Since its establishment, the Empire Star Tree Nest has been dedicated to taking care of a breeding mother tree transported from Blue Star.

When the mother tree took root and bore fruit, the tree nest was rebuilt and expanded. Since then, every three to five years, a group of Blue Star people have been born.

Since more than a hundred years ago, the tree nest has successfully held more than twenty matching dinners, sending off more than three hundred mature Blue Star people.

Now more than a hundred doctors in the Empire come from the tree nest and are raised by the tree nest.

On the day of the matching dinner, Shi Xing and all the Blue Star people of the same period sat back in the classroom after a long absence, and listened to the teacher's recounting of the history of the Star Tree Nest as required, emphasizing the spirit of friendship and mutual assistance among their races.

After the opening, the matching mechanism of the matching dinner was discussed.

The first few matching dinners were open and transparent, but the situation of too many candidates and too few porridge could not be changed. The number of matching candidates was 1.5 times that of the Blue Star people to be matched (this was the best data calculated by the optical computer for the number of candidates required to match all Blue Star people), which meant that some officers would be eliminated and the Blue Star people would have to choose between the two.

In the first few banquets, disputes arose constantly due to the competition for Blue Star people. Under this premise, after the Tree Nest, the Senate and the Council of Elders jointly agreed, the dinner system was changed, and the matching dinner was changed from an open and transparent one to a non-public and semi-transparent matching mechanism that is still used today.

Before the dinner, the Tree Nest will give each of the Blue Star people and candidates a cloak, a mentally controlled energy mask, and most importantly, a matching bracelet.

The cloak covers the body, and a special force field will be formed on the surface to absorb mental power, so you can't stare at it for a long time.

The mask covers the face, and no one can take off the mask of others unless they take it off voluntarily.

The last and most important thing is the matching bracelet. The entire matching process basically depends on the bracelet.

All bracelets are connected to the optical computer and have a built-in positioning function. After entering, choose the Blue Star person or candidate you want to locate in your personal bracelet candidate pool. If you get the other party's consent, the bracelet will locate in both directions and point out the direction for both of you.

The difference is that the Blue Star people's bracelet candidate pool is fully open, which means that they can request to locate all candidates.

But the candidate pool for the bracelet is not like that. Before the dinner begins, the candidate pool has gone through a preliminary screening by the Blue Star people. The Tree Nest will count the Blue Star people's willingness to match, and the information of who their positioning is open to and who is blocked. Finally, based on this information, the candidate pool for each candidate is generated.

For example, Shi Xing's talent evaluation level is too high. When determining the candidates for the positioning, the administrator and all the persons in charge of the dinner are present. Shi Xing only included five military officers and rejected other candidates. When

the persons in charge called other Blue Star people, Shi Xing was sent out by the administrator. It happened that he also had something to ask the administrator.

Shi Xing: "Teacher, I want to ask, can I not choose His Highness?"

Shi Xing looked through the candidate pool just now, and there was no photo of Chi Yao.

This question was so clever that the administrator was shocked. He looked around and made sure that there was no one around. He pulled Shi Xing to the side for a few steps and said in a low voice, "Who asked you to ask this, Officer Xu?"

Xu Jin had discussed this idea with the administrator the day he came. The administrator's first reaction was that it was Xu Jin's idea.

But Shi Xing shook his head, "I was just surprised that I didn't see His Highness."

He added, "Officer Xu said that His Highness is also among the candidates." The

administrator was silent for a moment. For a few moments, he wanted to light a cigarette and tell Shi Xing about the pain and sorrow he had suffered from being tortured by His Highness over the past few decades.

Finally, the administrator controlled himself and said, "What are you thinking about? Who do you think His

Highness is? Can his photo be put in the candidate pool for you to choose?" "He was not left out of the candidate pool. His Highness's positioning is one-way. Only he can locate others, and the people of Blue Star cannot locate him."

Unable to locate, Shuchao did not dare to open this positioning.

Of course, with Chi Yao's identity, let alone Shuchao, even if the Elders Council and the Senate came, no one would dare to open this authority.

This question made the administrator realize something, and he looked Shi Xing up and down, "You and His Highness..."

Shi Xing was straightforward, "I want to choose His Highness, but His Highness has not given me any reply yet."

Administrator: "Oh."

Not surprising.

The steward was curious again, "Didn't His Highness reject you?"

"He never explicitly rejected you."

The steward nodded, thinking, this is good news, maybe...

the task that the Elders had assigned him for decades can be completed.

However, it has been delayed for decades. The steward was eager in the first ten years after taking over, but now his attitude towards this has become like a piece of rolling meat, which is quite ambiguous.

After all, if His Highness doesn't want to match, no one can force him to do it!

Shi Xing finished asking questions and was about to leave when the steward remembered his purpose and hurriedly stopped him.

"I have something to say to you."

"Well, is Lu Lu still in contact with you?"

Lu Lu...

Shi Xing said truthfully, "Yes, we had a quarrel, and Major General Fu helped me to drive him away. Later, I moved to His Highness's place, and he couldn't find me."

The steward pondered, "You guys..."

Shi Xing knew what the other party wanted to ask, and gave the most direct answer. When the steward heard that Shi Xing didn't mean to but Lu Lu was pestering him, he breathed a sigh of relief. He felt in his heart that Lu Lu was not very sensible, and only said on his face, "Sometimes things like this happen. After you leave the Tree Nest, you haven't seen each other for a few years, and it's over." Shi

Xing nodded, "I think so too."

As for why the steward asked this.

The steward said, "Lu Lu is looking for you."

"At first he was waiting at my residence, but you didn't come back. He came to my place twice, and the second time he refused to leave. Fortunately, his family also came to Ancheng, so I asked Princess Tan Shao to take him away the last time."

"He will also attend the matchmaking banquet tonight, so you... pay more attention."

The steward was afraid that Lu Lu was young and impetuous, and would cause trouble at the banquet.

This kind of situation has happened before, especially since Lu Lu was born in a high-class family. They couldn't warn him when nothing happened, so they could only increase the security measures for the banquet.

Shi Xing nodded and said obediently, "I know."

Tree Nest had never produced such a high-level Blue Star person. Perhaps it was out of his duty as a teacher, or perhaps it was because he had watched his child grow up, so he wished the best for him. The administrator said from the bottom of his heart, "Your Highness has not taken a Blue Star person away for decades. If Your Highness does not choose you, you should not break your promise."

"The other five officers have excellent backgrounds and abilities."

"If it was not Your Majesty, who would you choose?"

This question was what he was thinking when Shi Xing entered the venue.

If Your Highness did not come today, or did not choose him when he came, who would he choose?

Yes, he actually had no backup options at all.

In the first two days, I listened to Fu Qing and Xu Jin talking about the royal family, which made me dizzy. However, no matter how they explained, it was only a rough outline. Later, Shi Xing went to the library many times to find information and learn more about it.

After understanding it, the pressure was very high.

Shi Xing had to admit that there were a few moments when he actually had the idea of ​​backing off.

But it was only a few moments.

As the administrator said, he was a bit stubborn. Once he decided on something, Shi Xing wanted to try it no matter what.

If he failed, he had tried it and would not have any regrets.

This was also his consistent principle of dealing with things.

Most of his energy was spent on the few questions raised by Chi Yao. As for the military officers, his background and identity were already known a long time ago, and his personality was probably also understood during these days of getting along.

Tan Yan is outgoing and enthusiastic, Xiang Heze is gentle and steady, Guan Qun is young and flamboyant, Pu Zhongguang is attentive and considerate, and Ge Ming is the most outstanding in appearance, but his personality is also very good.

If you have to say, except that the five of them belong to different legions, there is no hard injury in Shi Xing's eyes.

There is no hard injury, but there is nothing that particularly attracts him.

Shi Xing really can't think of it, and those questions have to be thoroughly understood before the matching banquet. Shi Xing finally gave all his personal time to the latter. As for the former, he gave everyone a chance to passively choose.

Shi Xing knows that his personality looks gentle, but it is not special.

The most special thing about him is probably that his level is very high, ss+, which makes many people destined not to give up.

Apart from this, Shi Xing did not think he was such an interesting person.

Unable to choose, and knowing that he could not select the five officers like choosing dishes, Shi Xing chose to tell the truth, of course, hiding the part about His Majesty. To be honest, he could not choose for the time being.

If they felt that he was too slow or disrespectful, they could withdraw.

This way, they would not be embarrassed when they met in the future. Shi Xing also promised that after he matured and became a doctor, if the five officers needed anything, they only needed to contact him and he would do his best to help.

Doctors charge for external treatments, and they could find him and the fees could be negotiated.

Shi Xing's promise was just a favor.

While making up for them, he also concealed his unspeakable apology in his heart - I'm sorry, you are not my first choice.

Shi Xing thought that they were all from high-class families and had strong self-esteem. After saying this, one or two of them would withdraw and help him make the choice, but... no one withdrew. Instead, they all asked him to relax and said there was no rush... He

pinched his eyebrows.

Well, let's do it this way. If His Highness doesn't choose him tonight, he will have a few more people to choose from.

Shi Xing said with a smile in the midst of suffering.

Entering the matching hall, the teacher said: "This building is dedicated to the matching banquet. It has three floors. The third floor leads directly to the roof garden. There are many flowers shipped directly from the empire in the garden. It is a good place for communication. There is a special mental sealing room on the second floor. It can only accommodate two people. They are all arranged into a living room where you can chat. As for whether to take a mask or not, you can decide for yourself whether to reveal your specific identity."

"The matching banquet will in principle be held for several days from this evening to early morning, and will automatically end after the last Blue Star person completes the match."

In reality, it usually only takes one or two days, and sufficient time is given to get to know each other in the early stage. The first group of people who are most satisfied with each other will be matched, and those who settle for second best will quickly make up their minds.

After all, there are not many Blue Star people themselves.

"You can also go to the garden outside the building. Tree Nest has also set up barriers to separate the space."

"Finally, your bracelets all have built-in alarm functions. Once you encounter any disputes or entanglements, please inform Tree Nest immediately. Tree Nest will expel candidates who violate the rules."

"If you have heard everything clearly, then get familiar with the building. After half an hour, matching candidates will enter one after another."

The teacher left after saying that. Everyone was curious about the banquet hall.

There was an orchestra improvising, currently a violin solo, and the dining table was filled with cute dessert cakes.

Shi Ran looked at the neatly placed glasses of crystal clear wine and exclaimed.

Shi Xing had been here before in his previous life, so he was not curious. His mind was focused on the message he had just sent.

He read it several times to make sure it was okay before sending it.

After sending it, he felt inexplicably uneasy.

He went to the garden upstairs with Shi Ran, and then took a walk on the second floor. Shi Xing's attention was all on the communicator, wanting to see if there was any reply.

Ding Dong -

it rang suddenly, and Shi Xing instinctively checked.

But it was a message from an unexpected person.

Shi Xing did not expect that Lu Lu would send him a message at the matching dinner.

[Xingxing, you will attend the matching dinner, right? ]

[How did you know about my family? ]

[I want to know]

Shi Xing froze for a moment, and he had a feeling that the visitor had bad intentions, so he did not dare to reply.

His feeling was right.

The visitor was indeed bad intentions.

After the matchmaking banquet started, all the candidates entered. Shi Xing stood in the corridor on the second floor where he could observe. He didn't need to look under the mask. He only needed to use his talent to distinguish the spiritual power emitted by each person. In his eyes, everyone's spiritual power was different.

As expected, Shi Xing saw Lu Lu and the five military officers.

But he didn't see Chi Yao.

There was a moment of loss, but Shi Xing was not in a hurry. He prepared to give His Highness an hour. If the person did not come after an hour, or rejected him during this period, he would choose from the five officers.

The idea was good until Lu Lu came to find him frantically in the hall.

Shi Xing didn't know what Lu Lu had been through, but it seemed that he was not in a normal state.

This was not something he would do.

Moreover, in the abnormality, he also knew the right measure.

If it was harassment and dispute, he would definitely be kicked out, but Lu Lu was neither of those. He relied on distinguishing the color of the cloak and politely asked one Blue Star person after another.

Shi Ran first sent a message to Shi Xing, [Xingxing, Lu Lu is looking for you]

[When he saw you, he asked if he had seen you and if he knew where you were]

[Fortunately, the teacher gave us a time for the activity, otherwise I'm afraid everyone would know each other's location]

They all opened their energy masks before the banquet was announced to start.

It's called a mask, but it's actually just an energy barrier clipped on the ear, the size of a thumb. When it's opened, the energy distortion layer formed in the air can just cover the entire face and hide the features.

After Shi Ran finished his report, Lu Lu's message came.

[I know you saw it, reply]

[Have you made your choice? ]

[Tan Yan? Xiang Heze? ]

[Or the three high-ranking military officers whose applications will be approved by the Senate later? Shi

Xing's pupils shrank. The subsequent selections were all done internally. How did Lu Lu find out?

He...actually went to find out about this? !

Lu Lu is abnormal. Shi

Xing confirmed it again.

Going around the fence on the second floor, using his natural ability to find Lu Lu, Shi Xing walked to the second floor. Above the other person's head in the space, he saw Lu Lu approaching a Blue Star person in the hall. He didn't ask who the other person was, but directly said: "I am Lu Lu, did you see where Shi Xing went?"

Shi Xing: "..."

Looking closely, everyone is a classmate. He introduced himself so that everyone knows each other's voice, so that the Blue Star people will not be on guard against him, but he...

what on earth is he going to do?

Even if he finds him, what can he say? The affairs of the Lu family, the disputes of the Lu family, have nothing to do with him. He was involved in it in his previous life. If he goes back and confirms it with him, it won't solve the internal conflicts of the Lu family.

As for the match, he won't choose Lu Lu. He has made the decision since he came back. Is he going to find him to trigger the alarm and let the security to take Lu Lu out?

Doesn't Lu Lu

care about his face at all? ! In fact, it seems that Lu Lu is looking for him regardless of anything.

After asking all the Blue Star people in the hall, and counting the number of people, Lu Lu turned around and went to the garden.

Shi Xing: "."

While Lu Lu was away, Shi Xing seized this opportunity to go downstairs quickly. He...still felt that Chi Yao would come in his heart.

His decision was correct, but it had nothing to do with Chi Yao, because he and several Blue Star people who were just on the top floor came down one after another. When they gathered in the hall with dreamy lights, Lu Lu turned back.

Shi Xing was relieved for a moment, but then he realized that there were probably not many people in the garden.

But Lu Lu's behavior after turning back made Shi Xing's heart skip a beat again.

He was counting the number of people.

Lu Lu had an exceptionally good memory. Some Blue Star people and candidates had just been chatting in the hall. Shi Xing took a quick look and found that at least half of the Blue Star people who had been chatting were still there, so...

After Lu Lu counted the number of people, he went straight to a Blue Star person who had just come down from the top floor.

If Shi Xing was not mistaken, it was Yu Cai.

Shi Xing quietly spread out his mental power, which was very weak and not easy to detect for the Blue Star people. He kept an eye on Lu Lu while walking towards the open door of the banquet.

If that doesn't work, just...

"I'm Lu Lu, have you seen Shi Xing?"

Lu Lu repeated this sentence twice, but Yu Cai ignored him and walked past him.

Seeing the Blue Star people with different reactions, Lu Lu hurriedly caught up and repeated the question.

Yu Cai still didn't answer.

At this moment, Shi Xing didn't know whether he should be glad that he and Yu Man were not at odds, otherwise Yu Cai would not be able to hold Lu Lu back. Just as

this thought came to his mind, something unexpected happened. With the sound of a glass breaking, Lu Lu directly reached out and grabbed Yu Cai.

The people around turned around in surprise.

Yu Cai cried out in pain.

"What are you doing?"

"What are you doing?!"

"Let go, you're hurting him."

The officers around noticed something was wrong and shouted. Several high-level mental powers instantly spread out in the hall. Shi Xing's steps paused slightly, but he still maintained a steady speed. He tried not to be too conspicuous in the hall with few people, and continued to move forward through the crowd.

There was a band between him and Lu Lu, so his leaving figure should not be too abrupt in the eyes of the other party.

There was chaos behind him. Shi Xing recognized the person who attacked first. It was Xiang Heze, who used mental power to force Lu Lu to let go.

But... the next moment Lu Lu took off his mask.

The young master of the Lu family, who had been in the imperial capital for many years, was familiar to the military officers even if they didn't know him. After he gave his name, the chaos subsided due to the influence of the Lu family, and the military officers all withdrew their mental power.

Lu Lu looked very calm and said, "I'm looking for someone."

But Shi Xing's strange feeling had reached its peak, and Lu Lu's heart was definitely not like what he showed.

"Who are you looking for?" Xiang Heze asked.

"Shi Xing." Lu Lu made a clever excuse, "I went to school with him and we were classmates. I wanted to talk to him about something."

"But his talent was assessed to be too high and he no longer lives in the Tree Nest residence, so I wanted to give it a try at the dinner party. I had a bad argument with him last time."

He added, "It has something to do with my family. I'm quite worried."

Shi Xing: "..."

Although he knew that Lu Lu was smart, this set of words was really... shameless.

Fortunately, Xiang Heze was not stupid, and asked, "Then why didn't you send him a message?"

"Since we are classmates, there must be a contact number."

"Yes. I can't show you the content we sent to each other, but I can check the number with you."

Shi Xing: "…………"

Feeling that Lu Lu would get away soon, and not knowing how long Yu Cai could remain silent, Shi Xing quickened his pace.

Yu Cai sneered, "Even if you tell a lie, you should prepare it in your mind, Young Master Lu!"

"I don't know, can I go now?"

Shi Xing felt desolate.

Lu Lu got away.

His contact number began to receive messages frequently again.

Lu Lu: [Did you see it? ]

[I think you should have seen it]

[There are still five new Blue Star people left in the hall. Do you want me to find you one by one, Xingxing? 】

【I want to ask you a few questions】

【Don’t you really want to see me? 】

This is Lu Lu, a person Shi Xing has never seen.

Oh no, he may have seen him before, in his previous life.

When he is pushed to the limit and at the end of his rope, Lu Lu is in this state, so...

Shi Xing didn’t dare to think too much. His subordinates’ consciousness had already stuck on the alarm button of the bracelet. If Lu Lu is really that crazy, then he...

Lu Lu: [Four]

Lu Lu: [Three]

Shi Xing’s pupils shrank. He actually counted to threaten him. He...

However, the next moment, Lu Lu met the Blue Star man who didn’t speak again. This time, the Blue Star man attacked first and pushed away Lu Lu, who looked abnormal.

The hall was in chaos again.

Shi Xing's brain was about to explode, and he felt that he could not let Lu Lu go on like this, otherwise he would ruin the entire matchmaking party.

Just before Shi Xing was thinking about whether to call the police in advance, another message came in the communicator.

Thinking it was a countdown sent by Lu Lu, Shi Xing didn't want to look at it, but with a trembling hand in extreme nervousness, he clicked it.

Chi Yao: [Come to the door]

Shi Xing was stunned.

For a moment, Shi Xing felt dizzy and didn't know what day it was.

His Highness... is coming?

His Highness is coming? !

At this moment, all the movements around him became background music, and Shi Xing no longer kept a steady pace, but ran, leaving all the chaos behind.

The lights in the lobby gradually brightened, and Shi Xing felt the wind brushing against his face.

Just like that night, he poked his cheek.

"Slow down, why are you running?"

The voice brought by Chi Yao had the opposite effect, making him quicken his pace.

Lu Lu, who was in the center of the vortex, seemed to have sensed something and glanced at the door, but before he could see clearly, a gust of wind blew through the hall, causing him to close his eyes subconsciously. When he opened his eyes again, the mental power that extended forward to perceive was shocked and dispersed by a high-level mental power, forcing him to immediately withdraw his temptation.

Lu Lu was confused by his feelings for a moment, but then he thought that all the candidates for Shi Xing were in the hall, and he couldn't leave. He relaxed his mind a little and focused on the present.

When Shi Xing arrived at the gate and saw His Highness standing outside the building with his shoulders straight in the night, he finally couldn't run anymore and held on to the door frame to catch his breath.

Chi Yao was somewhat helpless, "Didn't I tell you not to run?"

His voice was normal and calm.

Shi Xing noticed that Chi Yao was not wearing either a hood or a mask.

But he was wearing a bracelet.

Well, okay, the most important thing is that he's here. If he's not here, he'll have to make other assumptions.

After catching his breath, Shi Xing closed the mask and looked at Chi Yao. He felt that he should say something, but before he opened his mouth, he couldn't help but smiled brilliantly.

This smile was too happy and very expressive.

Chi Yao couldn't help but ask him, "What are you laughing at?" Shi

Xing tilted his head, his eyes like crescents, and said, "Happy."

"I thought Your Highness would not come."

"But you still came."

"Happy, I'm very happy."

It was straightforward and pure, making it difficult for the listener to be stone-hearted and keep a straight face.

Chi Yao couldn't help shaking his head as they looked at each other, and the corners of his lips curled up in laughter.

When Shi Xing had laughed enough, the atmosphere between the two gradually became subtle. Just when Shi Xing wanted to ask Chi Yao if he would join the banquet, the other party took action before he could speak.

Chi Yao raised his hand, waved to Shi Xing gently, and said, "Come."