Qi Yan didn't eat the promised cakes until midnight.

He lay on the bed, the quilt just covering his waist, revealing his narrow waist and jade-colored back. There were marks all over his shoulder blades and back grooves, and there were still light red fingerprints on his waist.

Hearing the sound of the door sliding open, Qi Yan's eyelashes trembled, but he didn't open his eyes. He just shouted hoarsely, "General?"

But the volume was too low, and it didn't stir up ripples in the air.

After a while, the sound of a plate being placed on the table came.

The bed sank, and someone lay on the bed, and strong arms held him in their arms.

Resting his chin on the other's firm neck, Qi Yan sniffed, and the strong breath belonging to Lu Fenghan mixed with the very light fragrance of flowers immediately filled his nose, and his internal organs were also soaked, making him more and more dizzy, and he just wanted to close his eyes and continue to sleep.

In a daze, Qi Yan remembered that it seemed that he had not felt barefoot in the ice and snow for a long time.

But there was always someone disturbing him.

Lu Fenghan first kissed the end of Qi Yan's eyebrows, and then rubbed it with the tip of his nose: "Be good, don't sleep yet, eat something, otherwise you will get a stomachache if you are hungry in the middle of the night."

Qi Yan didn't want to answer, turned his face inward, and buried himself deeper in Lu Fenghan's neck.

This little action made Lu Fenghan feel secretly happy. He smiled and said, "Really not eating?"

After a while, Qi Yan finally said, "Feed me."

Lu Fenghan was naturally happy.

He fed the cake to Qi Yan's mouth. After he put it in his mouth, Lu Fenghan glanced at the end of Qi Yan's eyes, cheeks, and nose wings, and suddenly asked, "Can I kiss you?"

Qi Yan didn't answer, but raised her head and kissed Lu Fenghan's jaw.

She originally wanted to just touch him once, but Lu Fenghan quickly pinched her chin and kissed her for another two minutes.

Qi Yan sat up to eat pastries after his sleepiness was gone. Lu Fenghan wanted to continue feeding him, but Po Jun reminded him, "There is a communication request from General Nie Huai Ting. Do you want to accept it?"

So, after the video communication was successfully connected across countless light years, Lu Fenghan asked, "You are so old, why are you still not asleep in the middle of the night?"

Nie Huai Ting was silent for two seconds: "Did you swallow gunpowder?"

Lu Fenghan paid attention to the edge of the camera and did not let Qi Yan into the camera. He only looked at himself: "It's 00:57 Leto time. Are you suffering from insomnia?"

He had his shirt collar open and stretched his legs against the head of the bed. He sat casually, not like he was facing his superior, but more like a young man greeting an elder at home.

"I'm not suffering from insomnia. I just finished the meeting and couldn't sleep for a while. I wanted to talk to you."

Perhaps it was because of the recapture of Leto that everything was on the right track and moving in a good direction. The heavy stone in his heart was gone, and Nie Huai Ting's brows relaxed, and even the "川" pattern on his forehead became lighter.

"A report has been submitted. It is planned to erect a statue of Lu Jun in the Sky Diamond Square again. The previous statue that was beheaded by the rebels will be put in the exhibition hall as one of the traces of the fall of the capital star this time, and also to commemorate those who died in that protest. You are Lu Jun's son, and I need to ask for your opinion on this matter."

Lu Fenghan remembered this incident.

During the period of rebel occupation, Leto had a "statue protection" movement. Countless civilians gathered at the Diamond Square to protect the statues from being destroyed by the rebels. For three whole days, many people sacrificed their lives for this.

Not only for the statues, but also for their beliefs.

"I have no opinion, but I carved a few words on the inner edge of the right side of the statue's clothes. When you put it in the exhibition hall, pay attention to the angle so that no one can see it."

It was the first time in so many years that Lu Fenghan mentioned it. Nie Huai Ting was curious: "What did you carve inside?" Qi

Yan, who was eating cakes, also looked at him, waiting for an answer.

Glancing at it out of the corner of his eye and wiping the cake crumbs on the corner of Qi Yan's mouth, Lu Fenghan was very honest: "I didn't carve anything. I just wrote 'Lu Jun is a bastard'." Nie

Huai Ting laughed: "When did you carve it?"

"I entered the First Military Academy at the age of fifteen. I lost a fight for the first time, and I lost badly. I quietly climbed over the wall to the Sky Diamond Square, sat at the foot of the statue and said a lot of things. After I finished talking, no one paid attention to me. I was so angry that I just carved it." Lu Fenghan did not hide his dark history and was very righteous. "Later, I thought about erasing it, but there was a problem with the material of the statue, so it couldn't be erased."

Nie Huai Ting clicked his fingers twice and smiled again: "Your father has a good temper. He won't be angry with you even if he knew."

After speaking, Nie Huai Ting showed gratitude.

Most of his former comrades turned into star dust when they were young, and no trace of them could be found. Only he was left, gradually aging, standing under the banner of the shield and sword, guarding the alliance.

Lu Fenghan changed the subject: "Now that the war is over, have the peace faction jumped out?"

It was a habit.

In wartime, in order to protect themselves and comply with public opinion, it is natural to give way to the war faction first. Once the war is over, the peace faction will inevitably jump out and pull out the banner of "external threats can promote unity within the alliance" as their own political capital.

"Even if one Crimson is gone, there are still tens of millions of Crimson. There have been disagreements on the issue of chasing pirates. The peace faction still holds the same old view, believing that the interstellar pirates should be left as a lead." Nie Huaiting said in a cold tone, "I didn't save face and directly rejected it at the meeting."

Lu Fenghan agreed very much.

It's still the same old saying, either you cut the grass and root it out, or you raise a tiger to cause trouble.

If you leave a lead today, it may be another rebel army tomorrow.

"While I am still being listened to, let's restore stability to the alliance. The flames of war have been burning for more than seventy years, it's time to put them out." Nie Huaiting rubbed his forehead, "My lifetime is no longer than a hundred years, I can't care about the future."

"Well, each generation has its own opportunities, and each generation has its own mission." Lu Fenghan said with a smile, "But no matter how poor the finances are, we must continue to invest in the humanoid combat mecha project."

The emergence of humanoid combat mecha means a kind of innovation - tactical, technical, and even in the entire history of war.

Anyone who has been immersed in the battlefield can see that compared to the need for coordination and cooperation of starships, future humanoid mechas are more adapted to interstellar wars.

No matter what the alliance will be like in the future, whether it will encounter war again, there is no reason to stop after taking this step.

"I see. I think so too. Just treat him as a descendant of Fu Ze." Nie Huai Ting tapped his fingers on the table and pondered, "Have you met the wise man?"

Lu Fenghan put Qi Yan's empty plate back on the table and answered, "Yes." He pinched Qi Yan's fingers out of habit and described, "He is very young and very rational. After waking up and finding that he was captured, his mood has been very stable. He is a worry-free prisoner."

The wise man was locked in a closed room with nothing inside except for the nutrient. No one was allowed to enter. Even the surveillance video was only allowed to be watched by Po Jun, which cut off the wise man's contact with the outside world to the greatest extent. Lu Fenghan never underestimated the brainwashing ability and influence of the wise man.

As for Lu Fenghan himself, he didn't think about chatting with the wise man at first.

He was the brigadier general of the alliance and the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force. He had his own position and responsibilities.

Time was precious. He didn't need to listen to the psychological journey of an enemy leader, to understand what kind of person the other party was and why he did these things.

On some issues, right is right, wrong is wrong, and there is no middle ground.

Knowing Lu Fenghan's methods, Nie Huai Ting said, "You really blocked his way."

"How about you hand him over to me?"

It was agreed at the beginning that the wise man would be brought back to the capital star when the expeditionary command ship set out. During this period, many people in the alliance had their own purposes and proposed to escort the wise man to Leto in advance, but Nie Huai Ting refused all of them under pressure.

He almost said that he only believed in Lu Fenghan.

Lu Fenghan got down to business: "There are a lot of messy things in the Divine Court. It is illegal to release them to the Alliance. I asked Long Xiyun to lead his men to destroy them. I heard that his men had nightmares for several days after returning from the mission. As for the useful things, the transport ships have almost transported them. After resting, the day after tomorrow, which is October 21st, the expeditionary force will set out to return to Leto."

After the communication was cut off, Qi Yan asked: "Going back the day after tomorrow?"

Lu Fenghan put his arm around Qi Yan's shoulders: "Well, the front-line affairs have been concluded. Whether it is the newly discovered star field or the planet where the original Divine Court is located, It will be taken over by administrative officials sent by the Secretary-General. Whether it will be incorporated into the Southern Cross Region or set up as a separate administrative region is none of the business of the expeditionary force."

Qi Yan recalled: "One year ago today, on October 21, 216, we were attending the Roentgen Award Ceremony at the L'Elysee Concert Hall. Ye Pei, Mondrian, Chagall and Platinum were all there."

Lu Fenghan also remembered: "We pursue glory, but also truth?"

L'Elysee Concert Hall, Roentgen Award - familiar terms, covered with a layer of gray by the time that has passed in between, becoming slightly less real.

Under the not-so-bright light of the lounge, a faint shadow fell on Lu Fenghan's straight nose, and the smile on his face never faded: "When we return to Leto, we can call Xia Zhiyang and Ye Pei to travel to Woz together. There is also the cobalt-blue mountain made of Linus crystals. When it snows and there is snow on the mountain, we will go to see it together."

Qi Yan was slightly stunned.

Lu Fenghan remembered everything he said.

Kissing Qi Yan's hair again, Lu Fenghan said: "In the future, no matter where Yanyan wants to go, we don't have to worry about danger."

The rebels have been defeated, and the name "Y" will no longer bring you murderous intent and danger, but only glory.