Chapter 257 98%

The system's voices rang out one after another:

[Huh? A567's character card jumped another 1%, progress 97%-98%... Weird, you can change your character card by washing your face? Wash! Wash hard!]

“Anushka, I am just using hot water to relieve…”

Shi Cunjin was embraced in a tight embrace. He closed his eyes and wiped away the cold water on his eyelids. When he opened his eyes again, Anushka gently pressed the back of his neck and his face rested on the crook of Anushka's neck again.

Shi Cunjin's face was pressed against the stiff military white collar. Under the collar, the muscles on the side of Anushka's neck were as tight as stones, and her skin was as hot as if fire had rolled through it. The heat was separated by a thin layer of white collar, steaming Shi Cunjin's face, and the heat gently licked away the water droplets on Shi Cunjin's face.

“…I’m just tired from work.” Shi Cunjin said.

They were pressed tightly together, and Shi Cunjin could feel Anushka's heartbeat beneath her military uniform in his chest without having to listen carefully.

That heart was not as passionate and wild as before. It was beating slowly, with a heartbeat interval of as long as once every ten seconds.

"Anushka?" Shi Cunjin frowned, wrapped his arms around Anushka's back, and raised his hand to touch the four-winged scales hanging down from Anushka's back. The butterfly wings were stiff, and the delicate and rough scales were as hard as reefs. He even forgot to fold his wings, and rushed over to hug her with his wings clanging.

Shi Cunjin stroked the stiff scales, as if it was a signal, Anushka silently hugged Shi Cunjin closer, closer, and tighter. Two seconds later, Shi Cunjin felt that he couldn't touch the ground. Anushka held his waist, almost hugged him and lifted him up, their necks intertwined, their limbs entangled, as if their flesh and bones were connected, and she tucked him completely into her arms.

Even though Shi Cunjin is very smart, it is difficult for him to immediately treat Anushka's current problem. They have been through a lot together, including the violent battlefield, the chaotic carnival, and the oolong autograph session. Which one is not thrilling? Anushka has seen him exhausted, dying, and threatened. They both know that the intimidation and threat of death cannot hurt Shi Cunjin's heart and emotions.

"Anushka." Shi Cunjin called again, "I'm fine."

The bathroom was quiet.

As both his hands were held tightly, Shi Cunjin could only rub Anushka's neck with his face, signaling him not to be in a daze, "You're leaving get off work at this time? Director Eamon didn't keep you here?"

Shi Cunjin laughed twice, "Could he have sneaked back?"

After a while, the heart in Shi Cunjin's arms, which had been beating once in a while, slowly returned to its normal beating frequency.

"It's not a sneak attack." Anushka, who also buried her face in Shi Cunjin's neck, said, "We have inspected the batches of AI armor in the first 20 areas of the experimental area. The original next work plan was to return to the command to discuss the adaptation of the AI ​​battle array in detail. Before that, General Amon was temporarily called away by an important communication that he could not leave."

"Today's daytime work is over, and I have an hour to rest before work starts tonight."

Shi Cunjin felt their chests tightening against each other. Anushka took a deep breath, stood up straight, stepped back a few inches, looked at Shi Cunjin, and asked in a normal tone, "Who did you talk to about work today? In what ways did they make things difficult for you? Tell me."

[It's all right now] rolled around Shi Cunjin's lips. He held the slow-beating heart in his arms, and the last words he said were: "Okay."

Shi Cunjin couldn't figure out what was wrong with Anushka, but he knew how to ease his partner's hidden fear. "I haven't had much rest since this morning, and I have to do a live broadcast later. You can lie down on the bed with me, and I'll talk slowly."

Shi Cunjin joked, "It is widely rumored that Fate is using the Far East Army's weapons to bully others. If they get what they want, I will start to complain now."

The tight hug loosened.

"good."

Shi Cunjin laughed, stood up again, reached out to straighten Anushka's messy collar, held Anushka's chin, gently lifted her up, and kissed the slightly wooden-looking Far East CEO's lips. He smiled and said, "Go change into a light nightgown, and we'll talk on the bed."

The stone-faced President of the Far East lowered his head and carefully and lovingly kissed the red marks on his partner's cheeks that were left by the military-style stand-up collar.

A little later.

The master bedroom became dim with the sleep light on, and Shi Cunjin and Anushka lay on the bed hugging each other.

Shi Cunjin simplified the situation, saying that there were both good and bad things about the parliament. He said, "Some members are reasonable and courageous." Shi Cunjin paused and said objectively, "The other side of courage is being too arbitrary."

Shi Cunjin and Anushka talked about the cause and effect of Cat Eye's new necklace, and sighed: "The original intention of the design of micro-controlled hormones is good, but it is not suitable to make this technology into a terminal that can be remotely controlled at any time and then tied to life... Once life is digitized, its weight disappears."

Anushka had been busy with the AI ​​armor review all day and hadn't read the important report documents sent by the Jidong Customs. After listening to his lover's words, he said calmly, "You always want to think the best of them, Destiny. The essence of the parliament and the court is the same. They both care about who has the ultimate power, and they are good at using this kind of absolute power to negotiate, inducing other Zergs to bow their heads and surrender, and then get what they want."

"The entire alliance is paying attention to the Far East. My background network connects the Wanderers and the First Army. How crazy am I to kill the Zerg in the Far East? As for the Cat's Eyes... tsk, they could have brought a normal team of Guardians with them, but they insisted on cramming in 36,000 more waiters. In addition to the messy political games, Cat's Eyes simply loves to show off and flaunt their privileges in the cloud."

Anushka said coldly, "You think the Cat's Eye Council is reasonable, but it's only because the Council needs your help and thinks that Lord Sariel is closer to you as a Fate, so they show a reasonable attitude. You can trust them appropriately, but don't really be fooled by the Cat's Eye Council. The faces and hearts of all privileged species are similar. Once they want something, they will do everything friendly to the target. It doesn't matter how many heads they crush in the process."

"Even if it's me," Anushka paused, lowered his head, and gently rubbed Shi Cunjin's forehead with his lips, his posture was charming, and his voice was still calm, calm and somewhat inorganic and cold, "... Think about it, where have you been since I met you?"

Shi Cunjin smiled and said softly: "Wow, sharp insights."

This sound is like a call for a kiss.

Anushka pressed against Shi Cunjin's forehead, slid his lips down, and kissed Shi Cunjin's lower lip. His voice was cold and dry, "Don't share your pity with those bugs of Cat Eyes. They have been standing for 400 years, and everything is going smoothly. The whole alliance follows the West District, and they don't need your help." He paused again and again, sucked Shi Cunjin's lower lip twice, and bit it, "The Cat Eyes Parliament and the Court are the same kind of stuff, don't be fooled."

[Oh my god, this is a very standard way of pulling someone down.] The system muttered. [It seems to make some sense.]

"Yes, yes..." Shi Cunjin shook his head and took back his lower lip, "Thank you for your comments. Anyway, I agree to the entry application from the Cat's Eye Council. They dare to make such a heavy guarantee... If the moth species causes a mutiny or other disasters in the future, the Far East District will not be at the center of public opinion."

"I will arrange for a surveillance team to keep an eye on them 24 hours a day," Anushka said coldly. "Do you think I'm a mindless thug? Fine, then enjoy the full surveillance from entry to departure."

"Yeah." Shi Cunjin laughed and said, "Did you succeed in filing the complaint?"

Anushka was silent for a few seconds, “Yeah, success.”

Next, Shi Cunjin picked out some old stories and Anushka listened quietly until Shi Cunjin said that the diplomacy of the northeast, south and north regions was respectively in charge of different senior officials. Anushka suddenly kissed Shi Cunjin on the lips again. Shi Cunjin kept talking, and once he was kissed, his tongue was immediately held and sucked a few times.

Shi Cunjin: “……?”

"If you were born and raised in Cat's Eye, you would still marry me." Anushka said without any emotion, "Those high-ranking officials who can enter the parliament will not open up dating applications in the first few years of adulthood, but will travel and expand their social circle first. When they are well-educated, they will start to contact dating applications from a large region."

"Calculating your current adulthood time, it will be about three or four years later. Going through the normal dating application approval process, unless one of the senior nobles in charge of the East and South districts suddenly dies, you will only date the female insects of the North district faction." Anushka paused, "According to the original way Chief Amon trained me, I was originally scheduled to be demoted to the Third Army in 2003 to familiarize myself with the internal management procedures of the Ten Armies. The Third Army has a complex composition, which is suitable for me to open my eyes."

"The Third Army is stationed in the Arctic Region." Anushka's tone suddenly became lighter, as if someone had filled his throat with air. His voice was uneven, revealing a kind of disoriented and strange excitement. "If you really grew up in Cat's Eye, the parliament would have persuaded you to date me, get to know me, and then get married. If you don't want to, they will persuade you to do so."

[Shit. This is exactly what the original novel says!] The system howled, stop being so awkward, [What the hell… A567 actually knows this… You privileged people…]

Shi Cunjin touched Anushka's golden hair at the back of her neck. The Far East CEO, who was burdened with idol image, had his hair restored to its original shape in the morning. Now, he felt the ends of her hair were smooth again. Shi Cunjin said as he touched her hair, "You sound very proud."

Anushka hummed, her tone calm and full of righteousness: "It is destined that we should be together, why can't we be proud of it."

"You are so domineering and thoughtful. Aren't you afraid that Mr. Sariel, the Cat Eye, will dislike you?" Shi Cunjin asked with a smile.

“…” Anushka was silent for a few seconds, “I will say sorry faster.”

"Really promising." Shi Cunjin said lightly, and then he went on to talk about the next topic, Hefes and the South District.

Cunjin handled this trouble faster. Anushka couldn't find any place to show off her privileges. In the end, she could only comment coldly: "You can't have a poor vision and be too greedy at the same time. Unfortunately, they both have them, and they were overthrown by the people below them sooner or later."

"So, the troubles don't bother me at all." Shi Cunjin laughed twice, "I'm just busy all the time, and I'm a little tired physically, so I took a bath in hot water to relieve my fatigue."

The master bedroom fell silent again for a moment.

"What were you thinking about when you came back, in the bathroom..." Shi Cunjin raised his hand and stroked Anushka's chest, and asked worriedly: "Your heartbeat is abnormally slow."

moment.

"I."

A few more seconds of silence.

"The moment I misunderstood you and developed a self-destructive depression, I suddenly understood why my female father would choose that kind of... stupid way of dying that everyone in the world would agree on."

"It's just that you chose to die on your own initiative," Anushka said calmly. "I could feel that something was wrong with my heart immediately."

"It's the kind of injury that can't even heal itself. The main blood vessel in the blood chamber is bursting, the pumping speed is unbalanced, and the function is suspended. It almost died of fear when I thought you were dying."

“Destiny,” Anushka whispered. “We grew up together.”

So that's how it is. Shi Cunjin understood the reason for the sudden jump in the 1% character setting progress, which was Anushka's reconciliation with her parents' choice.

“I will do for you anything my female father did for my male father,” Anushka said calmly. “Anything.”