Night had fallen, a crescent moon hung in the sky, casting a hazy glow, while the stars hid their traces.
In this brightly lit city of night, the sky was painted red, stars were naturally invisible, but the moon was still clearly visible.
At this late hour, Jiang Heng and Lu Xi didn't go to sleep but came outside, sitting together on a bench, gazing at the moon in the sky.
"The moonlight tonight is so beautiful."
Jiang Heng, who had never paid attention to the beauty of the moon, let out a sigh of admiration, but although he praised the moon, his eyes were always on Lu Xi.
Hearing this, Lu Xi looked up at Jiang Heng. She didn't understand the deeper meaning of this sentence, but she could read Jiang Heng's eyes.
"Yeah~ it is pretty beautiful."
Under the mesmerizing moonlight, the two of them talked about many things from the past, mainly Lu Xi talking and Jiang Heng listening.
Lu Xi poured out everything, from how she received hacker training at Arasaka as a child, to how she escaped from Arasaka, and how she had been living all these years.
Jiang Heng already knew all this, but he couldn't help but feel nervous for Lu Xi when he heard many of the details.
…
The next day, when Lu Xi woke up, it was already noon. The moment she opened her eyes, a trace of confusion flashed across them. She immediately reached out to the side, but found that the person next to her was already gone.
She quickly got out of bed, ran out of the bedroom without even putting on clothes, her bare feet pattering on the floor as she ran downstairs.
As soon as she reached the living room on the first floor, Lu Xi smelled the aroma of food. The anxiety on her face immediately turned into a hint of surprise, then she ran into the kitchen. When she saw that familiar figure, Lu Xi felt relieved.
She was not afraid of the darkness, if she had never seen the light. But now she was already immersed in the warmth brought by the sunlight, she didn't want to feel the coldness of the darkness anymore.
Lu Xi didn't care about anything else, she rushed into the kitchen and hugged Jiang Heng tightly from behind.
Jiang Heng, who was still chopping vegetables, immediately stopped. He felt Lu Xi's unease.
After washing his hands, Jiang Heng turned around, put his arms around her legs and picked her up, then carried her back to the bedroom.
In the end, this lunch turned into dinner.
Good days always pass so quickly, the two of them, lost in the sweetness of love, didn't even want to take any missions, they just wanted to immerse themselves in each other's tender embrace.
For a whole month, the two of them didn't take a single commission, they didn't even go to Afterlife once.
…
That night, Afterlife nightclub was as lively as ever.
Rogue sat in her exclusive booth, looking at one of her subordinates and asked, "Hey~ any news about that guy? He's been gone for a month, you wouldn't have thought he was knocked out and thrown into the sea, would you?"
"No, he hasn't been to Afterlife since that night, and his hacker partner has disappeared too," the subordinate replied.
"That's strange, whatever, I'm too lazy to worry about it." Then Rogue didn't think much about it, people die in Night City every day, although she liked Jiang Heng, but not to the point of worrying about his safety.
Meanwhile, the Maen squad, who were having a good time at Afterlife, were also talking about Jiang Heng.
"You guys don't think that freak left Night City, do you?" The fat legged loli, Rebecca, was still dressed in the same way, but she seemed a little listless now.
"What's wrong, you miss him?" Qi Wei asked.
"Who would miss that freak?!" Rebecca jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Just then, the door of the nightclub opened, and a man and a woman walked in.
The appearance of the two immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"There, the freak you miss has arrived." Qi Wei poked Rebecca.
"Ah! Don't say it again, I don't miss him, damn it!"
Rebecca turned around angrily and concentrated on drinking, but her big eyes were sneaking glances at the door.
…
"Hey everyone, I'm back!"
As soon as Jiang Heng walked in, he waved to everyone like a social butterfly.
"Yo~ where did you go for a month? I thought you died in that dark alley." A mercenary greeted Jiang Heng with a smile.
"Not possible, the only one who can kill me in Night City is still in his father's body!"
"Hahaha, you little rascal."
The two of them walked to the bar and saw the Maen squad sitting in the booth.
"Rebecca-chan, long time no see, did you miss me?" Just like before, when he saw the Maen squad, Jiang Heng would inevitably go up to talk to Rebecca.
"Hell no!" Rebecca answered without turning her head, then the next moment she felt her hair tighten, that bastard had grabbed her pigtails again!
"Ah, you bastard, get out of here!"
Rebecca turned around and gave him a flying kick, but the agile Jiang Heng dodged it.
"Maen, let's have a drink together later."
"No problem."