Chapter 74 The white feather on the roof gently brushed across my dry palms

At this moment, all the noise disappeared from his ears, and the only thing left was Ji He's slightly surprised look that he didn't have time to retract in the panic.

Huo Yubai reached out and hugged him, as if he was hugging his own world, and the missing puzzle was finally complete.

Countless lights floating overhead, interweaving into the Milky Way on earth, fell into Colonel Huo's eyes as he looked towards Ji He.

Alpha was not wearing a military uniform, and his hair was hanging loosely, making him look younger than his actual age.

This outfit, both in color and style, is a bit like what Huo Yubai wore when they first met.

"Are you scared?"

A voice deeper than that of his youth passed through the silent and absurd years and fell repeatedly on Ji He's eardrums.

"Why did you run away without a word?"

The crowd was bustling, and Ji He wanted to keep a certain distance from Huo Yubai, but because of the unavoidable crowd, he stuck to each other.

“I didn’t run away.”

His earlobes felt a little hot, and Ji He thought that there must be too many people here, making him feel a little breathless.

"Yes, I still have family leave to take."

Ji He lowered his eyes and continued walking forward.

Huo Yubai used his body to build a defense for Ji He, wrapping him tightly in his arms. He asked, "Why did you choose to take a family visit leave at this time? Is it to avoid me?"

His heart skipped a beat; Beta's secrets were revealed.

"The Colonel thinks too much."

The two were silent for a while. Colonel Huo felt that the worst mistake he had made in his life was that he didn't think enough when he was trying to date Ji He.

"You said you would take me back to Tong Planet."

"Now you have left me behind and are attending the ceremony alone. Isn't that breaking your promise?"

Ji He was stunned. He didn't expect that Colonel Huo still remembered this incident. He didn't know how to explain it and simply ignored the other party's questions.

After walking through this narrow alley, the parade finally arrived at the small square. The crowd dispersed and Ji He was finally freed and breathed a sigh of relief.

In the dark night, countless tall indigo trees stood silently. The sound of the wind blowing through the ribbons and the rustling of the leaves sounded like low sobs.

A white-feathered bird, representing the messenger of God, flew through the night sky, flapping its wings and making a few crisp chirps.

Nowadays, most of the people attending the festival are tourists, but there are also some local residents.

Right in front of Ji He stood a young mother holding the hand of a little boy. The little boy had a feather earring on his left ear, which was being blown by the night wind.

"Mom, are there really gods in this world?"

The mother had a round face. She half squatted down and smiled at the child and said, "Of course there is."

"So you have to be good and do good things, so that the gods will bless you."

Ji He looked at the scene and thought of his mother. She had never been so gentle and patient to him.

This is what Ji He has been longing for all his life.

If you think about it carefully, he is actually lucky enough to have escaped from his original world and grown into what he is now.

The young man lowered his head, his eyes a little sore. He was just jealous, jealous of those who were surrounded by love from the beginning.

Ji He coughed twice to hide his vulnerable side, but was poked on the hand by someone.

He turned to look at Huo Yubai who was standing beside him. The other person was smiling brightly and warmly like an eternal candle flame.

Beta subconsciously opened his palm, and Alpha placed a feather earring on it.

The clean white feather lightly brushed across the dry palm. The metal hook did not look like a handicraft produced on the assembly line here.

"For you."

"Don't be ugly."

Ji He opened his mouth and wanted to say that the people of Tong Planet would no longer wear feather earrings after they became adults, but when he looked into Huo Yubai's sincere eyes, he hummed softly.

He didn't know when Colonel Huo passed by this "cheating outsiders" handicraft stall, nor did he know what kind of mood Alpha was in when he made this earring.

My heart suddenly felt warm and soft.

"thank you."

Ji He looked towards the rooftop he had climbed to, and silently added in his heart: "No matter in the past or now, thank you."

Huo Yubai, who was standing by, followed Ji He's gaze and looked towards the eaves, and suggested, "Do you want to go?"

"What?"

"If you talk to the owner, you should be able to go up."

“Not good.”

On the roof, closer to the sky.

The two figures were very close to each other, becoming inconspicuous in the inky night.

Ji He has never climbed over anyone else's roof since he grew up. He looked at the height from here to the ground and suddenly felt that it was not scary.

But for him when he was a child, this was already a bottomless abyss.

Huo Yubai sat cross-legged on the roof, looking at Ji He in the light of the lamp, imagining what the other person must have looked like when he was a child. He must have been very cute.

"Did you make the feather earrings today?"

Colonel Huo just shook his head and replied, "Last time."

"Last time I escaped from the Capital Planet, and because of the agreement you made with me, I stayed on the Tong Planet for three days."

"It's a pity that I still haven't found you."

Ji He let the night wind blow on him, his mind was in a mess and not very clear.

"Is that the time?"

"Um."

"I read all your diaries during those three days, and I regret it."

Colonel Huo's voice was mature and steady, but with a hidden tremor that only he could understand.

"I regret what I said to you, I regret that I didn't think ahead, and I regret that I didn't hold you back in time."

"Ji He, can you forgive me?"

"Please forgive me for not doing a lot of things right when I first fell in love with someone."

The sound of music from afar slowly came, and Ji He felt that his heart was about to fall again.

Huo Yubai, who did not receive a response from his sweetheart, felt increasingly uneasy and continued to talk to himself.

"You can't change me, and let me go."

The three words "Don't want me" were spoken with a rare crying tone, and Ji He felt that Colonel Huo had turned into a clingy person again.

She pursed her lips, then opened and closed them slightly, as if she was still hesitating.

Ji He has always been lonely, and lonely people often have the most difficult time taking the first step.

How could he not know that he was feeling awkward now, unable to express his true feelings purely, yet he hoped that the other party would be tolerant without limits.

If I were my younger self, and saw that Huo Yubai had not left and had given me a gift, I would have rushed up to him and called him "brother".

"Huo Yubai."

Alpha's eyes lit up in the darkness, and he stared at Beta's cheek motionlessly, afraid to miss any word the other person said.

"I really thought of you as a dream."

"I even dream about you."

"Although you only appeared for a few days."

Ji He paused and commented objectively: "This is stupid, isn't it?"

Huo Yubai listened very seriously and replied, "Not stupid."

If it weren't for Ji He's courage, he might never have known that he was admired and followed by such a good person.

"But now I feel that this is not a good habit."

"An independent person should not live for someone else."

Huo Yubai was silent for a while, then he placed his hand over the other's hand and asked in a discordant voice, "Do you still dream about me now?"

Ji He looked ahead, seeing hundreds of ancient trees towering like a canopy, and had no idea how to answer.

He stood up, closed his eyes, spread his arms, and let the night wind pass through his body, supporting his life.

Huo Yubai looked up at Ji He, feeling something strange in his heart. He pleaded, "Ji He, don't dream about my past self, dream about my present self."

The closed eyes opened after hearing these words.

"Lieutenant Ji!"

Someone on the ground was waving his hands hard. It was Lu Cheng who had been separated from Ji He at the beginning.

"How did you get on the roof?"

Huo Yubai curled his lips, looked at Ji He's back, and asked, "Why is he here?"

I don’t know if Lu Cheng just saw Colonel Huo now, or if he just didn’t mention it, so he shouted, “Colonel Huo, you’re here too.”

"It seems we are destined to be together."

Ji He climbed down the ladder and explained calmly, "He and I are staying in the same hotel."

“It was just a chance encounter.”

Huo Yubai couldn't help but said in a sinister tone, "It really is haunting."

After watching the performance at the festival, Lu Cheng saw two people on the roof as he was walking back. He didn't expect that one of them was the person he was looking for, Ji He.

"Mr. Lu, what a coincidence."

"Unfortunately, Ji He and I were originally together, but we were separated by the crowd."

Lu Cheng put emphasis on "at the beginning" and was holding a windproof jacket in his hand, about to put it on Ji He.

Huo Yubai stared at Lu Cheng's hand, his face livid, and said word by word: "It seems that I came at an unfortunate time."

"No need." Ji He waved his hand to refuse the luxury brand windbreaker and prepared to go back to the hotel to rest.

In the night wind, Huo Yubai stood there, waiting for Ji He to look back at him, but he got into Lu Cheng's car and the other party even raised his eyebrows at him provocatively.

Wait until the two return to the hotel.

Ji He went back to his room to rest. Halfway through his sleep, he was awakened by the reminder sound from his computer and immediately jumped out of bed.

Athena's virtual image appears in the hotel and briefly describes the current situation.

"Lieutenant Ji, Planet Tong was suddenly attacked, and we need you to go to the mecha center for support."

"receive."

The night is falling and the sky is dotted with stars.

In a place invisible to the residents of Tong Planet, hundreds of dark gray mechas are watching eagerly.

As a remote planet with developed tourism resources, the interstellar security here has always been very good, and it is somewhat powerless to deal with such emergencies.

"Lieutenant Ji."

Ji He nodded and was about to enter the cockpit of the mecha, but he remembered the report about his mental decline and checked his combat suit without any hesitation.

"Lieutenant, you are also from Tong Planet, right?"

The young federal officer hummed, looked at the radar image of the enemy mecha in front of him, and frowned.

"We'll wait for you to come home."

When Ji He heard this, his frown relaxed, and he smiled and said into the microphone of the public channel, "Okay."

The next second, he drove the Black Warrior, a heavy armored mecha, and rushed to the front on the light wave.

With a loud bang, the dark grey mecha took the lead in attacking, swinging its huge mechanical arm and smashing towards the pure black mecha.

The Black Warrior mecha looks bulky, but under Ji He's exquisite operation, it is not a brave but reckless move. It quickly dodged to the side.

A beam of energy shot out from the palm of the Black Warrior mecha and headed straight for the dark gray mecha.

The beam of light hit the enemy mecha's shield, causing several smoky gray sparks to explode and emit a sharp crackling sound.

Amid the smoke, a silver-white mecha kicked the dark gray mecha in the belly, forcing it to retreat.

"A mob."

A low, nonchalant sneer rang out on the public channel.