As Lu Yulan heard the vibration, her heart clenched, and even the large leaves in front of her trembled.

I opened my eyes to a dark, ominous green.

There were dark footsteps approaching, and my heart pounded.

Those hands, white as jade, slender yet with distinct bones, parted the leaves before her eyes.

He slowly squatted down and stretched out his hands to her, saying, "I'm back."

Lu Yulan: ...

Let's put the big leaf back in, huh!

She's back, so why are you picking her leaves? She needs to rest.

They were pushed aside again. "Are you angry?"

The tone was teasing with a light laugh, and a hint of caution.

Lu Yulan: No, I don't care. You're so childish.

"I'm sleepy, let me take you to sleep, the floor is cold."

As he spoke, he parted the leaves again and picked Lu Yulan up before she could say anything.

Lu Yulan knew how tall Lu Yuanhong was; being held by him felt like being higher than on a swing.

She obediently closed her eyes.

There was only one clean bedroom on the spaceship, which was immediately requisitioned.

After putting Lu Yulan into the quilt, Lu Yuanhong also lay down in.

"you……"

"Lanlan, I'm so tired, stay with me and sleep for a while."

As he spoke, he shrank down and rested his head on Lu Yulan's shoulder, even rubbing against her.

Lu Yulan: !!!

Her face turned red immediately. This person wasn't a little dumpling anymore; he was so big, and he was still rubbing against her. Really.

Lu Yulan tilted her head slightly and saw the other person's eyelashes, which were long and thick, casting a shadow.

The corners of his mouth are smooth and don't turn up when he sleeps, which shows that he is not a person who usually smiles.

His high, smooth nose bridge could practically be used as a slide, and his lips were probably the softest part of his body, a cherry blossom pink with a jelly-like hue.

Before long, she had fallen asleep, her head slumped down, and she breathed slowly and deeply, her warm breath spraying onto Lu Yulan's exposed skin.

It's hot.

Even the heart.

Then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

...

In the spaceship's main hall, Qiu Bai immediately set the autopilot to automatic mode. She had naturally seen the spectacular fireworks display just now.

Although the deceased were soldiers of the Empire, soldiers also have factions. Besides, her loyalty was to her leader, not the Empire.

Looking at the boy sitting on the sofa, his face as white as paper—no, he can no longer be a boy.

He was aging rapidly; his entire skin, including his hair, turned from black to gray.

"Boss?"

Ayu knelt and squatted beside him, intending to bite his own arm, but was stopped by Wumu.

"Don't worry, it's not a serious injury, just normal aging."

The energy body was taken away by Lu Yuanhong. Although he hadn't been able to obtain an energy body over the years, he could still borrow a little bit.

Having just fought a major battle with Baishan and lost energy, it's normal that I can't retain my youth.

He didn't mind.

It's just that Ayu had never seen him like this before.

"Normal aging, who exactly are you?"

Lu looked at the other person, the leader of the Exiled Starfield. He seemed to have never paid attention to him, but the normal aging of humans in the Empire was not like this.

It's like a period of decay caused by all the energy being drained away in an instant.

"Fang Yao!"

Lu Yuanhong came out of the room and stopped his younger brother's excessively curious interrogation.

Upon reaching Wumu, he directly grasped the other's hand. It was visibly that the other's decline had stopped, and he even recovered somewhat.