Chapter 51 Don't be afraid, I'm here.
Lin Yao was completely bewildered by his antics.
I can't breathe.
Only by slightly raising his chin could he breathe in a little bit of thin air.
He thought, "If he's in such a hurry, Xie Xingchen's illness must be really bad."
"Good boy." Xie Xingchen praised him in a hoarse voice.
Lin Yaoxian rarely obeyed like this. He wasn't used to being close to people. After being restrained for just a few seconds, he subconsciously wanted to resist and threw the person down. This was a stubbornness and defiance that had been ingrained in his bones since childhood.
The moment her hand touched the broad shoulder and she gave it a very slight push, she felt the other person suddenly stop, and she couldn't bear to do it after all.
I finally relaxed.
Feeling his indulgence, Xie Xingchen's heart melted.
Her burning fingers pinched his reddened earlobe, and she murmured, "How can you be so good, Yao Yao?"
Ugh, can he please stop talking like that at times like this? I can't stand it!
These words were like fireworks going off; Lin Yao's head was practically about to explode: "I... I'm happy to help others."
"I won't listen." Xie Xingchen only chose what he wanted to hear.
Lin Yao tightened his fingers, but couldn't stop himself and grabbed her.
Xie Xingchen gasped, feeling a slight sting, before squinting and releasing the person. Looking down, he saw a long, red welt.
"Now you've really become a little wildcat," Xie Xingchen said nonchalantly, still laughing.
Lin Yao strained to observe the other person's expression in the darkness, and asked uncertainly, "Are you feeling better now?"
Xie Xingchen hummed in agreement, his tone satisfied: "Thank you for the treat."
After saying that, he added, "It's very sweet."
Lin Yao: ""
He wanted to argue that he couldn't taste the sweetness no matter how hard he tried, but it was too shameful to say it.
He could only raise his hand to cover his face and curse, "Are you really sick?"
The other person didn't speak.
Lin Yao froze, his hand still not moving down, when he felt his lips sealed again, like a pecking kiss, but this kiss was so persistent that it made his legs weak.
He couldn't take it anymore and tried to turn his face away, only to find that the back of his head was being held by a hand.
Unable to move.
Just as they were about to give up, the alarm bell at the top suddenly rang loudly, and the two of them were startled at the same time, opening their eyes to look at each other.
Xie Xingchen was the first to react, stepping back a little distance: "I guess he has to go on duty. There must be some post-war situation that needs help."
That's how war is, and that's how soldiers are too. No matter how much personal affection they have, they must obey when the assembly bell rings.
Lin Yao calmed his breathing and said softly, "Can you go now?"
Xie Xingchen was still burning up, but the pheromones from earlier had indeed calmed his agitation somewhat, so he nodded: "Okay."
The two got out of bed, quickly changed back into their matching team uniforms, zipped them up all the way, and strode to the meeting point.
It was two in the morning, and everyone was fast asleep when they arrived, yawning constantly. Besides them, there were also some military volunteers who had originally been on the desolate planet.
"I'm speechless. I just fell asleep half an hour ago." Duan Zheng frowned. "Where are we going?"
Hall lowered his eyes, constantly monitoring the information coming back from the front, and said solemnly, "Stay put and be ready to provide assistance at any time."
"Then why did you call us out so early?" Duan Zheng asked, hands in his pockets, standing awkwardly. "Speechless."
Considering his family's connections, Hall swallowed his insults: "What's all the noise about? Are you here to receive punishment, not to have a vacation?"
Cheng Boyan, filled with awe for the battlefield, couldn't help but speak up: "That's right, when you die, no one will even collect your body."
“You…” Duan Zheng was speechless with anger. “Fine, you’re all targeting me, fine.”
"Idiot." He Li cursed under his breath, holding the recorder and strictly fulfilling his responsibility as a recorder. The camera panned around the neatly standing queue and stopped on Lin Yao: "Brother Yao, did you get bitten on the lip by a poisonous mosquito?"
Lin Yao raised his hand to touch his lips; they were a little hot. The scene from just now flashed through his mind, and even his ears felt hot.
He whispered, "No, what's wrong with my mouth?"
"Then why is it so swollen?"
Swelling? How could that be?
Several seconds later, Lin Yao suddenly realized what he had done before the assembly.
He glanced silently at the culprit beside him, and said with a tight lips, "It looks like there's a poisonous mosquito, a really poisonous one, that just keeps pecking at people's mouths."
He was so angry he was practically ready to chop someone up with a knife.
Xie Xingchen suppressed a laugh, turned his head away, and remained silent.
"I have mosquito repellent spray in my bag, I'll get it for you when I get back," Cheng Boyan said warmly.
Lin Yao forced out a voice through gritted teeth: "Okay, thank you."
He Li zoomed in on the full, bright red lips and gave an off-site commentary: "The desolate planet is located in the most remote position among the nine star systems, and the environment is extremely harsh. As our volunteer Lin Yao can see, on just the first night after landing, he already had his lips swollen from being bitten by poisonous mosquitoes. It's so pitiful."
"Cut this part out." Lin Yao's face showed a murderous expression.
"Why? This shows your excellent qualities in hard-fought battles." He Li leaned closer and lowered his voice to say, "If you want to be promoted, going to the front lines isn't enough. You need to have a positive image. I'm helping you."
Lin Yao thought to himself that he didn't really want this kind of random material.
Xie Xingchen suppressed his laughter, not daring to laugh out loud for fear of being beaten up by someone.
"What are you laughing about?" Lin Yao keenly caught his emotions.
"No, am I smiling? My expression is clearly very serious." Xie Xingchen tightened his lips, but the corners of his lips couldn't help but turn up.
He had no intention of standing idly by and watching the show; the thought of someone taking the initiative made him so happy that he couldn't hide it at all.
Lin Yao was furious when he saw his micro-expression.
That bastard, he has no conscience. He even took pity on him and helped alleviate his condition.
Good deeds go unrewarded. Next time, I will absolutely not offer to help again.
Xie Xingchen sighed and explained, "I didn't laugh."
Lin Yao raised his hand to cover his ears, his expression indifferent: "I can't hear you."
Oh no, the relationship we finally managed to improve has been ruined again.
Hall looked at the real-time updated post-war information and calmly said, "Everyone has this. Form two teams: one team goes south to support the medical personnel, and the other team goes north to record the post-war scene."
With his lips swollen and red, Lin Yao took another recording device from Huo Yuan, grabbed He Li, and headed towards the military vehicle: "I'll go north with you."
Xie Xingchen tentatively called out, "Yaoyao."
"Try calling me reduplicated words again?" Lin Yao turned around, his eyes like knives.
“You’ve stepped on a landmine. He hates it when people call him that.” After showing off how well she knew her brother Yao, He Li was overjoyed that Lin Yao was back by her side, as proud as a concubine who had won a palace intrigue.
Xie Xingchen was in a bad mood, so he started to mistreat Duan Zheng and Li Mao, coldly saying, "You two will be in charge of the stretchers later."
"And what about you?" Duan Zheng didn't want to do this kind of physical work.
"Me? I can clean wounds and bandage them. Can you?" Xie Xingchen asked calmly.
Duan Zheng: "........."
You really managed to pull off that impressive feat.
The group split into several groups and headed to the post-war areas. The war was over, but the area was too vast, with each station being almost ten kilometers apart.
He Li had no choice but to divide the work with him: "Then you will be responsible for recording this area. I will go to the front line and come back to pick you up later."
"Okay, see you at the meeting area later," Lin Yao said in a low voice.
Lin Yao got out of the car alone, watched the off-road vehicle disappear from sight, and turned on the headlights to illuminate the night.
But the moment he saw the corpses and blood everywhere, all his emotions vanished, and he suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably.
His hands trembled, the camera shook, and all around him were fragmented bodies. The memory of the laboratory fire eight years ago suddenly came flooding back.
Just like now, blood was everywhere, faces were contorted, and charred bodies were scattered all over the place.
"Run, Zero One!! Run fast!!! Don't look back!!!" someone was yelling.
That's when he escaped, stumbling and falling, barely surviving.
The scene he had forgotten surged back. Lin Yao stood rooted to the spot, his legs feeling like lead, watching He Li grow further and further away, unable to move. He didn't know how much time had passed before he finally came to his senses and found himself in tears.
"Director Huo is asking how things are going on your end?" Xie Xingchen's voice came through the communicator in his hand. "Lin Yao, can you hear me?"
There was a noisy background noise behind him, the sounds coming in muffled, accompanied by the hurried voices of medical staff.
"Lin Yao, Xie Xingchen is calling Lin Yao."
One minute later, there was still no response.
Lin Yao's hands trembled, his voice hoarse, and he suddenly couldn't utter a single word.
"Lin Yao, Cheng Boyan is calling you. Xie Xingchen is looking for you."
"Lin Yao, Li Mao is calling you. Xie Xingchen is looking for you."
"Lin Yao... Duan Zheng is calling Lin Yao, Xie Xingchen... Xie Xingchen is looking for you."
"Brother Yao??? Why aren't you saying anything? What happened? Wait for me, I'm coming right back!!"
"Lin Yao, give me your location, I'll come find you right away," Xie Xingchen said urgently.
Lin Yao felt as if he had returned to the moment after the fire, when he was intermittently speechless for half a year, unable to utter a single word, only able to send the location with trembling fingers and all his might.
It's okay. You have to face it. You'll face this scenario countless times in the future. You have to face it.
Lin Yao kept giving himself mental suggestions, listening to the calls coming in one after another through the communication channel, but he couldn't utter a single word.
"Lin Yao, Xie Xingchen is looking for you. Please respond."
"Lin Yao, Xie Xingchen is looking for you. Please respond."
"Lin Yao, Xie Xingchen is looking for you. Please respond."
Unable to respond, with a splitting headache.
The communicator slipped from his hand, and his legs went weak, causing him to fall backward.
I expected to touch the cold ground and the piles of corpses, but instead I fell into a warm embrace.
Xie Xingchen reached out and covered his eyes, his hand damp.
"Lin Yao, don't be afraid, I'm here."
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