Chapter 92 Chapter 92 I'm Back

At five o'clock in the afternoon, in the vast white snow, Zhuo Lan and several guards were helping the people from the research institute move some expensive instruments onto the spaceship. They moved very carefully, fearing that they would bump into anything. If one of the instruments broke, it would cost them several years' salary.

The short inspection ended successfully, and now it was time for them to set off back to Canaan.

It was just getting dark, and Admiral Jing and Doctor Lu, who had sent the bear cub home in the morning, had not returned for a long time, which made their colleagues at the institute a little worried.

The team leader of the research institute walked up to Zhuo Lan and said, "Adjutant Zhuo, the admiral and his men haven't returned yet. Should we go look for them?"

Zhuo Lan glanced at the time, thinking that even if the two of them were to date in the snow, it would be too late. He picked up the snowfield-specific contactor and called Jing Miao.

The call was quickly connected, and a man's slightly cold voice sounded, "What's wrong?" Combined with the frost and snow in the sky and the biting cold wind, it made people feel inexplicably cold.

Zhuo Lan had a subtle expression, and he vaguely heard a sense of resentment from the other party's tone.

Zhuo Lan: "Has the fat bear cub gone home yet? We are almost done here. When will you and Dr. Deer come back?"

Jing Miao was silent for a long time before he said, "You guys go back first, we'll leave later."

Since they were able to reply safely and their tone was normal, nothing had happened. Zhuo Lan did not suspect anything and just thought that this stinky couple just liked to freeze outside. He hung up the phone and turned to the others and said, "They will leave by themselves soon. We will go back first."

Since Adjutant Zhuo said so, the others naturally had no objection. Moreover, with the admiral present, it was absolutely 100% safe.

A few minutes later, the two starships took off and left the nameless planet.

On the other side, on the hard ice lake, the kitten's fur almost blends in with the snow, and its clear blue eyes become a touch of bright color in the snow.

"Meow~" The white kitten called softly and took two steps towards Jing Miao.

Jing Miao lowered his eyes and looked at it with a gloomy expression. He quickly squatted down, opened his winter clothes, and held the kitten in his arms.

Surrounded by a strange breath, the kitten did not show any resistance, but lay obediently in the man's arms.

The incident happened suddenly and was too bizarre. After Jing Miao fell into panic, his calm reasoning finally returned to his brain. He calmed down and slowly thought about what to do next.

He had known for a long time that Lu Zhiluan was not an ordinary person, and he had imagined that he might leave one day. Both of them knew this, but no one pointed it out, and they cleverly maintained a balance.

Jing Miao had thought countless times about having a frank talk with Lu Zhiluan about his greed. He only wanted a future with Lu Zhiluan.

But every time the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them. As a lover, he could love without reservation, but there were some things that a partner could not replace. For Lu Zhilan, this world was a completely unfamiliar environment, with none of his friends or relatives around.

It takes a lot of courage to start over because you have to adapt to and fight the loneliness in your heart.

Even the most open-minded person will feel at a loss when looking at people or things around him that are not familiar at midnight.

Jing Miao didn't want Lu Zhiluan to be tied up here because of his obvious selfishness, but at the same time he hoped very much that he would be the one he firmly chose after weighing all the pros and cons.

But when the moment of separation really came, the huge panic of fear of loss instantly swept over him. No trade-offs or choices mattered. There was only one thought in his mind, which was to hold on to the person in front of him.

But he didn't expect that he couldn't even catch the person.

The sky darkened and the sound of wind and snow grew louder in his ears. The little cat in his arms raised its paw and pressed on Jing Miao's chest, awakening him from his gloomy thoughts.

What Lu Zhiluan said before he disappeared gave him peace of mind. He said to wait, so he waited, no matter how long it took.

Thinking of this, Jing Miao wrapped himself tightly in winter clothes and took the kitten that appeared out of nowhere in his arms back home.

It's not that he hadn't thought about the possibility that the kitten in his arms was Lu Zhiluan, but later he thought it was too absurd. However, the kitten's behavior always made him think of this thought over and over again, and Jing Miao sometimes wondered if he was missing her so much that he was going crazy.

After returning to Canaan, there were even more troubles.

Dr. Xiaolu was so popular that people would come to ask him where he was every now and then.

Jing Miao couldn't answer how such a big person could disappear without a trace in front of him, not to mention that no one would believe it if he told it out loud.

He had no choice but to find a reason for Lu Zhiluan to return to his hometown to visit his relatives.

The optical computer can't get through? Dr. Lu's home is on a remote little planet, so it's understandable that the signal is not good.

This reason sounds quite convincing, but when everyone heard it coming from Admiral Jing, it immediately became more credible. In addition, more people asked about it later, and the admiral looked so cold and unhappy that many people did not dare to ask again.

These days it seemed that the Admiral wanted Dr. Lu to come back more than they did. His resentment was palpable at work every day. The air-conditioning in the Alliance office was always on, and a poor adjutant who passed by was randomly frozen to death.

Dr. Lu, who really returned to his hometown, is not very happy at the moment.

It was raining outside the window, accompanied by rumbling thunder.

Lu Zhiluan stood at the entrance, still wearing his rain-soaked suit, with water drops dripping from it.

Taking a look at the interior, which seemed to be exactly the same as before he traveled through time, he felt as if he was in another world.

The system set off fireworks in his head and said happily: "Welcome home, host, you have worked hard on this mission!"

Lu Zhiluan said blankly: "Why did you send it back to me directly?"

Lu Zhiluan didn’t know whether Jing Miao heard his last words, and he didn’t dare to imagine what the man’s expression would be like now.

You'll be scared, right? Like a living person or something.

The host's voice did not sound very happy, but rather a little depressed.

The system was puzzled: "Didn't you say you wanted to change the binding? Our program runs very quickly, and it only takes less than a minute to change the binding."

Lu Zhiluan: “…” Blame him for being too excited and only listening to half of the words.

"What now? Can I go back?"

System: "Of course you can, but are you sure? If you go back, you'll never be able to come back."

Lu Zhiluan paused and said nothing.

The system was sympathetic and said, "It's okay, host, you can take your time to think about it. You can make your choice before the cat host completes the last small points task. I took a quick look at the progress there and estimated that it will take half a month for the cat host to complete all the tasks."

Half a month...

Sensing the host's hesitation, the system's tone was rare and serious and sincere: "As a rescue system, I really hope that the host will stay there to help more small animals. You have 100% goodwill towards the injured small animals. In this way, even if I leave that world later, the healing technique in your hands will still be able to play a big role."

"However, I also know that the New World is a completely unfamiliar place to the host, and this is where you have lived for more than 20 years, with many important memories and indelible traces of your life."

"In short, no matter what choice the host makes, I hope you are happy."

After listening to this, Lu Zhiluan took a long time to answer: "Let me think about it again."

A small white ball of light fell into his hand.

System: "I am now going to cut off the connection with the host and return to the cat host. If you have the answer in your heart, please squeeze this ball of light. I will receive your call and fulfill your wish."

After the system finished speaking, Lu Zhiluan felt his head lighten, as if something was pulled away, and the system disappeared.

The lights were on in the living room. Lu Zhiluan looked around the house and walked in.

After a simple meal and a shower, Lu Zhiluan lay on the bed and picked up his mobile phone. All kinds of messages popped up in the phone. Colleagues in the company group had decided where to go for the team building next week. Conversations in several lurking gossip groups were flying around. All kinds of explosive melons filled the screen. Lu Zhiluan started eating melons as usual, but suddenly he lost interest while eating.

The melon is good, but the civet's sense of taste seems to have been ruined.

Lu Zhiluan threw down his phone and stared at the ceiling in a daze, his eyes moving from here to there. A thought vaguely emerged in his mind: Why didn't I realize that this small house was so quiet before...

It was so quiet that he felt a little uncomfortable.

The cat is not here, and Jing Miao is not here either.

I don’t know how much time had passed before I started to feel sleepy. My eyelids became heavier and heavier, and Lu Zhilan slowly closed his eyes.

I didn't sleep well that night and had all kinds of dreams. The scenes were always in Canaan, switching back and forth between Planet 07 and reality. Lu Zhilun dreamed that he was walking on a wire holding a bamboo pole. The left and right sides were two completely different worlds. A gust of wind blew from afar, and he swayed on it, struggling left and right, and was sweating profusely in order to maintain his balance.

I couldn't decide which way to fall until I woke up.

The next day, Lu Zhiluan, who was looking for the Star Shuttle Starter all over the house to go to work, held the car key in his hand for a long time before he realized that he was no longer in the world full of futuristic science fiction devices.

When he arrived at the company to work, facing the familiar yet unfamiliar data tables on the computer, Lu Zhiluan held the mouse with a heavy look in his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Many days passed quietly in the life of a corporate slave. On a sunny afternoon, Lu Zhiluan finished the project at hand. He closed his computer, walked out of the company building with his bag, and said goodbye to several familiar colleagues.

Today he did not drive but chose to take the subway. After exiting the subway station, he crossed the traffic lights at the intersection and walked along the road.

There are sycamore trees planted on both sides of the road. Now is the season when green leaves are sprouting. The orange-yellow sunlight from the setting west falls on the leaves, and as the breeze sways, it looks like a tree full of sparkling stars, occasionally shedding a little light on the people under the shade of the trees.

Lu Zhiluan was walking on the road, passing many people along the way, including people riding bicycles, children playing and fighting on their way home from school, and elderly couples who were still walking slowly arm in arm in their twilight years.

These days he tried to return to his previous daily life, with family, friends, socializing, and small animals. He adapted quite well and had nothing to get used to.

Every day is fulfilling, and I also recognize my truest thoughts.

It seemed like an ordinary life, and all these were good, but he wanted something else.

He couldn't bear the thought of these beauties without the participation of another person.

After returning home, Lu Zhiluan submitted the resignation letter that he had prepared long ago in the document to the company. Although the other party was regretful, they also expressed their respect for his ideas.

Lu Zhiluan looked at the ball of light floating in his hand. He had picked it up and put it down countless times in the past few days. If the ball of light was a walnut, it would have been polished to a sleek finish.

This time, Lu Zhiluan finally stopped hesitating and resolutely pinched it.

A white light flashed, and the system's voice reappeared in my mind.

"My dear host, which one are you holding, the golden ball or the silver ball?"

Lu Zhiluan: “…”

Dr. Deer is eager to return home and doesn't really want to take over the joke.

So he urged: "Hurry up, I want to go back."

The system that fell to the ground: unhappy.

Even so, it confirmed it again.

"Host, have you really thought it through?"

Lu Zhiluan: “I’ve thought about it.”

After receiving the definite answer, the system put away its usual familiar tone and returned to its official, cold electronic voice.

It sounds exactly the same as it did originally.

"The host's wish has been detected. After multiple evaluations by the main divine space, the wish is reasonable and healthy. It has been granted and is being transmitted..."

A severe feeling of weightlessness swept over him, and Lu Zhiluan's eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.

Tick. Tick.

There was a light rain in the sky.

The cool raindrops fell on my face, bringing with them a moist breath.

Lu Zhiluan slowly opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar dark alley. Tall buildings rose from the ground on both sides, star orbits crisscrossed in the sky, and rainwater on the ground gathered together and flowed towards the low-lying areas.

There is the Star Shuttle. Am I back?

Looking around, I found the surrounding environment very unfamiliar.

Where was this sent to him?

Lu Zhiluan quickly called the system: "System?"

No response.

"Woof~" A faint cry came from the dark corner of the alley.

Lu Zhiluan pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and soon followed the sound to find the little puppy huddled in the corner. The puppy was so small and soaked all over. When it saw someone approaching, it whimpered softly twice, as if asking for help.

Lu Zhiluan stretched out his hand to pick up the puppy, but a white figure was faster than him. It carefully held the puppy by the scruff of the neck and looked up at him.

Lu Zhiluan was very familiar with that pair of beautiful blue eyes.

It was his precious daughter.

Lu Zhiluan exclaimed in disbelief: "Marshmallow!? Why are you here?"

At the same time, there was a burst of hurried footsteps coming from behind. The closer they got, the more they sounded like someone was running towards me at a very fast speed.

Lu Zhiluan's heartbeat suddenly quickened and he turned around as if he had realized something.

The next second, he was hugged tightly by the man, with such force that it hurt.

Jing Miao's trembling voice was heard in my ears: "Finally I've waited for you, I thought..."

Jing Miao did not continue the conversation, but silently hugged Lu Zhiluan closer, wishing he could rub him into his body.

It was only half a month since he last saw Lu Zhiluan, but it felt like a long time had passed.

It was so long ago that even when Jing Miao saw that familiar figure with his own eyes, he still thought it was an illusion and couldn't believe it.

This afternoon, the kitten sneaked out when he wasn't paying attention, traveling thousands of miles across half of Canaan to come to this remote place. Jing Miao has become accustomed to its behavior of picking up one or two small animals every day, so he would follow behind to protect it every time. The kitten thought he didn't know.

Jing Miao originally thought that today would be the same as usual, and he would bring the two little animals back home, but he never expected that the person he had been thinking about would appear again in this way.

Even if I hold someone in my arms, my heart still can't quite settle down. It doesn't feel real, and I'm afraid that the person in my arms will disappear.

Lu Zhiluan sensed Jing Miao's uneasiness and reached out to hug him back. He had a lot to say, thousands of words, but in the end, they turned into a meaningful sentence, "I'm back."

The rain stopped, the clouds dispersed, the sky cleared, and the person you love is by your side.