Letting go of Qiyan's hand, Lu Fenghan lowered his eyes and asked him: "Are the fireworks beautiful?"

His tone was so relaxed, as if it was just a fireworks display.

Qiyan's eyes were still on the surveillance screen that had returned to stillness.

He was a few seconds late to answer: "Very beautiful." There were a few tiny lights in his eyes, and he was obviously happy.

Lu Fenghan: "Later--"

He wanted to say, I'll blow it up for you to see later.

But the words stopped abruptly at his lips.

When he returned to the front line, even if he bombed it ten or a hundred times, he would not be able to see Qiyan in Leto due to the distance of countless light years.

There was no need to say such a promise that could not be fulfilled.

Lu Fenghan couldn't tell what kind of emotion was floating in his heart, but the current situation obviously didn't allow him to think deeply.

Qi Yan asked Lu Fenghan: "Do you still need Vision?"

"No, long-distance jump relocation requires frequent maintenance. It must be unstable inside after being out of service for so long, and it can't accommodate larger heavyweights. The rebels can send three starships, which is already a risk."

Lu Fenghan thought to himself that the starship central control system developed for Y was like a venomous snake stalking, and it was really persistent.

At the same time, the previously interrupted signal was finally restored, and Lu Fenghan successfully connected to Huo Yan's communication.

"Can you imagine, such a big fortress, but there is not even a technical soldier? The only available civilian was on leave and returned to the ground, and in the end, I, who was driving a destroyer, was forced to go up and repair the signal path!"

After listening to Huo Yan's complaints, Lu Fenghan attacked him mercilessly: "No wonder the signal recovery is so slow." He mentioned the situation just now, "Just a few minutes ago, the third micro-starship coming from the jump point took advantage of the fierce fighting in front and went around behind the fortress's capture cabin. The problem has been solved."

Lu Fenghan said it simply, but Huo Yan understood it at once and broke out in a cold sweat.

On the battlefield, only the result matters. He did not ask how Lu Fenghan managed to survive. He just blamed himself: "The Maple Dan No. 1 was too lazy. I was not alert at all."

Although Huo Yan was his old subordinate, he was now the defense chief of Maple Dan No. 1. Lu Fenghan knew the limit and did not say much. He just said: "There shouldn't be a fourth ship."

So, in the dark universe, seeing a few more lights suddenly is not a good thing. Either the starship has migrated nearby, or the shells are approaching.

Either way, it will cost lives.

"We have successfully controlled the situation in front, and we just need to finish it. The destroyer pilots stationed on Fengdan No. 1 have never seen blood, but in a four-on-two situation, if there are still mistakes, the military uniforms on their bodies can be taken off and thrown into space."

This is the matter of Fengdan No. 1. After listening to it, Lu Fenghan just said "hmm" and did not interrupt.

Before hanging up the communication, Huo Yan said gratefully: "Thank you, commander, I will find you for a drink when you come back to life one day."

Lu Fenghan leaned against the metal wall, and the smoke on his body dissipated. He only replied: "Only for the alliance."

There seemed to be some special tacit understanding between the two. After a few seconds, Huo Yan took a deep breath and smiled: "Only for the alliance!"

Only for the alliance, move forward.

When Lu Fenghan hung up the call, Qi Yan had already returned the operation rights of the G11-3-25 turret to the main control room. After shutting down the surveillance, he exited the main control system of the fortress and erased all traces.

The whole fortress shook again. Lu Fenghan protected Qi Yan to his side and chatted: "Do you know lip reading?"

"Not really," Qi Yan imitated Lu Fenghan and stood firmly against the metal wall. It was a bit cold, but he could barely adapt. He recalled, "I didn't learn it deliberately, and I don't know when I learned it. When I listen to people talking, I can remember their lip shapes and what they say. If I want, I can separate each lip shape from the corresponding words and remember them separately."

Lu Fenghan tried to understand: "Similarly, there is a correspondence table stored in your brain, and each word corresponds to a lip shape. When you want to distinguish a person's lip reading, you just need to quickly look through this correspondence table and find them one by one?"

"That's about it." Qi Yan looked at Lu Fenghan, "I didn't read your lip reading on purpose. I didn't read the words you said before. I just found that you suddenly became nervous, so I subconsciously read your lip reading." "

Well, I don't mind."

Lu Fenghan really didn't mind.

To be honest, between him and Qi Yan, it's hard to say who has more secrets.

And just now, although he should have taken the necessary measures in a critical moment, he had arbitrarily invaded the main control system of Maple Dan No. 1, checked the surveillance, seized the control of the turret, and fired without the order of the fortress 's chief of defense -

any one of them was enough to be charged with "illegal invasion of the military system, stealing alliance secrets, and betraying the alliance." Even Lu Fenghan himself would be accused of "exceeding his authority."

But Qi Yan didn't seem to have thought about these at all.

He said so, and Qi Yan did so.

Lu Fenghan had always been able to sense that Qi Yan seemed to have an extremely strong trust in him.

Including the first time they met, he put his hand on Qi Yan's neck, but Qi Yan didn't even change his breathing frequency.

But Lu Fenghan didn't understand, where did this kind of "trust" that almost surpassed the instinctive knowledge of human survival come from, and what was it based on?

Until the red light on his head was completely extinguished, Lu Fenghan and Qi Yan continued to move forward and came to the place where they separated from the others at the beginning.

Lin Jia was comforting Ye Pei, and Mondrian and Xu Min stood beside them.

Seeing Qi Yan approaching with Lu Fenghan, Mondrian and Ye Pei hurried over. Ye Pei looked Qi Yan up and down twice: "Qi Yan, are you okay?"

Obviously Qi Yan had always been calm and rational, but Ye Pei always felt that Qi Yan had a kind of...fragility. Qi

Yan shook his head: "I'm fine."

Ye Pei patted his chest: "When we were attacked, several of us were here, but you were not here. We were so worried!"

Mondrian also said: "I'm glad you're okay."

Lu Fenghan spoke at the right time: "What happened? After Qi Yan and I heard the broadcast in the fortress, we didn't move because we were afraid of causing trouble."

It was Lin Jia who answered: "It's not a big deal. The fortress defense just reported that this incident was a group of interstellar pirates who mistakenly entered the decommissioned long-distance jump relocation point and accidentally arrived near Daleto. Now, both enemy ships have been destroyed."

Ye Pei has been living in Leto. This is the first time he has been so close to the so-called interstellar pirates and "war" in the real sense. Hearing that the pirates had mistakenly entered and had been eliminated, he was completely relieved, "Great, then we can still stay in Maple Dan No. 1 for one night, right? I was worried that we would be sent back to the ground early because of this!"

Lin Jia smiled and said, "It has been resolved. Of course we can stay for one night as planned."

Lu Fenghan knew clearly that the content of the defense bulletin just reported to the entire fortress would also be a unified statement to the outside world.

Compared to the rebels' planned and premeditated crossing of the jump point to the vicinity of the capital city of Starleto, attempting to seize the starship's central control system, only the crippled interstellar pirates accidentally entering and the two enemy ships being easily destroyed can minimize the panic of ordinary people.

And why the rebels were able to find this deactivated jump channel and where they learned about the central control system is another matter.

Thinking back to the first time I went out to dinner with Qi Yan, Xia Zhiyang commented that all the regions have become sieves.

Lu Fenghan's eyes were a little cold - not necessarily in each region, but it seems that the Allied military is really about to become a sieve.

Dinner was the same pasta for the whole burger, with several kinds of sauces that could be freely matched, and juice was also provided.

Ye Pei and Mondrian were obviously wearing filters and thought it was very delicious. Lu Fenghan, because he had been poisoned by canned pasta on the front line for a long time, ate it reluctantly and said that it tasted okay.

Seeing that Qi Yan didn't taste a single bite, he knew that Xiao Jiaoqi was using practical actions to express his rejection of this plate of pasta.

However, because of the sudden attack today, many people were frightened and had no appetite, and Qi Yan's performance was not very outstanding.

After dinner, several people followed Lin Jia to the space test site of Maple Dan No. 1. One-third of the researchers on site were from Turan, and they welcomed their arrival very much. After staying inside for more than three hours, it was almost time for bed when they returned to their rooms.

The first problem was taking a shower.

Knowing Qi Yan's little habit, Lu Fenghan took the initiative to say, "I'll wait for you outside?"

Qi Yan put his hands on the buttons of his clothes and nodded, "Okay."

Lu Fenghan closed the door.

He leaned against the metal wall by the door, his hands in his pockets, standing lazily. He was originally preparing to review today's sudden attack out of habit, but his thoughts inexplicably diverged and turned to Qi Yan.

He didn't eat a bite of dinner. After he finishes washing, I must remember to remind him to take a tube of nutritional supplements. The one I brought this time seems to be some fruit flavor. I wonder if it suits this picky little guy's taste.

He was already so thin, and his waist was so thin that he could hold it with one hand. When he pressed the launch button, he stood behind Qiyan, and he could faintly feel the shape of the shoulder blades against his chest.

This is not enough to eat well.

After thinking endlessly for a while, the door behind him was opened, and Qi Yan said, "I've washed it."

Lu Fenghan stood up straight and walked in.

When it was his turn to take a shower, Qi Yan did not prepare to go out, but huddled on the bed: "I won't look."

Lu Fenghan didn't care. He crossed his hands, pulled up the corners of his clothes, and put his shirt into the clean clothes box next to the bathroom.

His figure is very well-proportioned, his muscles are tight and strong, and he seems to contain extremely powerful explosive power. Because he has been in space for many years, his skin has a pale feeling from not seeing the sun, but this paleness does not affect his majestic aura. Instead, it makes him look like a classical sculpture from the Earth era. Whether it is his drooping arms or his tight legs, they are all in line with the aesthetics of strength.

Unexpectedly seeing the lines of Lu Fenghan's muscles, Qi Yan blinked a little helplessly. It

's not like he hasn't seen Lu Fenghan like this before.

For example, when Lu Fenghan woke up from the treatment cabin and clamped his neck and pressed him against the wall, he was in a similar state to now.

But for some reason, this time was a little different from before. He only took a quick glance and quickly looked away.

But in fact, to him, there is no essential difference between one glance and several glances.

As long as he has seen it, he can remember it.

So, when he lowered his head to look at the personal terminal, Qi Yan couldn't help but recall the scene he had just seen again.

He attributed this abnormality to people's curiosity about people who are different from themselves.

The bed in the room was as narrow as Lu Fenghan thought. If he chose to lie flat, there would be no place for Qi Yan at all. So he lay on his side on the single bed, barely leaving a space against the wall, and patted it: "You sleep here."

After Qi Yan finished drinking a tube of peach-flavored nutritional supplements, he regretted his suggestion of "he and I sleep in the same room" - the bed was too narrow, and he had already estimated that once he lay on it, there would be no space between him and Lu Fenghan.

But the words that were spoken could not be taken back. Qi Yan put on a loose and soft shirt, stepped over Lu Fenghan, and lay down in the space reserved.

He subconsciously held his breath.

Lu Fenghan soon noticed it, and laughed and joked: "Are you so nervous about sleeping in the same bed with me? Well, I won't eat you, breathe."

Qi Yan realized that he was holding his breath, and as soon as he relaxed, he took a deep breath.

All the breath belonging to Lu Fenghan around him went into his nose and into his body.

He was a little bit unable to describe what Lu Fenghan's breath was like. It was very cold, hard, and sharp, and it was mixed with the lingering smell of gunpowder, shining like a sharp blade.

For most people, such a breath is too aggressive, making people subconsciously afraid and staying away.

Qi Yan, however, likes it very much, and even cannot control himself, and can easily become addicted.

Lu Fenghan was going to ease Qi Yan's nervousness by chatting, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of any topic, so he had to start with the attack that happened today: "Do you know why those three starships attacked the fortress?"

Qi Yan didn't dare to look at him, and just shook his head: "I don't know."

"The source structure of the Alliance starship's central control system was in the fortress at the time. The rebels' target was this. But now, it should have been sent to Leto."

"Central control system?" Qi Yan affirmed, "Even if they stole it, they can't use it."

Lu Fenghan raised his eyebrows: "Why?"

Qi Yan replied: "The central control system has a very complicated 'lock'. Without the 'key', it can't be opened and can't be used."

Lu Fenghan wanted to ask you why you knew, but in the end, as usual, he didn't ask.

After only telling the beginning, Lu Fenghan realized that it was not that he did not have the talent for telling stories, but that Qi Yan was a participant in the follow-up.

There is no point in talking further.

After staying up late for several nights in a row and not getting enough sleep, Qi Yan felt sleepy as soon as he got close to Lu Fenghan.

While Lu Fenghan was thinking about whether he should think about something else, he noticed from the corner of his eye that Qi Yan's dense and straight eyelashes slowly drooped, and finally closed his eyes.

Looking again, her breathing was rising and falling, and she had fallen asleep.

Lu Fenghan turned off the lights and closed his eyes.

However, Lu Fenghan woke up in the second half of the night.

When he just lay down on the bed, Qi Yan, who was lying flat on her back with a neat sleeping posture, had crawled into his arms without knowing when, with the tip of her nose pressed against his neck, and every breath itched her heart.