't you tell me my identity so I can at least analyze further!
The sad thing is, this perverse woman was unexpectedly his most reliable "comrade" for now.
"And my parents and family..."
"You have no parents, and no family either."
"Ah?" Shen Mochen was dumbfounded.
"Your family all died, leaving only you." Xiao Xingshuang stated calmly.
Shen Mochen froze, staring closely at Xiao Xingshuang's face, and at this moment, she instead wore a complete ease.
No way, I'm really an orphan! Shen Mochen truly felt it was a tragedy.
"How did we meet?"
Shen Mochen was a bit maddened, the problem was Xiao Xingshuang hadn't lied to him about the orphan thing!
"We just... met regularly."
Xiao Xingshuang fell into a prolonged pause, as if thinking about how to keep fabricating the story.
"Then, were we neighbors, known each other since childhood?"
Shen Mochen really couldn't bear to watch anymore; it seemed Xiao Xingshuang wouldn't tell him the truth, so he simply decided to go along with it too.
"Yes." Xiao Xingshuang's eyes showed a flash of satisfaction, as if she was commending Shen Mochen's "cooperation".
"Then could you tell me where I live and how my parents died?" Perhaps in hope of getting the truth from Xiao Xingshuang, Shen Mochen looked at her face earnestly, "Please, I really want to know the truth!"
Xiao Xingshuang was silent for a moment: "...I don't know, I remember you seemed to be living in the northern slums of Yu Huai City at first, your parents had an accident and died around that time."
Did Shen Mochen's mom die or not? Xiao Xingshuang tried hard to recall, but she couldn't remember. She could only think that she should be dead too since her impression of Shen Mochen was that of an orphan.
Moreover, since leaving Yupi, she had deleted all contacts from 0819 and severed all ties with acquaintances in Yupi, so she had no idea what happened afterward.
If I'm from the slums, how could I be involved with anything significant? Shen Mochen couldn't help but develop many doubts in his mind again.
"By the way, we're both from Yupi, why are you in Roman?" Shen Mochen asked again.
"To earn money." Xiao Xingshuang replied succinctly.
Suddenly, something akin to a phone rang, Xiao Xingshuang glanced at it, and her expression changed slightly.