The man in front of me is very tall.

He was wearing a dark military uniform, with straight trouser legs and a pair of combat boots. He looked handsome but also had a fierce and imposing aura.

Gu Yumian was already tall among humans, and this man was more than half a head taller than him. His physique was the kind of strong and slender body that had been tempered by many battles. At this moment, all his aura was surging out without any concealment.

The water cup in the room exploded with a bang!

All the fish huddled up in the seaweed and coral reefs, trembling.

Just now, Gu Yumian had felt his own strength, but now he felt his own weakness. On a biological level, everything he could do was nothing compared to this person.

“…”

The man in front of her had his Adam's apple rolling up and down, and with an embrace and kiss so strong that it could not be refused, he pressed Gu Yumian between his chest and the gap between the wooden door behind him.

The usually cool and untamed grey-blue eyes seemed to be on fire, turning into an even more blazing blue, but one thing was certain -

It’s Shuo Han.

Or rather, snowballs.

If you still don’t understand at this moment, Gu Yumian is a fool.

Just like the witch said, the lie was exposed.

Shuo Han seemed to want to kiss Gu Yumian's lips very much, but even though his mind was losing its rationality due to the agitation, he subconsciously did not want to see Gu Yumian's eyes and reaction.

So he lowered his head and rolled over Gu Yumian's neck and collarbone, giving them wet kisses and bites.

Gu Yumian lowered his eyes.

He reached out and pressed the man's forehead, pushing him back. His strength was not very strong - even if he was very strong, it would be nothing in the eyes of the other party.

But the resistance conveyed in it still made the man purse his lips and step back a little even though he was very reluctant.

"Are you Tuan Tuan?"

“…”

No answer.

The two looked at each other for more than ten seconds.

Gu Yumian's tone became firm: "You are Tuan Tuan."

“…”

silence.

"Let me go first." Gu Yumian said.

The man, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. He said stiffly:

"No."

A circle of purple marks had appeared on Gu Yumian's wrist, which was held by him.

The man just looked down and let go of his hand as if he was burned.

But he quickly grasped Gu Yumian's hand, gently massaging the scar with his palm, and all the pain and scars vanished. He held Gu Yumian's hand with one hand, and placed the other hand on the back of his neck, preventing him from moving back and forcing him to look at him.

It was as if he was afraid that Gu Yumian would run away and never come back.

“…”

Both of them were breathing rapidly.

One reason is that the brain is confused and is trying to accept and digest this excessive amount of information.

The other thought was much simpler.

...We can't let him go.

Gu Yumian looked into Shuo Han's eyes, and inexplicably, suddenly understood what he was afraid of.

"I won't leave," Gu Yumian said, slowing down his voice. After thinking for a moment, he reached out and touched his head.

"I just need to be alone and calm down and think."

How to say it, Gu Yumian twisted his thumb with his index finger. This person's hair was unexpectedly soft, very similar to the hair on Xuetuan's neck.

But he still couldn't put Xuetuan and Shuohan together.

But Shuo Han flatly refused: "Just think about it here."

“…”

Gu Yumian said:

"I need my own space."

There was a long-lost feeling of anger, and the anger of being deceived for so long was burning in his chest, but this was in serious conflict with his habitual and almost unconditional indulgence and pampering of Xuetuan.

He felt a sudden throbbing pain in his brain.

Gu Yumian had to work very hard not to say anything too hurtful:

"After becoming a human, you won't listen to me anymore?"

Shuo Han stopped talking, and the smile on Gu Yumian's face gradually disappeared, and finally completely disappeared.

The silence lasted for about half a minute.

“…”

Shuo Han's hand on the back of Gu Yumian's neck slowly loosened its grip.

Gu Yumian could see that he was very reluctant.

The man's eyes were still red, which might have looked cruel and violent to others, but Gu Yumian just felt that he looked as if he had just cried and was a little pitiful.

Shuo Han even seemed to want to act like Tuan Tuan had done before, awkwardly showing weakness and rubbing Gu Yumian's palm with his furry ears, hoping that maybe this would make Gu Yumian change his mind.

However, it could not be implemented due to serious mismatch in body shape.

Gu Yumian reached out and pushed his hand away, then turned around and opened the wooden door.

Shuo Han, a big man of about 1.9 meters, followed closely behind Gu Yumian. He pursed his lips and couldn't help but ask Gu Yumian nervously:

"Where are you going?"

Gu Yumian didn't answer. He followed Gu Yumian closely, turning left and right. After a pause, he said:

"It's very late."

"There's an ocean out there, and you can't swim."

"Those three stupid...cubs are still sleeping."

The implication is that Gu Yumian cannot just leave like this.

Gu Yumian: "..."

Why are you talking so much nonsense?

The identities of the two people seemed to have been completely reversed. In the past, it was Gu Yumian who gave earnest instructions, while Xiao Xuetuan listened impatiently.

"stop."

Gu Yumian walked into the bathroom and spoke in a slightly higher voice. Shuo Han stopped in his tracks reflexively.

Gu Yumian quickly closed the door.

But he was still stopped by Shuo Han in the end. He supported the door frame with one hand, frowned, and emphasized worriedly:

"Thirty minutes."

"If you don't come out, I'll kick the door."

“…”

The door slammed shut in front of Shuo Han.

Shuo Han was not discouraged at all, and repeated loudly outside:

"Thirty minutes."

Gu Yumian was almost laughing because of him.

In the bathroom.

Gu Yumian turned on the shower head and turned the water temperature to the maximum. He stood under the shower head without taking off his clothes, letting the hot water pour over him from head to toe.

I'm not lying to Shuo Han. He really needs to be calm and think alone. This is his habit when thinking about important things.

Outside the bathroom.

The tall man stood there in silence for a while, and for a few moments, he seemed a little at a loss.

He followed his inner thoughts and checked with his mental power. He found that there was no way to leave the entire bathroom except for the oxygen delivery pipe and exhaust pipe.

But he didn't completely let go of his worries.

“…”

That night, perhaps since the departure of Little Dolphin and his daughter, Shuo Han's mood began to feel strange - Gu Yumian mentioned the word "missed", and this word made him uneasy for no reason.

As for the fairy tale of the Little Mermaid, he is not a child, so of course he knows the original ending of the story.

Perhaps the seeds of uneasiness were planted long ago. In short, various factors dragged Shuo Han into a very long dream, where he experienced loss and miss countless times, and kept searching.

In the end, the dream was interrupted by the mental power released by Gu Yumian.

The mental power of a person who is perfectly compatible is already special enough, and in more serious cases it may trigger another atavism phenomenon.

After he woke up from the nightmare, he could no longer act as easily as before, and all his carefully woven lies were exposed.

“Tsk.”

Shuo Han lowered his eyes and looked at the bathroom door handle.

Twenty-eight minutes left.

He felt a little regretful. Thirty minutes was too long. He should have said it was shorter.

In his life before meeting Gu Yumian, the word "regret" had never appeared in his dictionary.

Only cowards regret.

Only the weak who cannot control their own destiny will regret it.

He is different.

Whatever he wants, he will hold firmly in his hands.

But Shuo Han suddenly realized clearly that this time was different.

He couldn't control Gu Yumian, just like a person couldn't control his own weaknesses. Because he cared too much about her, she was too important, and yet she was so soft, if he hurt her with even the slightest force, his heart would ache a hundred times more.

But now, it was Gu Yumian who controlled his joys, sorrows, anger and happiness.

Shangcheng District, the old house of the Guo family.

"Seventh Uncle..."

Thirteen Pot, a brown and white panda dressed in a Tang suit, bent down and passed through the door curtain. He sat cross-legged in front of the bed with a bowl of medicine in his hand and helped the half-asleep Qi Guo to drink the medicine.

The average interstellar lifespan is 500 years. Qiguo is 585 years old this year. If he were any other race, he would be considered long-lived, but it is inevitable that he would have a lot of illnesses.

In the interstellar age, the Guo family still maintains the ancient custom that when the elders are sick, the younger generations must take care of them personally and cannot rely on others - whether they are servants or intelligent robots.

It's rare that Qiguo is in good spirits today. It's the most sober day he has been in the past two months.

"Little Thirteen." Qi Guo nodded and asked, "What's the progress over there... Oh, and how's Little Twenty-Four?"

"There is no news yet." said Shisan Guo.

"As for Little Twenty-Four... there's no danger to its life. I just don't know where it went."

Although no one had ever mentioned it to Qiguo, Qiguo knew that Little Twenty-Four was missing, and Shisanguo was not surprised by this.

From the apocalypse to the present, every generation and every child of the Panda Family has awakened the ability of 'precognition', and the size of the ability increases with age.

Even a month before the end of the world, they predicted the coming of the end of the world, so they were able to survive in the Sichuan and Shu regions of China where the disaster was extremely severe.

They are also the only race in the entire galaxy that can awaken the ability of foresight. They once did not have enough ability to protect themselves and were coveted by many evil-minded races. Later, they were forced to evolve the ability of automatic camouflage.

In addition, pandas of the same species also have telepathy. Of course, they cannot achieve direct communication, but at least they can convey each other's mental state.

"I could sense through telepathy that it was in good condition, though its intelligence had deteriorated. But there was no danger, and I was in a good mood, so I just left it alone."

Although Twenty-Four Pots looks young in both human and animal form, he is already an adult. There is no reason for his family to keep an eye on him all the time. Even though he is missing, they don't go out of their way to look for him.

And the same thing happened to Shibaguo before. He suddenly disappeared without a trace. His colleagues called the police many times, but the pandas knew he was fine through telepathy. Then he appeared again two years later. It turned out that this guy had a sudden idea and ran to the Gray Saturn to "pursue art."

Of course, if any family member sends a distress signal, everyone will rush to help as soon as possible.

"As for his agent... well, let's not talk about these unhappy things."

Shisan Guo smiled and shook his head.

The agent initially refused to report the incident to the police. A month later, he realized the situation was serious. He realized that Twenty-Four Pots might not be recovered anytime soon, and he could no longer exploit him for profit. So, desperate, he revealed his true colors.

He didn't care about the safety of Twenty-Four Pots at all, he only cared about his own money. After all, he owed a lot of gambling debts, and without Twenty-Four Pots, this cash cow, he would be finished.

He first wanted to lie that Twenty-Four Pots was not missing but was really sick, and fabricated a video in order to cheat money from the Pot family and the fans, which caused quite a stir.

Finally, the Guo family came out to say that everything was fine with Twenty-Four Guo, they were just taking a temporary break and had terminated the employment relationship with the agent, thus bringing the farce to an end.

But the agent didn't seem to give up yet, and no one knew what he was planning. The Guo family didn't have much energy to deal with this matter for the time being.

After all, they have more important things to do.

Qiguo took the medicine from Shisanguo's hand and drank it. He coughed violently for a while. Shisanguo quickly stroked his back.

"Seventh Uncle."

Qi Guo waved his hands: “I’m fine.

Thirteen Pot: "By the way, why did you suddenly mention Little Twenty-Four?"

Although Nanako had the chubby features of a panda, he was much thinner than Sanjuko, who once participated in sumo wrestling. He smiled wryly and rubbed his belly.

"Sometimes I think we might be too clever for our own good..."

Thirteen Pot was stunned: "Why do you say that?"

"The more you try to predict him," Qi Guo's voice grew weaker, and he was clearly about to fall into another deep sleep, "the more you'll go against your own will..."

"Seventh Uncle."

Thirteen Pots: "What do you mean?"

As its brain was thinking rapidly, a cold sweat broke out on its back.

"Think about it, has anyone in our family not used their precognitive abilities during this period of time... He might have already arrived..."

After saying this, Qiguo closed his eyes, his breathing became even, and he fell asleep again.

And Shisan Guo suddenly stood up.

The more you try to predict him, the more you will go against his will!

Among all the superpowers in the interstellar era, the power of 'precognition' can be regarded as cheating-level, and generally powerful abilities will come with a corresponding price, but the Guo family has never paid any 'price' for all these years.

They lived long and healthy lives, their offspring grew up healthily, and they accumulated a lot of wealth.

But perhaps the price has already been quietly paid.

Bound by family rules, they don't easily use their supernatural powers, but all the Guo family pandas who are searching for Gu Yumian will inevitably use their precognitive abilities, wanting to know where and when they can meet him...

But maybe the more you use precognition, the more you will postpone the meeting.

Because the power of cause and effect has been overdrawn.

Even something that was originally very simple will become particularly difficult.

This principle sounds a bit mysterious, just like if a person wins the lottery jackpot once, it may be difficult for him to win again in the future. This is the law of cause and effect.

We've almost turned the entire universe upside down, but we still haven't found it. There are two possible reasons.

"First, he was actually on the list of those that we had already excluded and screened out early on." Shisan Guo murmured.

There are not many humans in the interstellar age, and the Guo family will pay special attention to all humans and races close to humans. Many newborns are confirmed to be "not ancestors" when they are born, such as all the newborns of this generation of the Gu family.

In order to save time, these people who have been screened out early are not included in the search scope at all.

This is the darkest place under the lamp.

"Secondly, because precognition overdraws the power of causality, the pandas who used precognition would have their meeting with him delayed... while those who didn't use precognition might have already met him."

So, who is it possible that they didn't use precognition?

Who didn’t come to the last meeting at the old house?

Twenty-four pots!

Gu Yumian did not come out within thirty minutes.

He had a lot to think about.

In fact, both Tuan Tuan and Shuo Han were very good to Gu Yumian, although their methods were not quite right.

Shuo Han would clumsily buy a lot of things for Gu Yumian to show his affection, and would care about his thoughts. The little snow leopard was the same, and would clumsily comfort him when he was sad, and would do things for him that he originally thought were boring...

This also explains Shuo Han's inexplicable affection for him.

If there's anything worth getting angry about, it's the deception.

But it's not that he can't understand Shuo Han's train of thought.

Warm water poured down all over the place. Gu Yumian closed his eyes and let the water droplets slide from his forehead to his chin and neck.

"The first time he turned into a cub, he was probably forced to do so." Gu Yumian muttered to himself, "Otherwise, with Tuan... Shuohan's personality, he would have said it immediately."

The thought of the little snow leopard that unexpectedly appeared at home on that rainy day came to my mind.

He was forced to stay a cub for a while and lived with Gu Yumian. By the time he was able to turn into an adult and speak out, he had missed the right opportunity.

Shuo Han's judgment was actually correct. His perception of human nature was terrifyingly keen.

If it was during that period, after just over a month of being together, when Tuantuan said that he was actually an adult and did not need his care, Gu Yumian would have said goodbye to him maturely and calmly, and would have been able to maintain rationality and draw a clear line between them and become just ordinary friends.

But what Shuo Han wants may not be an 'ordinary friend'.

So he started to weave lies.

"Memories should be shared between cubs and adults, but in cub form, thoughts are more childish."

“…”

Gu Yumian turned on the shower head and put on his bathrobe.

The bathroom light trailed across the tiles.

At this moment, the wooden door was kicked open with a bang.

Shuo Han's military boots made a creaking sound as they stepped on the wooden floor.

When he walked in, Gu Yumian happened to be tying the belt of her bathrobe, revealing a large area of ​​porcelain-white, delicate chest and beautifully shaped collarbone. There were still light red kiss marks on the collarbone, which was ambiguous and arousing.

Shuo Han's steps suddenly stopped.

Gu Yumian didn't react at all, but Shuo Han narrowed his eyes first, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down clearly.

His grey-blue eyes darkened and his thin lips pursed.

"You—" Shuo Han didn't know what he wanted to say. He paused, his voice a little hoarse, "Are you hinting at me?"

Gu Yumian: “…………”

Gu Yumian's thoughts were interrupted in an instant.

His hands were shaking a little and he quickly tightened his belt.

Very good, it’s really different.

If it was Tuan Tuan who was here, he would probably jump onto his shoulders with red ears and angrily, and put his claws to hold his ears - no, stop, don't think about it.

Gu Yumian glanced at the time.

Exactly thirty minutes had passed. Was this person counting down the seconds in his mind?

Gu Yumian didn't answer. Shuo Han paused and walked closer.

Gu Yumian: "...I don't understand what you mean."

"Don't you understand?"

Shuo Han raised his eyebrows slightly.

He took several steps forward, forcing Gu Yumian to lean against the bathroom wall before reaching out and grabbing the back of his neck.