After Qi Yan fell asleep, Lu Fenghan stood by the bedroom window and contacted Vincent, only to find out that the situation was not as simple as the search and rescue personnel said.

"Commander, you have been missing for so long, I thought you didn't die under the muzzle of the rebels, but instead achieved the glorious pinnacle of your interstellar pirate life, and killed you!"

Vincent howled a few words, but he didn't waste any more words and directly threw out the news.

"The incident of a civilian starship being hijacked by interstellar pirates and exploding in the jump channel became the fuse. In fact, to put it bluntly, the interstellar pirates were illiterate and lacked professional skills. They didn't know that they couldn't easily open fire during the jump, but this became a key point for the peace faction to attack the war faction."

Lu Fenghan looked at the night outside the window, "The strength of the virtual interstellar pirates has planted the seeds of fear in the hearts of the citizens of the alliance?"

"That's about it. The information flow about the strength of the interstellar pirates is everywhere on the star network. The attack on Maple Dan No. 1 has been mentioned again, and there are all kinds of old videos. In a word, the interstellar pirates are like a spade, hanging over everyone's head, If you are not careful, it will fall and kill people."

Vincent said in a complicated tone, "You know, we are all sheep, happily eating grass on the grassland, and suddenly a leopard ran out and killed several sheep. The remaining sheep were confused and scared. Didn't they say that there were no leopards twenty years ago? The question is, how many leopards are there now, how powerful are they, and have they evolved? The more unknown, the more afraid we are. "

Lu Fenghan: "Has anyone suggested that the expeditionary army stop fighting first, dispatch troops, and return to defend Leto?"

"Of course there must be! Not only a few people have suggested this, many people think that the rebels are so powerful, and they have been fighting for so many years without any results. It is better to go back and fight the interstellar pirates first, and then continue to fight the rebels. The Central Galaxy and Leto cannot be lost."

Vincent's words rolled around on his tongue twice, but he still said it out, "Many people have also suggested investigating the relevant reports submitted by General Lu Jun, re-verifying his military achievements, and giving the people an explanation for the comeback of the interstellar pirates."

Lu Fenghan: "Didn't someone push down Lu Jun's sculpture in the Sky Diamond Plaza?"

"No, no, it's not that serious yet."

"Not really, but it will be soon?" Lu Fenghan narrowed his eyes slightly, "What is the probability that the peace faction staged the hijacking of the starship by interstellar pirates?"

A few seconds later, Vincent replied, "Eighty percent. I am responsible for the data I inferred."

He said eighty percent and was responsible for his own speculation. Lu Fenghan understood Vincent - the implication was that it was one hundred percent.

Lu Fenghan laughed instead of getting angry: "What a good trick. The frontline suffered a series of defeats, and Leto encountered interstellar pirates twice. The Alliance people who have been comfortable for a long time must have trouble sleeping. Add to that the instigation of public opinion, and everyone will become a frightened bird. When the last straw falls, Crimson will be able to follow public opinion and kick Nie Huai Ting away easily."

"This is the drawback of the current high-intensity information flow. The alliance is too big, and no one will really go to the front line for field investigation. If you talk too much, the fake will become true." Vincent was a little irritable. "General Nie's faction has been replaced for more than 30 important positions in the past month, almost one a day. Once a position is taken away, the back can no longer be defended. I can imagine that Crimson must be laughing in his sleep now!"

Lu Fenghan borrowed Vincent's metaphor: "Do you think a leopard, which is deliberately placed among a flock of sheep, will want to be driven back?"

"Of course not!"

Lu Fenghan sneered: "Everyone understands this."

After chatting for a few more sentences, Vincent asked: "Commander, what will your employer do when you return to the front line? By then, Leto will be in a panic, and the safety factor will drop sharply."

Lu Fenghan turned to the bedroom door and did not speak for a long time.

After a long time, he finally spoke: "He will not stay in Leto, someone will pick him up and leave."

Vincent was sitting in the intelligence department. He was not very clear about the incident caused by the Qi family, but he knew the general idea: "Who will pick him up? The Qi family is unreliable. Is there anyone else on his mother's side? If not, we will take care of him here?"

Lu Fenghan: "No need, he should be from 'that side'."

Vincent was startled, and even heard the sound of something falling to the ground: "Impossible! How old is he? Nineteen years old? He just became an adult!"

But soon, Vincent reacted, "Is his mother a scientific researcher? Is she a core member of 'that side'? If so, then it makes sense. If he is included in the protection list of 'that side' as a direct relative of a core member, his real personal information must be classified and cannot be easily found."

"This is just my personal guess." Lu Fenghan asked, "Where is the convenient place in Leto for ore detection?"

"Did you bring ore back from the deserted planet?" Vincent replied, "Of course Turan is the one for ore detection! The title of the first loser in the alliance is not false. The ore detection device they have is the ninth generation, right? There should be no higher one in the whole of Leto. The one in our school seems to be the sixth generation, which is old and worn out. Every time it is turned on, three screws will fall off."

Lu Fenghan expressed doubts . Asked: "Three generations away?"

Vincent tried hard to maintain the dignity of his alma mater: "Commander, don't underestimate these three generations. Eight million star coins for one generation, and three generations will be twenty-four million star coins! I am a frugal man in the First Military Academy and have saved twenty million star coins!"

Lu Fenghan: "We have to face poverty."

Vincent sighed and said expectantly: "Commander, how about the ore? Is there any prospect of making a fortune?"

"It was not brought back by me, but by Qi Yan." Lu Fenghan deliberately paused before continuing, "He said that if he can get 16 million star coins, he will give me 15 million."

There was no movement for a while, and Vincent whispered: "Is it great to be raised by someone? Is it great to be given money by someone? Is it great to become rich overnight?"

It is indeed great.

Lu Fenghan was in a much better mood and ended the topic, "I'll go see if Qi Yan is asleep and if he kicked the quilt. By the way, the peace faction is progressing too smoothly, you should keep an eye on whether there are other forces behind the scenes adding fuel to the fire."

"Yes!" After agreeing, Vincent thought about it and felt something was wrong, "Wait, commander, the bedrooms are all temperature-controlled, kicking the quilt is nothing--"

The call was hung up.

Lu Fenghan explained his behavior: Vincent was too noisy.

He went across and gently opened Qi Yan's bedroom. The lights were off and he could hear his steady breathing.

He was obviously asleep.

Inexplicably, Lu Fenghan missed the deserted planet a little, when Qi Yan wrapped himself in his coat and rested his head on his thighs in a particularly dependent manner, as if he would no longer be afraid if he was close to him and leaned against him. Lu

Fenghan

stood in the darkness, with his back against the wall, looking in the direction of the bed, and just stared at it quietly for a long time.

On the day Qi Yan returned to school, Xia Zhiyang looked her up and down four or five times to make sure she was fine. He also praised Lu Fenghan, saying that he was a good bodyguard.

When Ye Pei and Mondrian arrived, Qi Yan looked at Ye Pei, who was crying, helplessly, and looked at Lu Fenghan for help.

Lu Fenghan thought, why not just watch her cry until she finishes.

Fortunately, Ye Pei's tear glands were not well developed, and she stopped crying after two minutes. After asking about Qi Yan and Lu Fenghan's experiences, she thanked Lu Fenghan again: "If you hadn't reminded us to activate the escape capsule before the explosion, we might have all died in the jump tunnel."

Lu Fenghan replied briefly: "It should be."

Ye Pei felt disappointed again: "Last time, Maple Dan No. 1 said that interstellar pirates accidentally entered the deactivated jump tunnel and were destroyed in a few days. It was not bad, but this time they hijacked a starship at the gate of Leto! My parents have started to get nervous. They said that there are interstellar pirates everywhere, so they asked me to travel less recently. I originally wanted to go to Woz Star to find it in a few days. "It's for Platinum Blue to play with."

Lu Fenghan reminded: "It's really not suitable to travel far recently, just think of it as the active pirate season now."

Ye Pei couldn't help but believe what Lu Fenghan said: "Okay, then I won't run around, and make another appointment with Platinum Blue."

Mondrian was the first to notice the ore that Lu Fenghan brought to the school: "What is this?"

Qi Yan: "It was brought back from the barren planet where we landed. I think it should be very useful."

Ye Pei had also heard a lot about mining, and immediately said excitedly: "Let's go, let's go for appraisal!"

In a short time, the number of people going to the ore appraisal center increased from two to five.

This matter spread to Turan's intranet communication area, and someone poured cold water on it.

"——Do you really think that anyone can become rich overnight? Every year, countless people in the alliance apply for ore appraisal, but I haven't seen many who can earn back the appraisal fee."

"——Isn't Qi Yan's surname Qi? Why is he so short of money? Is he imitating those interstellar wanderers who pick up stones and daydream? Oh, that's right. His family doesn't seem to like him. His father likes that stepson more."

"——Read what was said before. Is there a story behind it?"

After arriving at the appraisal center, Qi Yan handed the ore to the teacher in charge of appraisal and waited for the result.

After Ye Pei told him a lot of legendary stories about mining for rare and precious minerals, Xia Zhiyang began to fantasize before the appraisal results came out: "Qi Yan, if this ore is very rare and the Alliance rewards you with one million star coins, how will you spend it?"

Qi Yan didn't even think about it: "Give 900,000 to Lu Fenghan."

Xia Zhiyang was stunned: "What if the reward is 10 million star coins?"

Qi Yan answered without hesitation: "Give another 9 million to Lu Fenghan."

Xia Zhiyang looked at Qi Yan, then at Lu Fenghan, and couldn't help but get closer to Qi Yan, and whispered: "Qi Yan, if you are threatened, just blink your left eye!"

After saying that, he still looked nervous.

Lu Fenghan heard the whole sentence and thought, do you think I'm deaf?

But he lowered his head and smiled.

No wonder others suspected that Qi Yan was threatened.

At this time, the teacher who did the appraisal came out and said, "The comparison results are out. This kind of ore belongs to a type that the Alliance has not discovered, and the internal structure is very interesting."

Ye Pei said, "Teacher, what is interesting about it?"

She knew the commonality of these professional teachers.

A teacher who deals with ore will think "this stone is interesting" when he sees an unusual color, just like a botany teacher who thinks all flowers and plants are "interesting".

The appraisal teacher spoke in more detail: "My preliminary judgment is that the internal structure should point to the direction of energy. Do you know the specific location of the planet where this kind of mineral is found?"

Lu Fenghan looked at Qi Yan, and Qi Yan nodded as expected, marking the three-dimensional star map that he had scanned on the small starship on his personal terminal.

Although they didn't get the results immediately, they were not disappointed. They made an appointment with the appraisal teacher to come back next time.

After finishing the work in the laboratory, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening when Qi Yan left school. When approaching the school gate, Lu Fenghan suddenly stopped, blocked Qi Yan behind him, and asked sternly: "Who?"

Unexpectedly, the person who came out would be Jiang Qi.

Compared with a month or two ago, he was obviously much thinner, his hair was a little messy, and he looked a little gloomy.

Lu Fenghan did not move, still hiding Qi Yan behind him: "What's the matter?"

"Nothing, I just heard that you are back, so I came to see you and say hello." Jiang Qi looked regretful, "Why didn't you die even when the starship exploded?"

Lu Fenghan frowned.

Jiang Qi smiled again and said, "I just said the wrong thing, brother, please don't blame me."

"You are really nineteen years old, right? At this age, you still can't learn human language. It seems that the basic education of the Alliance for so many years has not taught you the necessary skills to be a person." Lu Fenghan raised his chin and kindly reminded, "If you really can't learn it, don't force yourself."

The smile on Jiang Qi's face slowly disappeared, and he stared at the two of them hatefully.

Lu Fenghan was too lazy to pay attention to him and took Qi Yan away.

After getting in the car, seeing Qi Yan staring at him without blinking, Lu Fenghan raised his lips: "Why, what are you looking at?"

Qi Yan praised: "You are amazing."

Lu Fenghan thought, these four words are indeed beautiful.

"Amazing in what way?"

"I am amazing at swearing," Qi Yan concluded after recalling the sentences Lu Fenghan used to swear, "You are very good at swearing."

Lu Fenghan was helpless: "Who am I doing this for, huh?"

Qi Yan knew the answer to this question clearly. He thought about it and tried to grab Lu Fenghan's hand.

Lu Fenghan was caught off guard and was caught red-handed.

Qi Yan obviously didn't use much strength, but he couldn't get away at all.

The nerves in the whole arm collectively shut down, and he couldn't give any reaction at all.

Soon, he was led and his fingertips touched Qi Yan's cheek.

Under the light, Qi Yan wondered why Lu Fenghan didn't move, and reminded him puzzledly: "I'll give you a pinch."