The Spoils of War

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Chapter 79 79 Find a time to get rid of it, Fu Yunlu.

Chapter 79 79 Find a time to get rid of it, Fu Yunlu.

Liang Guanyue felt someone touching his hair in his sleep.

He raised his hand and swatted it away like a mosquito. Fu Yunlu stood by the bed, stunned, staring at his hand for a long moment. Then he chuckled grimly and gently smoothed Liang Guanyue's slightly furrowed brow. "I'm going out now, Guanyue. Remember your promise to me. Don't run around."

Liang Guanyue had already woken up in a daze. Fu Yunlu's voice hung over him like smoke. He struggled out of his sleep, slowly sat up, and tilted his head towards Fu Yunlu. His eyelids were tightly glued together, and he forced one eye open to look at him: "...Oh..." The voice was slow and sticky. "...What time is it?"

"It's eight o'clock, Guan Yue." Fu Yunlu couldn't help herself and bent down to touch his cheek. As soon as they touched, they parted. "It's still early. Go to sleep a little longer."

Liang Guanyue remembered that she was thirsty around three o'clock in the morning yesterday. She woke up and wanted to drink some water. She vaguely heard Fu Yunlu's voice.

"You're quite energetic."

Fu Yunlu uttered a puzzled "Hmm?" Liang Guanyue yawned, finally fully awake. He looked up and fixed his eyes on him for a moment. Fu Yunlu was dressed much more formally today than yesterday, in a black, double-breasted military uniform with silver thread around the collar. A short sword hung from his belt. The sword didn't look like something from Nino and Aria. Liang Guanyue unabashedly drew it, tapping the blade with his knuckles. Curious, "What is this? It's not meant for combat."

Fu Yunlu explained, "This is a symbol of the Federation's gift of important missions to officers. It originated from the Middle Ages on ancient Earth."

"What are you going to do? You weren't dressed so fussily when you dealt with Ivan yesterday." Liang Guanyue patted the bedside. "Sit down and talk. I'm tired of looking up at you all the time."

Fu Yunlu did as she was told and replied, "I trust your intuition."

Liang Guanyue understood: "You are going to the 53rd District Military District Headquarters."

Fu Yunlu nodded.

"You're worried she won't cooperate, but you also think the request for a gender retest is too rude. What if she really is an Alpha and something goes wrong? Without your executive position, it'll be hard to get the military to do you any favors in District 53." Liang Guanyue looked him over online. "No wonder it's so formal."

Fu Yunlu smiled, "It's more dignified and appears official. I believe she will understand." She added, "Home is safe. Don't go out when I'm not around, okay? You promised me last night."

Liang Guanyue said with a wooden face: "I was just trying to fool you."

"Guan Yue..."

"I don't like people controlling me."

Under normal circumstances, Fu Yunlu would have agreed to whatever he said after hearing this, but the timing and the situation were not right, and Fu Yunlu refused to do anything, only repeating: "You promised my brother."

Seeing that his words had no effect, Liang Guanyue was annoyed in his heart with an expressionless face, and cursed: "Then how the hell am I going to investigate this matter?"

In fact, Fu Yunlu never figured out Liang Guanyue's real intention of coming to District 53. Naturally, he had a vague hope in his heart that the other party came because he was worried about him, but he had been self-indulgent with Liang Guanyue too many times, and gradually he was no longer willing to associate this speculation with himself.

"It's very dangerous, Guan Yue." But he didn't want Liang Guan Yue to make a wasted trip, so he said carefully, "I'll take you with me after I finish dealing with Hilda's matter, okay?"

In this situation, the military district is not a place where you can go anywhere you want.

Liang Guanyue was silent.

Fu Yunlu felt uneasy about the silence. She pursed her lips and coaxed softly, "Don't be angry. I'm just afraid that something will happen to you."

Liang Guanyue didn't say anything.

Fu Yunlu approached him cautiously and pecked the corner of his mouth. Seeing that he didn't hide, she felt much more relaxed. "...I'm really happy that you want to help me, but I'm also really worried about your safety." He negotiated, "I'm currently short of an assistant. How about I ask you to fill this vacancy tomorrow?"

Liang Guanyue raised an eyebrow and glanced at him: "You want me to be your subordinate?"

Fu Yunlu laughed and said, "You know I'm just borrowing this position to facilitate your investigation, so don't scare me."

Liang Guanyue suddenly said, "I'm hungry."

Fu Yunlu was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and said, "I'll go make you breakfast now."

Liang Guanyue asked, "Are you not in a hurry to leave?"

"It's not a big deal for half an hour." Fu Yunlu said, "I thought you couldn't get out of bed, and I guessed you would sleep until noon, so I didn't make breakfast."

Liang Guanyue let him go. Ten minutes later, after washing up, she went downstairs in slippers and saw Fu Yunlu standing by the stove, staring at the terminal with a serious expression.

He was so serious that he didn't even notice Liang Guanyue's footsteps.

It was not until Liang Guanyue walked behind him and rested her chin on his shoulder that Fu Yunlu came to his senses and turned off the terminal without saying a word.

"The blood test results from yesterday are out? So fast." Liang Guanyue recalled the picture on Fu Yunlu's terminal. It looked like a laboratory test report, so she should be right.

"Hmm..." Fu Yunlu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

Liang Guanyue asked, "What does the report say?"

"The report said..." Fu Yunlu's fingers clasped tightly around her belt, and after a pause, "...it said I was a little malnourished."

"Huh? That's all?" Liang Guanyue found it hard to imagine the word "malnutrition" appearing on a noble prince.

"So I better have breakfast before I leave."

Fu Yunlu lowered her head and scooped out the cooked noodles and eggs from the pot. Seeing this, Liang Guanyue yelled like a child, "You cooked so much, do you think I'm a pig?"

Fu Yunlu defended herself by saying, "I always can't measure the correct amount when making noodles. You can eat as much as you can. You don't have to finish it."

Liang Guanyue said, "No need. Bring me another bowl and I'll give you half."

Fu Yunlu had originally only thought of making it for Liang Guanyue, so she had only beaten an egg into the bowl. Now that they were to share a bowl, she said, "You eat the egg."

Liang Guanyue said with a smile, "If you don't know us, you'd think we were so poor that we had to share an egg." He patted Fu Yunlu's forehead and said, "Of course I eat it."

When Liang Guanyue had finished eating, Fu Yunlu sat across from him, still stirring the small amount of noodles in his bowl with a worried look on his face. Liang Guanyue couldn't stand his behavior and knocked on the table. Fu Yunlu woke up and looked up at him. Liang Guanyue smiled and said, "Brother, you have to finish it even if you don't want to. Don't waste it."

"Ah, yes, look at me..." After saying that, he covered his lower abdomen strangely again, and the fingernails of his fingers that pinched the chopsticks were so hard that they turned white.

Why now? Aren't the chances of pregnancy very low?

He was so busy that he couldn't even get a good night's sleep, and couldn't even fully guarantee his own personal safety. He was going to bet everything on this matter - for Liang Guanyue, for their future, and for the people of District 53 -

"Brother." Liang Guanyue was not interested, but he couldn't turn a blind eye. Fu Yunlu's condition was completely wrong, especially under the solemn and cold black military uniform. The confused Fu Yunlu was too inconsistent. "Is there something you didn't tell me?"

“…”

Should I tell him? This is his child, isn't it? But I conceived without his permission. If nothing goes wrong, I'll raise this child secretly. That way, when Liang Guanyue doesn't want to be entangled with me in the future, I won't have to go crazy and look so ugly.

I should... tell you.

You are fully qualified to decide whether he stays or goes.

"Guan Yue...can you be with me?" Fu Yunlu forced a smile and held Liang Guan Yue's fingers lightly. "After this is over, can you be with me? Can we...be lovers?"

Liang Guanyue didn't understand why he was so crazy and said such irrelevant things so early in the morning: "Did you get too little sleep? Why are you suddenly talking about this?"

Fu Yunlu changed the question: "Then why did you come to District 53 to find me?"

“…”

"Why? Can't you ask this?"

"Why, why, why?" Liang Guanyue didn't know where the rage came from. He didn't even understand why he was angry. He just felt like Fu Yunlu's questioning was roasting him in the fire. He said sarcastically, "Where do you get so many whys? Besides asking these ridiculously stupid questions about love, don't you know how to speak normally?"

Even though Fu Yunlu was used to Liang Guanyue's sudden anger, he couldn't help but stand there in a daze for a long time: "I thought... you came because..." His voice gradually became smaller and smaller, "because you were worried about me." At the end, he almost muttered to himself, "I have always thought so... I was despicably happy for a long, long time."

Liang Guanyue didn't know how to answer him, and because of her temper just now, she could only click her tongue in annoyance.

Fu Yunlu didn't give up and asked, "You came here just for me, right?" He said, "Otherwise, you have no reason to come here."

Liang Guanyue's face fell. How could he, Liang Guanyue, risk coming to Area 53 for this person? He was the one who knew how to judge the situation.

So why did he come to District 53?

He had indeed considered this for a long time before coming here. He had indeed been reminded of Fu Yunlu, who was currently in District 53, by a vague dream. He had indeed...

"I'm very interested in the new Zerg evolution."

For the first time, Liang Guanyue clearly deceived herself.

"What if there are unexpected business opportunities? People always have to be at the forefront of the storm to see farther and move higher, right?"

What a clumsy lie. Liang Guanyue felt a little disgusted and wanted to vomit after she finished speaking.

It’s all Fu Yunlu’s fault.

He actually wanted to admit with his own mouth that it was because of him that they came to District 53.

Fu Yunlu also wanted to make him kill the former Liang Guanyue with his own hands. He was a scheming and cruel executioner, and he had to pretend to be affectionate and aggrieved.

Liang Guanyue silently blamed Fu Yunlu in her heart for being unreasonable and childish, but she showed no expression on her face. Her pair of eyes, as green as a deep pool, looked at the other person quietly in endless silence.

But Fu Yunlu was afraid of this silence.

Silent hands pinched Fu Yunlu's neck, making it impossible for him to breathe. The few mouthfuls of noodles he had just eaten churned in his stomach. Fu Yunlu covered his mouth, frowned tightly, stood up suddenly and rushed to the bathroom.

Before the door could be closed, clear vomiting sounds were heard from inside. Fu Yunlu looked like she wanted to vomit out all her internal organs. She was hunched over, and the dagger hanging on her belt was shaking due to the intensity of her vomiting. Her dark blue hair, which had not been trimmed for a long time, hung down, and only a small part of her pale face and her Adam's apple rolling up and down could be seen through the hair.

Liang Guanyue saw this scene as soon as he entered the room.

"You are sick."

Memories of the past overlap because of similar scenes.

As a young boy, he watched his frail mother vomiting on the sink and asked, "Are you sick?"

Liang Mengwei said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "Guan Yue... do you want a younger sister or brother?"

An extremely chaotic and poor garbage planet. Beauty and poverty combined on an Omega often do not bring luck.

Liang Guanyue asked Fu Yunlu: "This morning's blood test report...are you pregnant?"

Fu Yunlu was shocked, his teeth and body were trembling. Realizing his condition, he hurriedly splashed cold water on his face to try to wake himself up.

"Why do I need to raise another child?" Liang Guanyue didn't have any extra thoughts at that time. She just said, "Mom," based on her self-preservation instinct.

At this moment, Fu Yunlu turned around and faced Liang Guanyue. He hated the other party's intelligence and sharpness, but things had come to this point and there was no way out except to admit it.

Fu Yunlu's wet hand grasped his wrist and placed it against her abdomen. She said in a hoarse voice, "You asked me before what I was hiding from you." He saw Liang Guanyue's brow furrowed. "...It's this matter."

"You want to threaten me with the child?" Liang Guanyue said subconsciously, "Brother, don't you think it's funny?"

Fu Yunlu said: "I won't threaten you."

Liang Guanyue pressed, "If it won't threaten me, then what's the point of this child?"

"……significance?"

What was the meaning? Fu Yunlu's mind went blank. He loved Liang Guanyue, so he wanted to have his child. Even if he was rejected in the future, he would have a child as a final comfort, to remind himself that at least there was a time in the past when he and Liang Guanyue had experienced a love that was not satisfactory, but close enough.

Does this make sense?

No, this could probably be considered more like... a deception full of cover-ups and excuses. He deceived Liang Guanyue out of his own selfish desires, because he knew that if he told the other party from the beginning, he would never get their consent.

But he wanted to have a child with Liang Guanyue.

But Fu Yunlu was clear enough that his thoughts were insignificant to Liang Guanyue, and any pleading was useless now. With all his disguises exposed, he was speechless and stood there, waiting for Liang Guanyue's decision.

"I'm sorry, I hid it from you." Fu Yunlu's voice seemed to be squeezed out from her chest, and every word cut him with unbearable pain. "The baby in your belly is still small, how to deal with it... I'll listen to you." After she finished speaking, she covered her lower abdomen, raised her head and looked at him pleadingly, saying: "I will take good care of him and won't let him disturb you. If you don't like it, I won't let you see him-"

"Let's find a time to get rid of it." Liang Guanyue said calmly, "Fu Yunlu."

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