Chapter 406

The two of them didn't know that Jiang Simiao had returned and had a long talk with Huo Yan all night, and after getting the memory stick, Ying Chenlin had been a little absent-minded.

Ying Chenlin came back to his senses: "Won't you stay a little longer?"

You Su said: "Go back and prepare your luggage. Call me if you need anything."

You Su did not stay long, leaving Ying Chenlin a quiet space.

The corridor outside the medical room gradually became quiet. You Suo walked a few steps, adjusted Ying Chenlin's medical room to the "Do Not Disturb" mode, and did not go in again.

On the light computer, Luo Xu, who was released by him, did not send any more messages except for the first few messages. On the other hand, in another united front group, the chat records were filled with Star Alliance mecha divisions. The world seemed to have quieted down, while the outside world was always bustling.

Theo, who was sent back, whispered, "Aren't we going in?"

"He needs a quiet space." You Su leaned against the door of the ward, "Go see his mother."

He looked at the boy sitting on the hospital bed through the small window, and seemed to feel a long-hidden loneliness from him.

The only sound in the ward was the operation of medical equipment, as if accompanying the boy, waiting for a long process.

Ying Chenlin looked at the memory in his palm and sat in the room for a long time before he recognized the memory chip into the optical computer. The chip was an old one, and the optical computer took a few seconds to recognize it, but soon displayed the password input interface.

The letter only had a very simple password, and it didn't take Ying Chenlin long to decipher the password. However, when he deciphered the password, what appeared in the letter was not text, but a special video.

The sound just appeared as a slightly noisy background sound, and soon the environmental noise stopped. A woman sitting on a hospital bed appeared in the background. The wide white background of the ward was surrounded by running medical equipment. She sat up with the help of a medical robot, and looked towards the screen with a pair of gentle and calm eyes.

"Have you started recording?"

Ying Chenlin's hand that was touching the light brain paused. When he saw Shi Xuejun in the picture, a person who was paler, more real, and more three-dimensional than in other video materials seemed to suddenly appear in front of him, very close, separated by a screen, and the person on the screen looked at him tenderly.

Shi Xuejun in the picture looked at Ying Chenlin outside the screen and spoke softly -

"Give my child Shen Lin."

"My name is Shi Xuejun, and I'm your mother."

Shi Xuejun's voice was very soft, and one could hear her weak breath in her voice, but her voice was very steady, so steady that one could clearly feel what kind of person she was.

"Today is September 3rd, the third day of our little Shen Lin's healthy growth."

Shi Xuejun took a small recorder with a tiny embryo on it. "Mom just had an embryo removal surgery two days ago. Today the doctor brought a recorder. I can see what our little Chen Lin has grown into by looking at it... The doctor said you are very healthy. Mom's infection has not affected you. You seem to change every day. You are more energetic today than yesterday."

The furnishings in the ward were the same as they were more than a decade ago. Various instruments indicated that the person in front of him was in extremely poor health. The embryo stripping surgery was the period when Shi Xuejun was induced to be genetically infected after Coria's operation... Ying Chenlin listened to Shi Xuejun's voice, followed her instructions, and looked at the small recorder.

In fact, the relationship between relatives and him has become extremely indifferent over time, but with his rebirth, many things that he has never known have been revealed to him little by little. He learned the truth about his grandfather's death away from home and what kind of people his parents, whom he had never met, were.

But when Shi Xuejun spoke to him gently, that strange feeling seemed to be diluted all of a sudden.

"Our Chen Lin's hands and feet grow here. You are so strong, you must have a very good physique in the future." Shi Xuejun's eyes were gentle: "After a while, mom will be able to see you open your eyes. When you grow up a little, you will learn to walk. As you walk, you will become a big child."

In the initial footage, Shi Xuejun seemed not quite used to it. It seemed as if she was recording her daily life, or as if she was talking to him for a long time. The recorded footage was intermittent. She had to do countless checks every day. The video recording would stop abruptly at a certain time, and at the beginning of the next day, Shi Xuejun would start talking to him about a new topic.

The footage was recorded intermittently, with some clips only a few minutes long and some more than ten minutes long. The background each time was either a ward or other examination rooms. Shi Xuejun had a gentle smile, which made people feel her emotions very intuitively. She was calm and stable, yet gentle and strong.

"Today, Ling Feng's friend sent me the only records left in his optical computer." Shi Xuejun held the images and photos that Ying Chenlin had seen in the legacy. She flicked across one of the photos and said, "This is the cruise area of ​​the Dawn Border. His cruise position will follow this route all the way to the edge of the Dawn, which is an entire border defense line."

"I don't think I told you a few days ago." Shi Xuejun scrolled to the second photo, "I met your father at this place when I went to the border for my first mission."

Shi Xuejun wandered as a teenager, taught himself and grew up, and finally arrived at the border of the Dawn Galaxy.

When she first arrived at Shuguang, she was still an unknown researcher. Her daily routine was to do her own research and follow her teacher's topic. Later, a special pollutant species was discovered at the Shuguang border. As a pollutant researcher, her teacher gave her the task of leading a team, escorted by a border army squad, to go to the border for investigation.

It was also at that time that Shi Xuejun met Ying Lingfeng.

At that time, Master Xuejun was young, and there was a risk of a small-scale riot on the border. When their small team was in danger, it was the team led by Ying Lingfeng who rescued them.

The researchers did not have the combat effectiveness of the border troops, and a small-scale riot broke out. The Border Administration immediately asked the researchers to withdraw from the front line, but Shi Xuejun knew the importance of this pollutant collection work. Once they turned back, it would be difficult to find any trace of the pollutants after the riot was over.

At that time, they were at an important stage in the research of pollutant weapons. Faced with the border's order to "return", she first requested to continue the investigation, but was rejected by the Border General Administration. Finally, Ying Lingfeng asked her.

Ying Lingfeng's questions were all very simple. He confirmed the risks with Shi Xuejun and determined the details and importance of the pollutants. Shi Xuejun agreed to all of them at the time. To be honest, she didn't have much hope for this young border soldier at first. Their team didn't have many mecha divisions, and each of their mechas had sustained damage. But within two hours, the Border General Administration adjusted the team. One team escorted other researchers and their results back to the institute, and the other team volunteered to stay behind to investigate.

After the incident was over, Shi Xuejun realized that Ying Lingfeng was confirming the risks with her. He spent two hours negotiating with the General Administration and actively requesting action after confirming the feasibility of the action. Only then did they have the opportunity to continue the investigation mission, successfully brought back the pollutant sample, and found out the reason for the continuous riots in a certain area for several years.

"After I was with your father, I found out that the half month he spent at the border was actually his only vacation in two years, and his application had been approved." Shi Xuejun smiled and said, "Because he took the initiative to request the mission of leading the team, he lost his vacation."

Because of that mutual cooperation, Shi Xuejun had more opportunities to interact with Ying Lingfeng, and she got to know this special mecha master. In addition, due to the relationship with Station Master Ying Songshan, she would sometimes see Ying Lingfeng in the base station. During breaks in his duties, when he came here to see Station Chief Ying, he would help their researchers solve the pollutant problem in the Kolya contaminated area.

When Ying Lingfeng encountered problems during his duty, he would ask her for details about the pollutants. After the two gradually became familiar with each other, Ying Lingfeng would occasionally bring her some pollutant materials for her research when he returned to Koria from the border.

"Then how did you get together later?" Ying Chenlin asked casually.

Shi Xuejun said in a gentle voice: "You must be curious about how your father and I got together."

Shi Xuejun looked at Ying Chenlin, as if she had stepped through time and clearly knew everything her child wanted to know. She thought for a moment before slowly saying, "How did you get together? This is a bit long to explain. If I were to say how I fell in love with you, it was as if I fell in love with you all of a sudden."

Ying Lingfeng is a very special person, but also a very free person. In Shi Xuejun's words, he is always at the forefront of the border army, sharp and tough. No matter when, it seems that as long as he opens his mouth to agree, he can always be trusted.

"Some relationships seem to start from a certain moment, and the feelings between two people will be different."

Shi Xuejun: "When we, Shen Lin, meet someone we like in the future, we should be able to understand this."

"Does our Chen Lin have someone he likes?" Shi Xuejun asked softly.

Ying Chenlin opened his mouth slightly: "Yes."

The stuck picture stopped and then jumped to a new picture.

A new day arrived on November 7th. Shi Xuejun in the picture seemed to be paler. The only thing that remained unchanged was her tone of voice. "What should I talk about today? I think I have finished talking about the album last time... I was thinking about what it would be like when our Chen Lin was ten years old, whether he ate on time, whether he took care of his health..."

Shi Xuejun calmly recounted the past, without any sentimental words, nor did she mention too much about things related to Kronos. It was simply a letter left for her children. In the letter, she talked about the weather in the ward, Ying Chenlin's father Ying Lingfeng, her experiences when she was young, and her and Ying Lingfeng's aspirations for the future.

Simple as a world that Ying Chenlin had never seen. From a mother's perspective, she was told the things she should have told her children. If she had not passed away unexpectedly, these things should have been told to her children in person, perhaps as a bedtime story, at a family gathering, or in the future that could happen at any time.

The letter was very long, and the voice recording was a full 5 hours long. Ying Chenlin listened to one segment after another, listening to this letter from a mother to a child she had never met from beginning to end.

When the weather was fine, she said she wanted to go to the beautiful Island Blue Star, and said she wanted to take Ying Lingfeng on a trip during her vacation to make up for the original vacation.

When it rains, she talks about wading in the water after the rain, saying that it is a natural planet without artificial rainfall. She takes her family to visit ancient buildings in the torrent of history, wade through streams, walk through mountains and rivers, and see all the scenery in the world.

Hearing the nurse's discussion, she talked about what the child wanted to do in the future, whether it was to be a mecha technician, a researcher, or an ordinary person. She had thought of the future for the child, and no matter what he chose, she would always support him.

Following his mother's voice, Ying Chenlin seemed to enter her world of gentle whispers. In the world of the letter, there was no Kronos, no accidents, and no disasters. It was just like what an ordinary family would experience.

At the end of the voice message, Shi Xuejun said: "When you read this letter, you should have become a very brave and responsible child. I'm sorry that Lingfeng and I can't accompany you to grow up."

"But don't regret it. Your father and I will be with you wherever you go."

"You will be healthy and a happy child. When you grow up, you will have many friends and find a career you like. You will meet someone you love and who will love you. You will go to see the vast sky, to the edge of the Star Alliance, to see the scenery that neither your father nor I have seen..."

Ying Chenlin didn't know how long he had been listening. The voice clip ended and returned to the beginning. It was as if Shi Xuejun was sitting beside his bed, speaking patiently and gently. In the end, he seemed to have fallen asleep and saw his parents and grandfather in his dream. They walked together in the woods of the natural planet. He became smaller and sat on his father's shoulders, listening to his father talking to his mother.

This was a very long dream. When the voice on the light computer rang, Ying Chenlin woke up from his deep sleep. He turned on the light computer and found that it was already noon. He had actually only slept for 3 hours. It was time for others to set sail for the front line.

"Is Shen Lin still sleeping?"

"Then let's not wake him up. Sister Tang, please tell him for me when we leave this afternoon."

Ying Chenlin caught a glimpse of the computer that was still playing. His gaze stayed on Shi Xuejun's face for a few seconds. Finally, he said good morning and turned off the computer. He hurriedly got up from the bed, and a medical robot on the other side pushed a wheelchair over.

The people at the door of the medical room were about to leave, but just as they turned around, they heard the door open behind them. Seeing Ying Chenlin with slightly messy hair, the KIDs stopped in their tracks. Seeing this, You Su was about to speak when he saw the boy was barefoot with a robot following behind him. He paused slightly: "Why don't you sleep a little longer... Where are your shoes?"

Seeing that the person was still there, Ying Chenlin hurriedly said, "Wait for me, I'll be right there after I wash up."

"No rush!" Huo Yan said, "The warship will leave in an hour."

The warship was already waiting at the dock. The mecha soldiers from other teams had already left the quarantine area impatiently and were waiting at the dock early.

Zhao Lejie and Hu Luobu still had the blue marks of lack of sleep on their faces. God knows how long they had been struggling to write those 30,000 words, and they had to be reviewed by two very strict team leaders. In the past, they had no problem going without sleep for several days, but after just one night, they felt drained of energy.

Chi Lizi was in good shape. I heard that Wen Yi gave him advice on how to write it, and he wrote the fastest among the three.

On the other side, on the SLY team, Alice had several mecha keys in her hands and was pulling a cart behind her, with their luggage on top.

"Why are you pulling the cart?" Wu Qingshuang asked.

Alice: "Oh their arms are broken, I'll help them pull them."

Several strong men had dejected looks on their faces, and some of their hands could not even be raised. One could vaguely see them trembling uncontrollably.

"You guys can't do this." Ji Qingfeng started to brag: "We finished writing it early last night."

Lin Yao: "That's right! Dafeng and I are very fast, we wrote it in no time."

"Can you please take a look at your face in the mirror before you say that?" Zhao Lejie cursed, "You have four dark circles under your eyes." When this was mentioned, a group of mecha masters could not help but be stubborn and started to compare how many self-criticisms they had written, how fast they wrote, and how many words they could copy in one minute.

After Ying Chenlin finished reading this, he looked at the other mecha masters and found that those who he noticed in the group and wrote self-criticisms seemed to be exhausted after playing for 30 days.

Qi Sicheng and Ke Lin handed the draft of the self-criticism to Shen Xingtang. Shen Xingtang glanced through it and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I will give it to Major General Luo later."

Wen Yi looked at Huo Yan who was looking listless beside him. The latter couldn't help but yawn. "Captain Huo, you look like this. Did you write a self-criticism last night?"

Huo Yan shook his head. How could he dare to write for someone else? "I chatted with our coach yesterday and didn't sleep all night."

I don't know why, but Jiang Simiao suddenly came to chat with him yesterday, and sent him a lot of messages, asking him about the entire Star Alliance Mecha Division in a roundabout way, and almost asked about his entire address book. In the end, he asked him directly who he liked and explained to him the pros and cons of falling in love outside the team.

Huo Yan spent the whole night explaining to him before they finally cleared up the misunderstanding between them.

Jiang Simiao finally believed it and let him go in the morning.

Because of Jiang Simiao's overly concerned attitude, Huo Yan didn't know how to explain to him the matter between Ying Chenlin and You Su. He was afraid that he would go directly to You Su and have a long talk with Ying Chenlin all night. "I still need to sort out my words."

"What wording do you want to put in place?" Ying Chenlin asked after hearing this.

Soon it was time for the warship to set off. The mecha divisions entered the warship according to the battle groups. Luo Xu happened to come over and took away all the self-reviews written by the mecha divisions. "You wrote them very quickly. Don't worry. I'll arrange a time for you to read your self-reviews. I've specially adjusted the warship communication system for you, and it's for you to use when you read your self-reviews."

"Wait, this needs to be broadcast on all channels?" Chi Liz was stunned. As the most popular anchor in the Dawn Galaxy, he had never experienced such a scene.

"Broadcast to all warships, don't worry, we have 6 warships here."

A border soldier nearby chimed in, "Make sure everyone can hear it."

"Fuck! Just read it." Ji Qingfeng slapped Chi Liz, "Why are you so scared? When the time comes, Lao Zhao will be first, you will be second, Luo Bo will be third, and we will be the last."

"Why should I be first?" Zhao Lejie shouted.

Ji Qingfeng: "You are a tank, why aren't you number one?"

Mecha masters: “???”

Captains: “…”

The mecha soldiers almost started fighting over the order of reading the self-criticisms before they even boarded the warship. Ying Chenlin was watching the excitement from the side, and when he saw others fighting for the order, he did not forget to whisper advice to Ji Qingfeng and others, asking them to grab the middle position.

You Su stood by and watched the farce, his eyes fixed on Ying Chenlin. The boy had a simple smile on his face, without the loneliness seen in the ward last night. He seemed to have always been such a strong person who did not need too much comfort and could always adjust quickly.

Luo Xu walked up to You Suo without knowing when. "Why are you smiling? That smile on your face is so scary."

"You're taking care of so many things?" You Su glanced at him.

Luo Xu almost couldn't hold back when he heard it, and threw a storage device to You Su. "Damn it, I found the nutrient solution for you overnight."

You Su shook the memory in his hand and said, "Thank you."

"I didn't help with anything, but when did you start to like this sweet taste? I remember you--" Before Luo Xu could finish his words, he saw You Su walked straight towards the boy who was talking and handed the memory stick to him.

"Half a month's worth of nutrient supplements with honey flavor." You Su handed the supplement to Ying Chenlin and touched his head. "Remember to eat on time when I'm away for the next half month."

Ying Chenlin took the storage device containing the nutrient solution and asked, "Where did you get this..."

"Major General Luo helped find it." You Su said.

Luo Xu looked in amazement at the bag of nutrients that was transferred from You Su's hand to KID, the medical mecha technician. He had known You Su for such a long time, but he had never seen You Su give nutrients to anyone. He even specified the flavor. Isn't this trying to figure out other people's tastes?

The adjutant next to him coughed twice and handed the communicator to Luo Xu. "The nutrients you said before were indeed delivered directly to Mr. Xiaoying's ward."

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It's time for us to board the warship. ”

Ying Chenlin couldn't help but look in the direction of Luo Xu and saw him walking away. "It seems like the warship is about to leave."

"Do you want to hear my self-review?" You Su smoothed his collar and said, "I'll record it for you and ask Theo to do it when the time comes."

"That's no problem!" Theo was ready. "I have plenty of space in my memory."

Ying Chenlin looked at the man in combat uniform, the key in his hand glowing slightly, and recalled the time several years ago when he watched his teammates go to the battlefield. You Su seemed to have changed a lot, but when he looked at him like this, he felt that he was still the same as before -

Especially when their eyes met, it was as if they were back to the first time they met in the corridor of KID’s old base when You Su was following Jiang Simiao.

Ying Chenlin licked his teeth and whispered, "You Su, come closer."

There was an urging voice from the warship. Seeing this, each team hurriedly asked the mecha divisions that had not yet entered the ship to enter. Jiang Simiao pushed his mecha divisions who were still arguing onto the mooring board. Turning around, he saw that You Su was missing. He looked anxiously for him: "You Su, you——"

In the distance, two people were standing together. The boy in the hospital gown stood on tiptoe slightly, and when the man turned around, he grabbed his hand, pulled him towards him, and quickly kissed him on the cheek.

Jiang Simiao stopped shouting immediately. Huo Yan, who was trying to stop the fight, saw this and rushed forward in a panic, covered Jiang Simiao's eyes and immediately pulled him back. Seeing this, Ji Qingfeng and Lin Yao didn't bother to argue, one covered his mouth and the other glared at Jiang Simiao and pushed him to the ground.

Lu Xi on the side had no idea where to start and could only hurriedly look in the direction of Shen Xingtang, and saw a woman leaning against the high entrance of the warship with her arms folded, taking in all the scenes below with a faint smile on her lips.

The communicator in Luo Xu's hand fell to the ground and no one responded to the orders from other warship captains.

The bustle around them seemed to have nothing to do with the two people kissing.

"I still have half a month left in my observation period."

Ying Chenlin let him go and said cheerfully, "You Su, I'll come find you in half a month."

You Su smiled and ruffled his hair. "Then I'll wait."

Kronos is dead, but the future continues. He has a group of companions who fight side by side with him, people who love him, and a vast sea of ​​stars ahead of them.