Cheng Xiaoshi looked at his partner. At the faint lines around his eyes that hadn’t been there in the pub. At the weight he carried like a second skeleton.
"Then I’ll go alone," Cheng Xiaoshi declared, and clicked. Download Link Click- Bridon Arc - Shiguang Dail...
Cheng Xiaoshi’s finger twitched over the mouse. The file name cut off mid-word, as if the very data was too impatient to be contained. Beside him, Lu Guang’s silver lashes were low, his face a placid lake hiding drowning depths. Cheng Xiaoshi looked at his partner
The cursor blinked. The choice, as always, was a trap. "Then I’ll go alone," Cheng Xiaoshi declared, and clicked
"The download wasn't for you," it said, in Qiao Ling's voice but no warmth. "It was a retrieval request. You're the missing data, Cheng Xiaoshi. And I'm the recycle bin."
The cursor hovered like a held breath.