It is indeed fruit wine, but its alcohol content is not low. You don't feel it when you first drink it, but you will find that it has a strong aftereffect as you drink more.
However, Li Ze rarely drinks alcohol and is not familiar with it, so he did not notice anything amiss.
He Xingjue chose this wine to get Li Ze drunk, and as it turned out, he succeeded.
He covered the drunk Li Ze with a blanket, then went to the bathroom to take a shower. After showering, he lay down on the bed and hugged Li Ze tightly.
He got him drunk not to take advantage of him, but simply to get closer to him, nothing more.
The moment their skin touched, he felt like a thirsty person finally finding a spring of sweet water, and even his soul couldn't help but let out a joyful sigh.
His lips gently landed on Li Ze's brow, then lightly kissed Li Ze's eyebrows, eyes, nose, and cheeks, finally settling on his rosy lips. His slightly rough thumb traced the petal-like lips, reluctant to let go.
Li Ze is very handsome, but not effeminate; he has a boyish kind of beauty. Especially his lips, naturally red without any makeup, always making his heart flutter.
Watching the live stream every day, seeing him help countless Sentinels relieve their mental tension, and imagining him entering the mental states of other Sentinels, entering their most mysterious and private places, he felt an urge to hide him away, lock him up, and bully him mercilessly every day—
If Li Ze knew these dark thoughts in his heart, would he kill him with a knife?
He Xingjue chuckled self-deprecatingly, then pecked Li Ze's red lips one last time. "Fine, I'll let you off the hook for now."
Having slept without a dream, Li Ze woke up with a momentary blankness in his mind.
Last night we had dinner and drinks, and then what happened?
Li Ze blinked, vaguely remembering, but not quite clearly. He didn't feel anything unusual in his body, so he didn't take it to heart.
When he came out of the room, he found the living room empty. The leftover food on the dining table had been cleared away, the table was wiped clean, and even the smell had been removed.
It seems that there was never such a dinner, and that person never even showed up.
Li Ze pursed his lips, turned on his personal terminal, and saw a message sent to him by someone.
When Li Ze appeared alone in the square, everyone couldn't help but look behind him. When they saw that the familiar figure was not behind him, they all showed regret.
"Boss, where's Commander He? Isn't he coming today?" Chen Kaiyang asked, feeling dissatisfied. He had only spent one day with him, and this was all the sincerity Commander He showed in pursuing her?
"We need to return to Suzaku Star to receive the delegation from the Federation," Li Ze simply instructed.
Everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to know more, but Li Ze refused to continue.
A few days later, the Imperial Star Network officially released a news item announcing a competition between students from the Imperial Military Academy and the Federal Military Academy. The competition covered a wide range of topics, from various technical contests to hand-to-hand combat, boxing, and mecha battles...
The competition will be held on Suzaku Star and is expected to last for a month.
As soon as this news came out, countless people flocked to Suzaku Star.
On the day Li Ze finished his relief work, someone asked, "Are you going back to Suzaku Star in a couple of days?"
Li Ze asked, puzzled, "Why do you ask that?"
"Aren't you going back to watch the game?" another person interjected.
Li Ze was even more confused, "What competition?"
"The Federation delegation that Commander He received? They're here for the competition." People around asked curiously. Didn't Commander He tell the big boss about this?
Chen Kaiyang, Wang Duan, and Xu Zhou returned to Suzaku Star some time ago, so no one mentioned this to Li Ze, and Li Ze didn't know either.
But even if I knew—
Li Ze shook his head. What did that have to do with him?
Upon returning to the hotel, Li Ze received an invitation—a wedding invitation from the commander of the White Tiger Legion and Zhao Lingman.
Li Ze looked at the elaborately crafted invitation on his personal terminal and calmly clicked delete.
Just then, his personal computer beeped.
"Li Ze, when are you going back to Suzaku Star?" Zhou Yang's voice came through the moment the call connected.
"I don't know. I don't plan to go back anytime soon." Over the past few days, Li Ze discovered that he had not only absorbed the baleful energy from those sentinels, but also that his divine sense was slowly recovering due to his constant use of it.
He plans to continue this mutually beneficial endeavor for a while longer, as it's a win-win-win situation.
"Ah, you're not coming back?" Zhou Yang said with a hint of disappointment, but still unwilling to give up. "The next month will be very lively on Vermilion Bird Star."
Li Ze remained unmoved, saying, "It's lively here too."
Zhou Yang was speechless, unable to refute, and said helplessly, "Alright then. When you come back, let's get together again. Me, Lan Shuang, and Guan Ji, the four of us."
This time, Li Ze didn't refuse. "Okay."
Ten days later, a major incident occurred on Vermilion Bird Star: chaos broke out at the wedding of the White Tiger Legion commander and Princess Zhao Lingman. Countless people were killed or injured, and even Princess Zhao Lingman was seriously wounded and on the verge of death.
When the wedding video was uploaded online, it caused a huge uproar on StarNet.
Li Ze, who doesn't use the StarNet, received messages from several people immediately after the wedding video was uploaded to the StarNet. These people included He Xingjue, Chen Kaiyang, Wang Duan, and Zhou Yang. They sent him the video and told him to be careful recently.
Li Ze opened the video and saw that the person who was originally smiling and acting like an ordinary person suddenly became blank-faced, and then exploded the next second. His brows furrowed deeply.
Then he opened the StarNet and searched for more comprehensive videos on it.
The online video, starting with the wedding and ending abruptly, lasted for nearly an hour. The first half was normal, with nothing unusual to be seen. However, in the second half, one moment it was a lavish wedding scene, and the next it turned into hell on earth.
The deafening roar continued, followed by screams, cries, and wails—
Upon seeing this, Li Ze's face darkened.
After that, he opened the comments section, intending to search for more information.
"I also attended the ceremony and almost didn't make it back. Thank goodness!"
“I went too, but I was of low status and could only watch from a distance. As soon as the explosion happened, we people outside ran away and escaped with our lives.”
"It happened without warning, it was terrifying!"
"It's the same familiar feeling. It reminds me of the mecha competition a while ago, but back then they were monsters that were neither human nor ghost. Now they have evolved to be almost like humans. Just thinking about a flesh-and-blood person suddenly exploding in front of you is terrifying."
"Those who can attend a wedding are definitely not nobody. How did they end up like this? Also, there are multiple security checks to enter the wedding venue. How did they get in?"
"Could it be that they can't detect it?"
"It's terrifying to think about. It's best to avoid crowded places for a while."
........
Li Ze shut down his personal terminal, his eyes filled with a dark and unfathomable expression. Was this also Qi's doing?
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