Chapter 5 Dream Lover
The video call abruptly ended, and Sun You rubbed his temples, a rare occurrence for him. "I overlooked some details during this operation. If I had considered things more comprehensively, I could have brought back more clues."
Lin Xiu moved closer to Sun You, placed his fingers on the acupoints on Sun You's head, and said while massaging, "Everyone has their own role. In this mission, we are just prisoners. If the prisoners complete the mission and bring back more information, that is our victory. Youyou, don't assign yourself any extra tasks. Just be a good student for now."
Sun You calmed down and sighed softly, "I have a bad feeling."
Zhou Jiu, idly playing with copper coins, leaned on the table and asked, "Do you think I should divine the location so we can join the rescue operation?"
"I refuse," Lin Xiu said bluntly.
"I refuse too." Seeing Zhou Jiu's rare expression, Sun You quickly pulled Zhou Jiu back. Her emotions had stabilized, and she already knew what the best course of action was. She said, "I think you've had enough of three gossips today. Don't you want to get out of here quickly, find a signal, and contact your dream girl?"
"Okay, I didn't mean to cause trouble." Looking at the two who were on high alert, Zhou Jiu felt a little helpless. She understood the principle of moderation, but she had a strange intuition that her divination today would be very accurate. She just wanted to do one more divination.
"Dream lover?" Zhang Ji looked at Zhou Jiu with a hint of gossip.
Zhou Jiu slightly twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "To be precise, he is my future boyfriend, my future lover, and my future legal marriage partner."
"Just because of a dream," Lin Xiu said.
"Our sorcerers call their dreams prophetic. How could it be just a dream? Besides, didn't I add them as contacts based on the dream? You should trust us, a very excellent sorcerer, a great diviner," Zhou Jiu said confidently.
Zhang Ji nodded in agreement: "I think Zhou Jiu's calculations are very accurate. Perhaps there really are people with divination abilities, just like the Spr people who are born with extremely high spiritual power and most of them have healing abilities, making them suitable for the medical profession. The ancient Blue Star people's ability to divine and predict is also their unique ability."
"Haha, not much of the history of the ancient planet Blue Star has been preserved because of the apocalyptic disaster. There are still historians constantly conducting archaeological excavations. You can find out that Zhou Jiu is lying by searching online," Lin Xiu said with a grin.
Zhou Jiu rolled her eyes. Okay, she had a grudge against Lin Xiu.
"But she got them all right."
“I can testify that you and your friend talked about your sister before, and you were pulling a suitcase that was part of the annual meeting lottery for B-Star Good Health Medical Company when you were waiting in line for the cabin. I can also tell what you were talking about,” Lin Xiu said smugly.
"Hmph, wasn't it me gossiping with you about the suitcase? Otherwise, how could you have noticed, given how careless you are?" Zhou Jiu rolled her eyes helplessly, then said, "Youyou, you two should break up. I think Lin Xiu likes me. He keeps undermining me and won't let me go."
Zhang Ji felt his carefully constructed image of Zhou Jiu as a wise and virtuous man shatter instantly, but he was still wavering between doubt and belief. However, gossip suddenly drew his attention, and he looked at Sun You, asking in a low voice, "Aren't you jealous when they talk like that?"
“I strongly suspect that you are sabotaging us from within.” Zhou Jiu had sharp ears and overheard Zhang Ji’s conversation.
Sun You also imitated Zhou Jiu's posture and leaned on the table. "Um, actually, I used to think they were a couple, but later..."
Sun You continued, with a complicated expression, "I think the chances of me dating Zhou Jiu are a little higher than the chances of Zhou Jiu dating Lin Xiu."
Zhou Jiu leaned closer and said, "I wouldn't mind having a story with you that I have to tell before I fall in love with my general."
"Zhou Jiu, you love-struck fool, stop ruining my love life."
Lin Xiu slumped onto the table, helplessly covering his ears, his eyes filled with anger. He was so angry, he really wanted to stuff a rag into Zhou Jiu's mouth.
Zhou Jiu sat up, completely unconcerned about Lin Xiu's evaluation of her. Her childhood friend was such a worrywart. She couldn't help but say, "Some people love power, some love money, some crave social recognition of their self-worth, and some enjoy the fair recognition of the fruits of their labor. Of course, I love the former too, but I'm more of an emotional hedonist. Just like those who enjoy the social recognition of their self-worth, I enjoy being with him. Perhaps it's because I've never truly experienced that unique warmth or that intensely hormonal pull, even if I've only felt a little in my dreams, I still long for it. Life is short; grasp what you want—that's what a great man said."
Zhang Ji rarely saw Zhou Jiu speak so earnestly, so he nodded and asked, "Which great man?"
Lin Xiu lowered his hand, his mouth moved but he didn't continue to expose him. He turned to Zhou Jiu and said silently: "Big liar."
Zhou Jiu raised an eyebrow, pointed to himself, and said quite matter-of-factly, "Me!"
Zhang Ji choked slightly, then continued to express his curiosity about his dream lover, "You really had a dream, and then you contacted him? What's the deal with your general?"
Zhou Jiu's interest was piqued, and he raised an eyebrow, saying, "Gossip really is an eternally etched gene in human DNA."
"In short, I foresaw the future, then found out his contact information, and we're currently in a flirtatious relationship."
"You call someone who only replied with a question mark and then blocked you 'ambiguous'? If you buy another account and continue chatting with him, I think that might violate interstellar law and constitute sexual harassment," Lin Xiu continued to undermine him.
Zhou Jiu coughed slightly and explained, "Actually, I just picked up an abandoned account and contacted them once. They didn't block me, and we're still chatting regularly."
"If we chat well, then it's considered an online relationship, which is pretty cool," Zhang exclaimed.
Zhou Jiu suddenly looked at Sun You, who was focused on thinking, stood up, walked to Sun You's side, and also looked at the screen.
Sun You looked at the information about the joint exercise on the screen, pondering something. Sensing Zhou Jiu's approach, she said, "The overall plan for the joint military exercise: rescuing prisoners is only the first step. Each prisoner represents 1 point. The prisoner rescue mission only lasts three days; after three days, the prisoners are considered dead."
Zhou Jiu also stuck his head over, "My head is really worthless, only one cent." After reading a few lines, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, "Oh, there's a mecha, as expected, Planet A is rich."
"Come on, do you have any common sense? In an era where mechs are the main weapons, military academy exercises mainly rely on mech combat. How could there be no mechs? Do you think this is child's play?" Lin Xiu was also a little excited, but his habit made him retort.
"Why didn't you tell the middle school principal about common sense so that the middle school could have a real mech for the mech exam?" Zhou Jiu's eyes sparkled with anticipation. They had only used a loading and unloading mech once, when they were volunteer soldiers scavenging on the desolate planet, and it was an old-fashioned loading and unloading mech that was almost obsolete on the market. So they really wanted to experience fighting mechs.
"Alright, our people are here," Sun You said, hearing footsteps outside.
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