Chapter 34 In my opinion, we are friends…

“Captain Heng, the main reason is me. I'll pay the fine for you,” Yu Nianqing said.

It means she doesn't need to look anymore.

Hengxing looked at him with sparkling eyes.

As expected of Mr. Yu, he is still so generous.

"Never mind, I actually had other options back then; I could have paid it myself."

Yu Nianqing wanted to say something more, but seeing her insistence, she didn't bring it up again.

I felt uneasy, like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting for their parents to criticize them.

Why not accept his kindness?

Upon arriving at the police station, Hengxing produced the spaceship's records, and two police officers led her into the interrogation room.

As she watched her figure recede further and further away, Yu Nianqing couldn't help but grab one end of her scarf.

Heng Xing's throat tightened, and he quickly stopped, saving his scarf and his life. "Mr. Yu, wait for me in the waiting room. It's nothing serious."

"Don't be afraid, if you behave well, you won't go to jail." The young policeman next to him looked at the two men's similar scarves and beanies and gave them an ambiguous smile.

Another older policeman, listening to his nonchalant words, raised an eyebrow and said, "Hand in your self-criticism before you leave work tonight."

"It must be handwritten."

He instantly stopped smiling, put on a serious expression, and said, "I just wrote one yesterday, so let's skip this one. This is a one-time exception."

The three entered the interrogation room, while Yu Nianqing sat in the waiting room, staring blankly at the terminal.

Twenty minutes later, Hengxing walked out of the questioning room with a smile, and he quickly stood up and went to her side.

"Let's go," Heng Xing said, mysteriously extending both hands towards him.

Yu Nianqing: "One thousand?"

She lowered her voice, "One hundred."

"We've barely saved nine hundred. Let's go, I'll use this money to take you out to eat. I'm really tired of drinking this nutrient solution for so long."

Looking at her smiling eyes, Yu Nianqing's voice also became cheerful, "Okay, what shall we eat?"

"I don't know, just looking around." The two boarded the aircraft at the entrance of the police station.

Hengxing chose to pilot the aircraft manually this time, flying at the lowest possible altitude over the city.

She enthusiastically chose her lunch spot.

Hengxing: "There should be more restaurants on that street up ahead, Mr. Yu. What would you like to eat?"

Hengxing was clearly not comfortable with the location he chose last time, so this time he put the choice in her hands.

Yu Nianqing: "It's up to you, I'm fine with anything."

"Let's go get some barbecue." Hengxing saw a barbecue restaurant downstairs; although the decor was a bit old, it was doing brisk business. But as soon as she said it, she suddenly felt that Mr. Yu seemed a little out of place at the barbecue restaurant. "Or maybe we should just go get steak like last time."

"It's okay, I'll listen to you. Let's go eat barbecue. I really want to eat barbecue too."

Yu Nianqing had never eaten barbecue in such a small shop before, but as long as Hengxing was willing to stay by his side, he was willing to try anything.

Heng Xing nodded with satisfaction, "Okay."

After parking the aircraft in a designated area, the two went into a barbecue restaurant.

Unlike some yellowed and old-fashioned signs, the shop was very clean, and the chandelier hanging from the ceiling was very bright, making everything in the shop bright and cheerful.

A robot vacuum cleaner weaves between the seats, and guests stick bamboo skewers into the trash can above its head.

The two followed the owner to an empty table at the back. After teaching them how to select dishes on the virtual screen, the owner left to greet the new customers.

After Hengxing selected the dishes he wanted to eat, he pushed the virtual screen to him.

Following her choice, Yu Nianqing picked out a few that she liked.

Hengxing pushed the glass full of orange juice in front of him. Looking at the crowd chatting animatedly around them, she clasped her hands together in front of her. "Mr. Yu, actually I have a question I want to ask you."

Why is this issue so serious?

Alarm bells rang in Yu Nianqing's mind, her body tensed, and her fingers trembled slightly under the table.

During the minute that Heng Xing remained silent, he recounted, from back to front, from now to before, what shameful things he had done.

Could it be that she's realized she likes him?

How was it discovered?

A birthday cake?

Hand-knitted scarves and hats?

The name you mutter randomly during your heat cycle?

...

A deafening roar filled her ears, and Yu Nianqing's face turned pale.

It's now clear that Captain Heng treats him as an ordinary friend and has no other intentions. If she knew about his secret feelings, they couldn't remain friends, and she would definitely keep her distance from him afterward.

He quickly racked his brains for a way to smooth things over.

It's perfectly normal for friends to prepare a birthday cake themselves, right?

He was so bored that he knitted scarves and hats of similar colors and styles for the two of them, and even embroidered their surnames on the brims of the hats. That's pretty normal, isn't it?

It's normal for people to be out of their minds and do all sorts of things during their heat cycle.

...

Having considered all her possible escape routes, Yu Nianqing smiled and asked, "What's the problem?"

Hengxing: "Why have you been unhappy these past two days?"

That's it?

Yu Nianqing breathed a sigh of relief, "Of course it's because you didn't react to my pheromones at all."

Of course, this is something that can't be said aloud.

His smile relaxed considerably. "I'm not unhappy. I'm just not feeling well lately, so I don't look too good."

"Really?" Hengxing was skeptical and wanted to say a few more words.

But by then, the dishes the two had ordered had already been served on the table.

Looking at the fragrant grilled skewers, Hengxing swallowed hard. "Let's eat them while they're hot, we can talk about this later."

Yu Nianqing picked up a beef skewer and took a small bite. The seasoning was too strong, and he didn't really like it.

But seeing Captain Heng across the way enjoying his meal, none of that mattered anymore.

As long as she's happy.

After finishing her orange juice, Yu Nianqing looked at her with a smile, "Captain Heng, you seem to really enjoy barbecue."

Heng Xing recalled, "When I was in high school, I worked at a shipyard, and at the end of the year, the boss would treat us to barbecue."

"It's a pity that once time has passed, it can never be turned back."

“Time has passed and we can’t go back, but the barbecue is still here. If we want to eat, we can buy a grill and charcoal to eat on the spaceship,” Yu Nianqing comforted her.

"You're right. By the way, about the topic we weren't finished discussing..."

Heng Xing looked at him seriously and said, "Mr. Yu, were you feeling unwell a few days ago?"

Yu Nianqing: "What do you mean?"

Heng Xing: "Well, what I was trying to say was that our interactions were indeed a bit too intimate in the first two days, and I did a lot of offensive things. I've been feeling a bit embarrassed about it these past two days. So, I understand how you feel."

"But I don't really want this to affect our previous relationship, you know? In my heart, we're pretty good friends. I don't have any other friends. If this affects our friendship, well, that would be a bit of a shame."

"Mr. Yu, do you... do you understand?"

Upon hearing the words "friends" and "friendship," Yu Nianqing's lips twitched, and she thought to herself that she really knew Captain Heng well enough.

But he didn't want to just be her friend.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Hengxing lowered her eyes in disappointment and looked at the empty plate on the table.

She was certain that, in terms of both her movements and her expression, she was a one-to-one replica of Yu Nianqing when she left home that morning.

She's already tried this trick before; it's very intimidating.

Yu Nianqing looked at her bouncy, curly hair, the main reason for which was that she had taken off her wool hat before the meal, and the static electricity made her hair even more fluffy and voluminous. She looked more like a dejected golden retriever than before.

He smiled and said gently, "Captain Heng, I'm really not unhappy."

Heng Xing secretly glanced at him, "Really!"

Yu Nianqing repeated, "Really, I'm not lying to you."

Heng Xing: "Our relationship has not been affected."

Yu Nianqing: "That's right."

"There's a supermarket across the street. Do you want some cookies? Let's go buy the ingredients and I'll make them for you."

Heng Xing: "Okay, let's go buy a barbecue grill while we're at it. I think you make a good point. We can have a barbecue on the spaceship."

The topic we just discussed is no longer important.

After Hengxing finished paying at the terminal, he went to the supermarket with him to buy materials.

Yu Nianqing looked at the jams on the shelf and asked, "Captain Heng, what flavor of cookies do you like?"

“I’m fine with anything, oh, but not rose-scented, I hate anything that smells like rose.” She answered instantly.

Yu Nianqing's gaze swept over the rose jam, then she picked up the blueberry jam next to it and put it in her shopping cart, asking a question she was very curious about.

"Captain Heng, do you like the smell of your pheromones?"

Author's Note: Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 20:14:31 and 23:51:56 on January 22, 2023!

Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution: 5 bottles of dried sweet potato; 1 bottle of Abby;

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!