Chapter 488 Zoe: I Have Been Waiting for This Day for a Long Time!

The banquet in Dawn Castle began. Jarvan IV and Shyvana, who had put on custom-made noble clothes, returned to the Brilliant Hall. The banquet lasted until late at night.

At the banquet, Li Lin met many faces he had never seen before.

They all come from all over the west of the huge land of Demacia, and the lowest they have is the title of baron.

Not only that, envoys from the two Demacia allies, Leinland, a small independent country in eastern Demacia, and Nocmoch, which is only separated from Noxus by the Valoran Plains, first presented their kings to the prince and princess. blessing, and then chatted with the famous Li Lin for a long time.

Even the Freljordians who went south from the Freljord to the southern part of the Urus Mountains in the north of Demacia established the Skagaon settlement and lasted for several generations. They had basically no interaction with Demacia before. , all sent envoys representing the leaders of the settlements to congratulate, and also presented gifts to the king, prince and princess-to-be.

In addition, Poppy, who had been staying in the Brilliant Hall, came up to Li Lin to toast, and also intended to entrust Oren's Holy Hammer to him, but he declined on the grounds that he already had a weapon that could rival the Ascended One.

Since Oren passed away and entrusted his best friend Poppy to find a new owner for the weapon that had been with him throughout his life, this stubborn yordle has been wandering around Demacia for hundreds of years.

Even though Li Lin repeatedly hinted that she was the "big hero" Oren really wanted to find for the hammer through "The Art of Words", Poppy kept saying that she was not worthy of this title.

The yordles' aggressive spirit is well known to everyone in Runeterra, and this is the main reason why most people hate them.

If it weren't for the fact that the Yodels are a magical species in the spiritual realm, they are born with a "camouflage" effect, and coming to the material realm can prevent humans from seeing through their true appearance.

Otherwise, not only Bobby, but also Heimerdinger, one of the founders of Piltover and who made outstanding contributions to Piltover, would be spurned by a small group of people.

Of course, Li Lin was able to see through Yodel's true identity from the beginning, and had no idea what Yodel looked like in the eyes of others.

When the dinner party came to an end, Li Lin personally sent Sona and Kashina to the carriage along with the Bouviers and watched them disappear into the dim dusk of the night. Then he declined the king and prince's attempts to stay and teleported back to Pi City.

It's closer to time.

Li Lin stood in the backyard of Gila Mann's house and looked up at the upstairs of the main house.

The lights in both Kasha and Zoe's rooms were turned off.

Kasha has already gone to bed, but Zoe never likes to sleep, so she runs off to play somewhere and doesn't come back until dawn.

However, there was still a little light coming out of the balcony glass door with the curtains drawn by Caitlin, and she was reading a book about criminal investigation, which was her favorite.

Li Lin faced the ground with his palms, mobilized the magnetic force to lift his body into the air, and landed silently outside the balcony door.

Since the door lock is made of metal, it can also be controlled by his superpower, and it can be opened gently and silently.

There was no wind at night. Li Lin controlled the movement of the metal next to the glass door and opened a crack for him to enter. But before he could take a closer look at the situation inside the room, a cold metal pipe was already attached to his body. head on.

Li Lin looked to the side with the corner of his eye, and saw Caitlin wearing cool pajamas staring at him against the wall with a smile, holding a kinetic energy revolver in her hand.

It was a handmade pistol that Elro had given her on her past birthday.

Although today's ordinary kinetic energy firearms can't even scratch the surface of his skin.

"It's a serious crime to break into a house without permission." She said with a hint of teasing in her tone, "If it were anyone else, even if you were shot to death, they would not have broken any laws."

Li Lin raised his hand in a very cooperative manner, "But I have never heard of someone breaking into his own home."

Li Lin smiled slightly, and activated the magnetic force to forcefully control the muzzle of the revolver, which had no bullets in Caitlin's hand, away from his head.

Caitlin widened her beautiful blue eyes and exclaimed: "Hey! You cheated!"

While her attention was distracted, Li Lin dodged away from her, then put one hand around her well-trained and slender waist, and clasped her free left hand with the other hand, pushing her back. , leaning against the wall.

Feeling the warm breath blowing on her face, Caitlin's fair skin was covered with a light cherry-pink color against the backdrop of the not-so-bright desk lamp.

Especially her well-maintained and delicate face, coupled with the expression of wanting to refuse but welcoming, gave Li Lin a strong urge to take a bite.

"Let me go quickly."

Her voice was soft and waxy, and she struggled slightly. Her right hand no longer reached for the gun that had been raised to the top of her head by Li Lin's superpower, but dropped down and gave him a weak blow on his chest.

But noticing the brilliance in Li Lin's eyes and the smile on his lips, Caitlin finally gave up her struggle and let him go, burying half of her face into his chest.

"Didn't you go to Demacia to congratulate Prince Jarvan IV? Why are you back again?"

"Of course I'm back to accompany my wife." Li Lin changed his position and hugged her into his arms, "I have been busy for so long, and I have been neglected during this time..."

Before he finished speaking, Caitlin rolled her eyes, and then put her right index finger to his lips, "Young Master, do you think I can't see what little calculations you are making in your mind?"

"Ahem..."

Li Lin laughed awkwardly and scratched his hair. The words he had originally thought of were instantly disrupted by her.

Caitlin left his arms smoothly, and then sat back on the chair in front of her desk against the wall. She leaned back on the chair, raised her slender white legs, crossed her arms and stared at the man in front of her, raised her chin and said nothing, waiting. He spoke himself.

Noticing the inexplicable brilliance shining deep in her eyes, Li Lin became even more nervous. His mind went blank and he had no idea where to start.

For a moment, except for the breathing of the two people one after another and the soft sound of the clock hands on the wall, the room fell into silence.

The atmosphere was inexplicably solemn.

After a long time, Li Lin took a deep breath and finally suppressed the tension in his heart. He took two steps forward, half-crouched beside Caitlin, held her right hand with both hands, and raised his eyes to meet hers.

"Kate..."

But when the words came to his mouth, thousands of words were stuck in his throat. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't say a word.

Seeing Li Lin's embarrassment, Caitlin finally couldn't help it, covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

"Okay, okay, really, what's not to say about this kind of thing?"

"Huh?" Li Lin made a questioning nasal sound, and a trace of confusion and surprise gradually appeared on his face.

What's happening here?

"I am a detective who has solved many major cases, and now I am the captain of Piltover Police. Do you think you can hide it from me with your little tricks?"

Caitlin raised her eyebrows slightly, took her hand away from Li Lin and hugged her chest again, humming softly, "Tell me, besides Zoe, how many flowers and grass have you messed with outside?"

Li Lin was startled and stood up suddenly. The expression on his face suddenly changed to one of astonishment, "You, how did you..."

In fact, he was shocked not only that Caitlin had seen through him long ago, but also her current attitude.

Although this look looks slightly resentful, it doesn't look like he is angry...

Caitlin curled her lips, "I've already said it, your little thoughts can't be hidden from me."

She paused, narrowed her eyes slightly, and the look in her eyes suddenly became serious, as if the person in front of her was not her lover, but a gangster who had done many evil things.

“Furthermore, even if you think you can hide it from me, Zoe has no acting skills at all. Have you ever considered her?”

Caitlin cooed, "Let's not talk about why she turned herself into an adult. The love in that little girl's eyes when she looks at you is almost solidified."

Yes, is it that exaggerated?

Li Lin recalled that in the past few days, as long as Zoe appeared next to him, her eyes would not leave him half a meter away...

Uh, it seems that it is really such an exaggeration.

"--His!" Li Lin couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air, and his breathing couldn't help but stagnate.

Recently, when Zoe was with him, Caitlin was always there!

“You’ve actually established your relationship with Zoe a long time ago, right?”

Caitlin took advantage of the victory, stood up, and said as if she was interrogating a prisoner: "Based on time, you said before that you spent some time with her in Demacia. That should be that time? No, it should be said That’s the only time.”

Li Lin's heart almost jumped out of his chest. He knew that Caitlin was thoughtful, but he didn't expect that she could think of it to this extent.

Seeing the man fall silent, Caitlin stood up from the chair and stepped forward on her slim feet in sandals.

Every time she took a step, Li Lin asked the king to take a step back until he was leaning against the wall, with no way to retreat.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them instantly switched from being "hunter" to "prey".

"Originally, I was just skeptical about you, but you took advantage of the 'after-the-fact' test to test me some time ago, which made me suddenly solidify my thoughts."

Caitlin pressed Li Lin's chest with one hand, moved her eyes upward, and finally met his slightly panicked eyes, with a playful smile on her lips.

"Well, don't rush to reveal the mystery. Let me guess first...except for Zoe, are you related to Kaisha?

"Although this little girl has returned to normal recently, she has been avoiding me a while ago, as if she had done something wrong.

"Based on the average lifespan and customs of Shuriman people, Kasha has already reached the point of discussing marriage.

"Based on what Kassadin said and did during the days when he came to live in our house, especially towards you, I can probably guess that he should have held a red line with you for Kassa. What I said should be correct, right? ?”

At this time, Li Lin's face was already "as gray as death."

Since she didn't deny it, in Caitlin's eyes it was like acquiescing to what she said.

"Kate..." Li Lin called out her name in a hoarse voice.

"Shh - don't speak in a hurry yet."

Caitlin made a "silence" gesture at him, then tapped the corner of her lips with her index finger, and continued with a crooked face: "Although I don't know if you have confirmed your relationship with Kasha, but I know that you are at least... There are other women out there.

"so……"

She gave Li Lin a look that wanted him to "tell the truth".

Li Lin was silent for a long time, lowered his head, and sighed heavily, "And... Sona of Demacia, Sona Bouvier."

Since he was taught a lesson by Morgana last time, he would handle the smell on his body carefully every time.

Caitlin had just approached him and had not smelled Sona's perfume, otherwise she would have raised questions from the beginning.

"Huh?" Caitlin raised her eyebrows, "I heard you mentioned this girl. She is Barrett's daughter. She has a magic guqin and, like Seraphine, has the talent of being able to listen to other people's inner voices. ?”

"Yes, but Seraphine hears the songs of other people's souls, while Sona understands what others are thinking through Luo Hua."

Li Lin smiled bitterly.

Now that things have happened, there is no need to hide anything anymore.

After being silent for a while, he looked up at Caitlin with a sullen face, "I'm sorry..."

"To be honest, you are indeed sorry for me." Caitlin said bluntly.

There was another long silence in the air.

Caitlin stood beside Li Lin with her arms folded, without any noise or disappointment, not even an angry beating or scolding. This was what made Li Lin feel the most guilty.

Just like a child who had done something wrong facing his mother who stared at him silently, he couldn't see through Caitlin's attitude towards this matter at all, and he became even more nervous.

I don't know how many times Li Lin glanced at Caitlin out of the corner of his eye. Every time he opened his mouth to say something, his brain, which was comparable to a supercomputer, went blank.

It was impossible for the intellectual brain he always relied on to provide him with advice at this time. After all, this was a matter between the two of them.

After an unknown amount of time, Caitlin was the first to break the silence: "But your light is so dazzling. Without me, your stage would have been even broader..."

Noticing the sadness that flashed across her face, Li Lin couldn't help but feel a sting in his heart. He took a step forward and held Caitlin in his arms.

She didn't struggle.

"No, that's not the case. Without the Gila Mann family, I wouldn't be where I am today."

"To be precise, it should be you, future pioneer Li Lin. It is you who made Gila Mann."

Caitlin raised her eyes, with various complex emotions flashing across her eyes. She reached up and gently touched Li Lin's face.

"With your talent, no matter which family you choose, you can make a career even if you start alone, but you chose Gila Mann.

"Once upon a time, I was just an ordinary eldest lady from a parliamentarian family, an ordinary person. It was you who made me grow up to where I am today and made me worthy of you.

"You have not only made me, my family, but also the Twin Cities a success. All of this is your credit.

"Your light is dazzling and unparalleled in the world. Basically no one can surpass you."

As she spoke, Caitlin raised a faint smile on her lips, with crystal tears glistening in her eyes. She stood up on her tiptoes and tapped his lips.

"But even so, you didn't abandon Gila Mann or me. Instead, you allowed me to catch up with you. How can I blame you anymore..."

Feeling the warmth on his lips, Li Lin couldn't help but take a deep breath and felt heat in his eyes.

Although they were both craftsmen and wealthy ladies, he and Caitlin were very different from the Gila Manns.

Elro's craftsmanship is exquisite, and he has become famous in the Twin Cities in the past few decades.

But as the darling of both worlds, Li Lin's legend is even stronger.

From the beginning, he and Caitlin were in an unequal position, with the Gila Mann family being the largest.

Up to now, the status between them is still unequal, but it has been replaced by Li Lin who is the dominant one.

But no matter what, "love" cannot be measured by this.

"Kate..."

Li Lin lowered his head and kissed Caitlin deeply.

After a long time, until her body became a little weak and her beautiful blue eyes flickered, he gently picked her up like a princess and walked slowly towards the other end of the room opposite the door.

However, the atmosphere that the two of them had finally brewed was broken by another excited girl's smile.

Immediately afterwards, a golden halo suddenly appeared beside the two of them. Li Lin was slightly startled, while Caitlin looked dull.

When she saw Zoe jumping out of the portal, Caitlin's face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, "Zo, Zoe! Why...get out of here!"

"Hehe~~ I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

Zoe jumped up behind Caitlin and jumped on the soft big bed.

Caitlin seemed to have thought of something, her eyes widened with fear on her face, and she struggled to pull her hand away from Li Lin, but his strength was much stronger than hers, and it was of no avail.

"Li Lin, can't you... um!"