Chapter 73 It was so awesome!
Lin Yao reached out and squeezed it tightly in his palm, tightening his grip: "Xie Xingchen, where did you get this stupid thing from?"
"I found it." Xie Xingchen coughed lightly.
"I'm telling the truth!" the little pink bird struggled desperately. "Your wife is so fierce!!!"
Lin Yao turned his head and looked at Xie Xingchen standing by the bed. His tone was displeased because he had been woken up: "Get it away, or I'll throw it into the sea."
The little pink bird trembled, sensing the murderous intent, and instantly dared not utter a sound.
Xie Xingchen reached out and took it, putting it in his coat pocket, and whispered, "Shut up, don't say another word, or I won't be able to save you."
Then he raised his hand and placed it on Lin Yao's forehead, brushing aside the damp hair, examining him like a doctor: "The fever has gone down a bit, it seems the treatment is still effective. How many times?"
Lin Yao: "......"
The little pink bird raised its paw to cover its ears.
Brother, you're more straightforward than me; I wouldn't dare listen to his answer.
Xie Xingchen lowered his eyes, brushed aside his damp hair with his fingers, as if asking if he had eaten breakfast today: "I'm asking you a question."
Lin Yao, with his oversized team jacket draped over his body, wrapped his fingers around the other man's wrist, trying to pull it off, and answered honestly, "Twice."
"Could you describe it in more detail?"
"Interval time?"
What were you thinking at the time?
"Isn't it as good as mine?"
Lin Yao: "......."
He bombarded Lin Yao with questions, leaving him utterly speechless. His mind was momentarily pulled back to what it had been an hour earlier.
In that tormented state, Xie Xingchen's face inexplicably flashed through his mind.
With dark eyes and deep-set features, his gaze carried an irresistible sense of oppression.
I can't believe I thought of him.
This is insane, absolutely infuriating.
At that moment, the face in his mind overlapped with the one in front of him, and Lin Yao felt inexplicably guilty: "Don't you even know what privacy is? Why are you asking this?"
Xie Xingchen said calmly, "I care about you."
Lin Yao's lips tightened, and he focused his gaze on the rose-red sky above the doorway: "Can't you have a little sense of boundaries?"
The little pink bird sighed softly.
Lin Yao channeled his anger into the object of his rage, asking coldly, "Why haven't you thrown this thing away yet?"
"We can't throw it away yet; it came from a laboratory and it's still useful."
Xie Xingchen suddenly pinched the little pink bird's belly, signaling it to behave quickly, and then placed it back in front of Lin Yao. "I suspect that IAAL has now transformed into a normal laboratory, and researching these things is just a pretext."
Lin Yao looked down at it: "It escaped from the lab?"
“Yes, Master, we hit it off immediately!” The little pink bird instantly recognized who was the boss in the family and said with its head held high, “I can tell at a glance that you are more capable than that poor wretch.”
"A poor wretch?" Lin Yao retorted.
Do these two words have anything to do with the young master of the Xie family?
“Him!” The little pink bird pointed its wing at Xie Xingchen. “But I’m staying here mainly because I’m captivated by my master’s charm. If you want to know about the lab, I’ll tell you everything I know!”
Xie Xingchen clicked his tongue very softly.
No wonder it has been voted the most popular pet for three consecutive years. Its ability to read the room and read people's expressions is something that even ten years of being a classmate can't match.
Lin Yao finally mustered the courage to be serious with this idiot who was spouting nonsense: "Go on, tell me."
The little pink bird touched his finger with its wing and said ingratiatingly, "Give me a name first. Once we're bound together as master and pet, I'll tell you."
Lin Yao looked up at the person standing in the doorway whose height was blocking the light, and said coldly, "........Xie Dai..."
I wanted to call Xie annoying, but I was afraid of hurting people's feelings, so I held back and didn't say it.
Both Niao and Xie Xingchen fell silent; what a crude and sarcastic name.
"You and Xie Dai are bound together in a master-pet relationship, and it will be forever loyal to you. When you unilaterally unbind, it will enter suicide mode with all your information, ensuring absolute confidentiality and peace of mind."
A mechanical voice, different from the one used by the pink-haired girl, rang out.
Upon hearing the reminder, Lin Yao frowned: "Wait, isn't this moral blackmail?"
He just wanted to gather some information and then get rid of this stupid bird. To think that giving it a name would make him responsible for it for life is just too much of a robbery.
Xie Dai flapped his wings, his voice mournful: "You don't want to be a scumbag owner who starts something and then abandons it, do you?"
Lin Yao: "......"
For some reason, this bird inexplicably feels just like Xie Xingchen.
"Let's see how you do." Lin Yao went straight to the point. "Tell me, what's going on in the lab?"
Xie Dai changed his position and lay down very familiarly, revealing his round belly: "The laboratory is on the far east side of Rose Star. It has a total of twenty floors, both above and below ground. Of course, a mechanical pet like me can only stay on the lower-level underground three floors."
"Who is the boss?"
"have no idea."
What is the laboratory's official name?
"have no idea."
What else is being studied on the other floors?
"have no idea."
Lin Yao's temples throbbed, and he suppressed the urge to strangle it: "Then what do you know?"
Xie Dai repeated confidently, "The laboratory is on the far east side of Rose Star, with a total of twenty floors. It's easy to find. If you want to go, I can show you the way."
Lin Yao: "......"
All you know is an address, how can you be so arrogant?
He raised his hand to support his brow and shoved the pink bird into Xie Xingchen's hand: "You brought back this idiot, deal with him yourself."
"Master, are you going to abandon me? I am Xie Dai, whom you personally named!" It immediately switched to a different tone, "I am the highest-level mecha pet capable of interplanetary flight!"
Upon hearing the key words, Lin Yao looked up, a glimmer of hope igniting within him: "You can travel between stars? Then can you go back to the capital and call for reinforcements for us?"
Xie Dai flapped his wings, looking embarrassed: "Not for now. I hit my head when I escaped from the lab, and I can't fly right now. I need a few days to recover."
Lin Yao: "......"
"Don't be angry." Xie Xingchen raised his hand and patted his back through the coat he was wearing. "Why get angry at an idiot? If you throw it away, it will commit suicide on the spot. It's quite pitiful."
"You brought it back," Lin Yao said indignantly. "You should raise it yourself."
Xie Xingchen's lips curved slightly; he was tough on the outside but soft on the inside.
"Okay, I'll raise it."
Lin Yao himself felt that he was just throwing a tantrum, having inexplicably taken on a mess, and was also irritable due to stress from being in the wild. He was stunned that the other party actually agreed.
He blinked slowly, then tugged at the other person's team uniform and wrapped it tightly around himself: "Then...then I'll sleep a little longer."
"Sleep together," Xie Dai couldn't help but ask. "Aren't you two a couple? Why are you sleeping in separate beds?"
Lin Yao gritted his teeth and said, slowly and deliberately, "It's not what you think."
Xie Xingchen reached out and zipped up his unzipped military pants, smiling as he said, "Even though we're not in that kind of relationship, can we sleep? I'm really a little sleepy."
Lin Yao was stunned by his sudden action, feeling both embarrassed and sluggish, his mind blank: "Sleep, sleep, it's not like we haven't slept together before."
Xie Xingchen hummed in agreement, looking down at him: "It's not like we've never slept together before, so why are you so nervous?"
Lin Yao tightened his lips, and a dream he had just uttered, whether real or not, flashed through his mind. He seemed to have called Xie Xingchen's name.
I'm terrified of being touched on the skin when I'm half asleep, and of saying things I shouldn't.
After all, we're in a sensitive period right now, and my mind isn't really clear.
He whispered, "This thing probably only measures heart rate and pulse, so it doesn't have any other functions, right?"
For example, record audio or video, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
Xie Dai puffed out his chest and said proudly, "No, I can also do psychological analysis based on your physical condition and facial expressions."
Lin Yao glanced at him: "Then analyze my current situation?"
"You're practically screaming from head to toe how incredibly excited you are about to sleep with Xie Xingchen."
Lin Yao: ""
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