Chapter 856
Chapter 856: Episode 053 Date with Master Pei (4)_1
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Half an hour to finish breakfast.
"Where to?"
As they exited the breakfast shop, Flossie Wright rubbed her sore arms and inquired of Perry Reed.
Glancing at the crowd bustling on the street, Perry Reed frowned slightly, "You decide."
Once again, he tossed the question back to Flossie.
Raising an eyebrow, Flossie asked, "You don’t have an opinion?"
Flossie couldn’t help but laugh.
She lifted her eyes to the busy street, where tall buildings towered, the crowd ebbed and flowed, and the traffic was incessant, bustling with life, as if everyone had a destination, a purpose.
Flossie curled her lips into a smile, but it was a bitter one.
It was too far away.
Standing still on the street, she could guess the identities and even the intentions of the passersby by their attire and movements.
What of it? It had nothing to do with them.
In this city, both of them were outsiders; to the life here, they didn’t fit in.
Perry Reed lived in times of chaos and looked down upon these ordinary and mundane lives with disdain and even contempt.
But Flossie was different. For nearly twenty years, she had been immersed in such a common, mundane world. The ordinary people, their behaviors and ways of thinking, were all too familiar to her.
At this moment, she suddenly felt an intense sense of alienation wash over her.
To her surprise, she realized that she had been away from this place for too long, so long that its unfamiliarity gave her the illusion of being in a foreign land.
Hearing her laugh without a response, Perry Reed turned his head in confusion.
She stared straight ahead, her fine eyebrows knit together, her gaze deep and somber, her lips curled in a smile that seemed to indicate a good mood, yet it was tinged with some other emotion.
It was something he had never seen before.
Melancholy?
Moving closer to her, he lifted his hand to wrap it around her shoulders, Perry Reed leaned down slightly, his voice low and gentle, "What’s on your mind?"
Suddenly lifting her gaze, Flossie Wright snapped back to reality.
"I’m asking you," Perry Reed looked at her and repeated, "What’s on your mind?"
"Well, a lot."
Shrugging, Flossie showed no intent to explain.
"Share it," Perry Reed raised an eyebrow, "It’s rare to see you so distressed. Let me help you unravel it."
"..." Her mouth twitching, Flossie gave him a sideways glance, "Then I ask you, after being here for a month or so, what are your thoughts?"
"Thoughts..." Frowning, Perry Reed actually took the question seriously, and after a moment, he said disdainfully, "The people here are timid, weak, profit-driven, easy to deal with."
In his time here, as he established his force within the city, he naturally encountered many people, and didn’t hesitate to use his ruthless tactics.
Of course, he had seen all sorts of people and their true colors.
To be honest, it was quite bothersome.
Issues that were easily resolved held no excitement for him.
After barely finishing his answer, Perry Reed asked, "And you?"
"Nothing much, just feel..." She paused mid-sentence, searching for the right word, "Out of touch."
It had been too long since she’d experienced an ordinary life.
For years, her life was far from ordinary; it was filled with deadly struggles. It was thrilling, and she enjoyed it.
Even in the Forces, the pure competition, training, physical conditioning, skill learning, and knowledge imparting made life full and interesting.
It had been a long time since she’d experienced a truly ordinary life.
She thought, a place like this just wasn’t meant for her.
"Just that?"
Perry Reed was slightly surprised.
"Yeah." Flossie Wright nodded.
Grabbing a lock of her hair, Perry Reed couldn’t help but sigh, "A few months in the Forces and your brain has dulled."
"Indeed," Flossie replied coolly, her gaze turning serene as she freed her hair from his grip.
One hand in her pocket and the other waving, Flossie walked towards the intersection ahead, "Come on, I’ll take you to have some fun."
Perry Reed stepped forward, following her.
In the vast sea of people.
Side by side, the two of them quickly vanished into the crowd.
— End of Chapter 856 —