Interstellar Art Soldier 19
Tao Yuan was in the cockpit of Zolei's mech, curiously asking questions, and Zolei patiently answered them one by one. Suddenly, Tao Yuan saw the art soldiers standing in front of him, all excitedly watching and discussing. He wondered what a coincidence it was that these people were also here to see the mech at this time.
Tao Yuan had originally thought they would just take a look and leave, and he wanted to wait until they left before asking Zuo Lei to take him down. But those people looked for a long time, as if they still couldn't get enough. Tao Yuan felt hungry, and it was time for dinner, so he didn't bother waiting for them to leave.
Tao Yuan asked Zuo Lei to take him down. Under the gaze of those people, the two walked out of the cockpit and then landed on the ground. Those people were all stunned.
Lin Ya glanced at Tao Yuan, then turned back to look at the stunned expressions of the others, and couldn't help but laugh. Although he envied Tao Yuan, he was also genuinely happy for him. He found the frustrated expressions of those who seemed so jealous and disliked Tao Yuan, yet unable to do anything about him, quite amusing.
They could only stand here and watch, and couldn't even get any closer. This was Tao Yuan's second time in the cockpit, and he was carried down by Zuo Lei each time.
As soon as Elman saw Tao Yuan coming out of the cockpit, he immediately turned to look at his brother. He wanted to pull his brother away immediately, but he was worried that doing so would make his brother feel even more uncomfortable. He regretted it in his heart. If he had known that Tao Yuan and Zuo Lei were in the cockpit of the mecha, he would never have forced his brother to come, and his brother would not have witnessed this scene.
Dean was initially struck by the sight of the mechas. Almost everyone dreams of piloting one. But he knew that no matter how hard he tried, it would be impossible to achieve. He stared at Zore's mecha, almost lost in thought, his mind racing with fantasies.
But when he saw Tao Yuan and Zuo Lei coming out, the fantasy scene shattered like a mirror, pulling him back to reality.
Dean was stunned for a moment, then turned around and left. He told himself that his heart was numb and no longer felt any pain. No matter what he saw, he didn't care.
Elman opened his mouth, wanting to scream but unable to make a sound, so he could only quickly follow.
For the next two or three days, Tao Yuan basically stayed in Zuo Lei's lounge. Anyway, he had already greeted the squad leader, so Tao Yuan didn't care what others thought.
Tao Yuan told the squad leader that he and Zuo Lei were already engaged. Not only were they now legally engaged, but their families were already preparing for their wedding, and they would soon become a married couple. The squad leader didn't say anything after learning that the two were engaged and about to get married. Even at the base, as long as two people were engaged or already married, they could live together.
Tao Yuan had been living with Zuo Lei, and the squad leader had no objection. However, some people had objections, so they went to the squad leader to express their dissatisfaction.
"Captain, ever since we entered the cave base, Luo Xi has been showing up every day and then leaving, never coming back to sleep. Even if he's in a relationship with Major General Zuo Lei, they're not married yet. Wouldn't it be bad for him to stay at his place forever?"
"Yes, he's been staying with Major General Zuo Lei. What will the other soldiers think? If those soldiers think that all the art soldiers are as frivolous as him, even our reputation and image will be affected by him."
"He's been living in Major General Zuo Lei's personal lounge even before the wedding. Isn't that appropriate?"
"He's a team leader, and he doesn't know how to behave. If everyone in his team follows his example and starts living with their partner, then everyone will follow suit."
"Even if he wanted to live with Major General Zuo Lei, he should have at least waited until they got married. How impatient is he to move in together before they even got married?"
The squad leader waited for him to finish speaking, then looked at them and asked, "Are you done? Anything else?"
They looked at each other, and seeing the look in the squad leader's eyes, they stopped talking.
"Luo Xi and Major General Zuo Lei are already engaged, and after this border assistance mission is over, they'll be returning to Imperial Star to get married." The squad leader looked at them and said, "According to the regulations, as long as they're engaged, they can live together without waiting for the wedding. They haven't broken any rules, so why are you preventing them from living together? Are you jealous?"
"They are already engaged?! And they are getting married soon?!" Those people widened their eyes in surprise, with expressions of unwillingness to believe.
"Major General Zuo Lei personally sent me a photo of their legal engagement certificate and called me over to tell me where Luo Xi would be staying for the next few days." The squad leader looked at them and said, "If you don't believe me, how about I take you to Major General Zuo Lei and let him tell you himself?"
Those people hadn't expected Tao Yuan to be engaged to Zuo Lei, but they hadn't said anything. Any other person would have boasted about it long ago. After hearing what the squad leader said, they could only suppress their jealousy and walked away from him with their heads lowered.
When the others heard their conversation, they were also a little surprised. They were mainly surprised that Tao Yuan did not reveal the fact that he and Zuo Lei were engaged.
Although the network communication with the outside of Planet A11 had been cut off, the internal network communication of the cave base was still available. So when those people went to find the squad leader, Lin Ya dialed Tao Yuan's communicator, and Tao Yuan heard all their conversations.
Tao Yuan lay on the bed covered with a quilt. He was naked underneath because Zuo Lei had just left and he was still resting. Tao Yuan turned off the communicator, closed his eyes, and waited for the aftershocks to fade away before throwing off the quilt, getting out of bed, and heading to the bathroom.
An hour later, Tao Yuan appeared in the collective lounge of the art soldiers. As soon as he appeared, almost everyone looked at him, because before he came in, they were still discussing the fact that he and Zuo Lei were engaged and would be getting married soon.
Tao Yuan first greeted the squad leader, then walked towards Lin Ya.
"What are you doing?" Tao Yuan asked while sitting on the sofa beside Lin Ya's bed.
"Besides daydreaming and sleeping, what else can I do? I can't do anything else even if I want to. Why are you here?" Lin Ya leaned back on the bed and looked at Tao Yuan and asked deliberately.
"I'm tired of sitting in my bachelor's lounge, so I came here to sit for a while," Tao Yuan said.
"Then you'd better stay in a daze for a while, otherwise people will say that you just show up and leave every time." Lin Ya deliberately spoke loudly.
"I originally thought that waiting for the Storm Rock to pass for a few days would be really boring. For some people whose mouths hurt if they didn't gossip about others, my absence would allow them to gossip freely, which would make their mouths feel better and help them pass the time. Unfortunately, some people don't understand my painstaking efforts, so I can only come here and stare blankly, letting them watch me and get jealous."
"Who made you not only outstanding yourself, but also find an outstanding fiancé? People like them will never be able to compare with you in this life. What else can they do except being jealous and gossiping? Just understand." Lin Ya said.
"I think there's a saying that makes a lot of sense: 'Appearance is determined by the heart.' Do you know why I'm so good-looking? Because I never envy others, nor do I say anything behind their backs. If I have to say anything, I say it to their face. Some people are ugly because their hearts are so dirty that it shows on their faces. With a dirty heart and an ugly face, who knows who will be so unlucky as to marry such a person in the future?"
Tao Yuan wasn't just blaming someone indirectly; he was just short of calling those people names. When they heard what Tao Yuan said, their faces turned pale with anger, but they didn't dare to argue with him. Team members could argue about the performance, but not about personal matters. Arguing would result in a demerit and points being deducted. Tao Yuan had a high score, so he wasn't afraid of the deduction, but they would feel the pain of even a single point being deducted.
"Oh~" Lin Ya said as if suddenly enlightened, "That's what you said before, jealousy makes people ugly. So that's what you meant. No wonder some people become uglier day by day after joining the fleet."
Everyone could hear Tao Yuan and Lin Ya's conversation, including Dean, who was reading. Although he didn't even look up, he heard everything clearly. He thought to himself, "No wonder their squad leader said Tao Yuan was a tough guy. Every word he said was sharp and could hurt someone." But those people who were talking about others behind their backs were also wrong.
Tao Yuan and Lin Ya chatted back and forth, making the faces of the people look distorted, and then they started to change the topic.
As they were chatting, Lin Ya suddenly asked, "Have you and Major General Zuo Lei set a date for your wedding?"
"It's settled. Zuo Lei's family has prepared everything that can be prepared in advance. We are just waiting for us to go back and register first, and then the wedding can be held immediately." Tao Yuan said.
"I thought they would wait until you returned to Emperor Star to start preparing for the wedding, but they've already started preparing so early? It seems like his family really wants you to get married as soon as possible." Lin Ya looked up and began to imagine, "What kind of wedding will his family prepare for you?"
"Do you want to take a look? Zuo Lei's mother sent me a lot of designed 3D scene drawings for me to choose from." Tao Yuan said as he opened his communicator.
"Of course!" Lin Ya sat up straight with excitement, and then said excitedly and curiously, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Let me see it quickly."
Tao Yuan clicked on the projection on the screen, and then clicked on the three-dimensional images and animated images one by one for him to see.
"It's so beautiful! Are you going to get married in a place like this?!" Lin Ya looked at his 3D drawings of the venues, his eyes sparkling with stars. Although he was also from an aristocratic family, such a luxurious yet elegant decoration would really make people's heart beat at first sight.
"Well, the venue was specially designed by Zuo Lei's mother. I selected these utensils and small decorations and asked them to be matched like this. Does it look good?" Tao Yuan felt that since it was his own wedding, he should at least participate in the decoration. He would not worry about the big scenes. The design by Zuo Lei's mother was already perfect enough. He still had to spend a little thought on these small decorations so that he could feel involved.
"They're so beautiful!" Lin Ya couldn't take her eyes off them, and exclaimed from the bottom of her heart, "These things are beautiful enough when viewed alone, and they're even more beautiful when paired together like this. When I have my wedding in the future, you can help me choose some and match them together."
"No problem." Tao Yuan agreed readily, and then continued to let him look at the layout of other parts of the venue.
"Oh my God! How much will your wedding cost?" Lin Ya looked at the scenes and couldn't help but be shocked.
"I also think this is a bit too extravagant, but Zuo Lei's mother said that this is her last wedding banquet. She will not care about her grandchildren's weddings in the future and will let their parents handle it themselves. So we must do our best this time so that neither she nor we have any regrets." Tao Yuan also advised Madam Ruiya that it might not be a good idea to be so extravagant, but Madam Ruiya was probably so happy because her son married someone she was satisfied with that she used her own private money to hold a wedding for them and used the best of everything.
Lin Ya nodded and said with great understanding, "Parents always love their youngest child more. Major General Zuo Lei has such a big age difference from his two brothers, so his mother must be partial to him. But I think that from such a lavish wedding, we can also see how satisfied his mother is with you. If she wasn't really very satisfied with you, she wouldn't have made such a big scene."
Tao Yuan thought to himself that he had actually hit the nail on the head.
As Tao Yuan showed Lin Ya the projected 3D animations, everyone nearby couldn't help but look over, their curiosity etched in their eyes. The dreamlike setting made them envious like cats scratching their paws. Even the squad leader couldn't help but look over, feeling that this wedding scene was the dream of every woman.
Dean had been reading, but after hearing what Lin Ya said, he couldn't help but raise his head and stare at the projection screen in a trance. He wondered if he hadn't broken up with Zuo Lei, would he have had a wedding like this, one carefully arranged by Zuo Lei's mother?
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