Chapter 65 (End of Main Text) - I Love You
Hengxing chatted with him briefly before urging him to go to sleep.
She mischievously told him that the dress she wore at the award ceremony was gorgeous, deliberately leaving a little hint in his mind.
Yu Nianqing's interest was piqued, and she repeatedly said she wanted to watch and video chat with her, only to be rejected.
Finally, lying in bed, he tossed and turned even more. In his memory, the Imperial General's uniform was actually quite similar; the effect depended entirely on the individual.
I think the evening frost army's uniforms are blue.
As he was thinking, he fell asleep without realizing it, the terminal screen still lit up, lying on the pillow.
He was woken up by his alarm clock at six o'clock in the morning.
Hearing the alarm, even though he was very sleepy, he didn't hesitate to stay in bed and immediately got up to go to the bathroom to wash up.
The awarding ceremony officially began at 9:00 AM in the palace, which corresponds to 6:30 AM in Yu Nianqing's local time.
After finishing his preparations, he went downstairs, first to the living room to turn on the projector, connect it to the terminal, and directly start the live stream of the investiture ceremony. The ceremony hadn't started yet, and the stirring imperial national anthem was playing in the live stream.
He walked into the kitchen to the music and put a slice of toast into the bread machine.
Once the toast was caramelized and fragrant on both sides, the awarding ceremony officially began.
The emperor, unusually dressed in a full set of magnificent and elaborate ceremonial robes, stood on the high platform and read his prepared remarks with a smile.
It is obvious that this draft was written by someone else. The emperor himself rarely spoke so verbosely in the past. The draft also skillfully uses a lot of rhetoric and is beautifully written.
Yu Nianqing opened the live chat, and the screen was instantly filled with colorful "Your Majesty is so handsome".
Is the narrative being controlled?
He opened the StarNet website and read the comments from netizens, only to find that they were all praising the emperor and complimenting her on her looks.
He looked up at the emperor again.
To be fair, the emperor was indeed very well-preserved.
Amidst the screen filled with "Your Majesty is so handsome," there were still some interesting comments mixed in.
One person commented, "My mother said that the last time His Majesty gave such a long and eloquent speech was at the coronation ceremony."
Some commented that the cameras should scan the princes and princesses more often.
Others enthusiastically shared old love stories about emperors and their consorts.
After the emperor finished his opening remarks, the ministers in charge of affairs related to the four planets recently recaptured from Dunlin went up to look to the future.
As they came up one by one to speak magnanimously, Yu Nianqing didn't even frown, but she found them annoying.
He knew in his heart that the speeches of the ministers were all excellent, concise, and on the spot.
But he just didn't want to hear any of it.
Finally, after enduring the speaking time of these people, it was time for the military to award medals.
Yu Nianqing finally saw Heng Xing. She stood in front of Wanshuang Army, wearing an indigo general's uniform. Her usually frizzy hair was meticulously combed behind her ears and braided into small braids. Her skull was full, her nose was high and straight, and her jawline was sharp. She still stood out in the army where the average appearance was already higher than that of ordinary people.
Even the sunlight seemed to favor her, its golden light shining on her face, making it hard to tell whether the sunlight or her dazzling eyes were more radiant.
The camera only briefly panned across the area for a few seconds, but that didn't fool the sharp-eyed netizens, who instantly spotted a dazzlingly handsome man standing in the crowd within those few seconds.
After a brief silence, the chaotic comments on the screen uniformly became...
"Camera, quickly scan to the left!!!"
I don't know if it was intentional, but the camera kept turning up and down, but never to the left.
The doorbell rang suddenly. He glanced at the security camera footage at the door, saw it was Dong Ling, and opened the door to let her in.
Before she even entered, Taro Bobo flew in through the window with garlic sprouts on its head, stood next to her, and scratched its head with its paws.
Once the taro ball's bird head was comfortably placed in his palm, Dongling walked into the living room and asked in shock, "Brother Nianqing, what does Sister Heng do for a living?!"
Yu Nianqing: "What are you doing?"
She handed him the terminal; the virtual screen displayed a screenshot of Captain Heng, who was shining brightly today.
Yu Nianqing nodded, "Yes."
"Holy crap."
She collapsed onto the sofa with a shocked expression, "You guys are so amazing! I thought you were interstellar merchants."
Yu Nianqing asked curiously, "Why do you think we are interstellar merchants?"
Dongling: "Because you all go back to the spaceship every day, I thought this was where you stayed during your vacations."
Yu Nianqing chuckled, “This is indeed our home.”
As the two chatted, they discovered that the emperor had finally begun to award medals to the military generals in turn.
When it was Hengxing's turn, the camera seemed to suddenly heed the suggestions of the empire's citizens, zooming in to give her a close-up shot.
The screen was immediately flooded with comments like "Sister is so cool".
Hengxing bowed to the emperor, the wedding ring on her ring finger reflecting a tiny glint in the sunlight; it was a ring she had gotten after they registered their marriage.
Keen-eyed netizens certainly didn't miss this, and many expressed their lament.
Dongling watched as the man beside her smiled more and more brightly, and couldn't help but smile back at him.
The military officers did not need to speak; the awarding ceremony ended after the emperor pinned the insignia on everyone's collars.
However, the discussion on the StarNet did not decrease, and netizens curiously compared the previous Marshal Si Yun with Heng Xing.
After thousands of discussions, they came to the superficial conclusion that "General Heng is still the best-looking one."
After all, the Si family committed treason, so it's hard to imagine them being any worse than her in terms of character.
The wedding ring on General Heng's hand also became a hot topic among netizens, who began searching for General Heng's partner through various channels.
Someone anonymously posted a photo; the background of the photo is the reception area of the underwater city.
The man, whose face was obscured but who inexplicably seemed handsome, was talking to the receptionist with a terminal in hand. General Heng stood beside him with a sour face, looking at the receptionist as well, but his body was turned toward the man, revealing a hidden intimacy.
Other netizens were very excited about this and urged the anonymous netizen to post more photos.
An anonymous netizen, facing attacks in the comments, reluctantly spoke up, saying that he only took this one photo, but he could guarantee that the two looked very well-matched.
Another netizen jumped out to support him, stating with certainty that General Heng's partner was the most handsome Omega she had ever seen.
Yu Nianqing watched silently as Dong Ling enthusiastically commented and built a thread below.
That night, Hengxing video-chatted with him before going to bed, and Yu Nianqing told her about it.
After hearing this, she worried that the leak of Yu Nianqing's information would attract some fanatical and lawless madmen, so she asked someone to help delete the comments from netizens who leaked the information.
Yu Nianqing felt that not deleting it didn't make a big deal; this was just a short-lived hot topic that would fade away in a few days.
His life remained unchanged. He planted flowers and baked bread every day, observed his baby's growth and changes, chatted with Dongling, and video-chatted with Hengxing before he went to sleep.
Sometimes, he would help Dongling walk the dog and bird. Taro Bobo developed a good relationship with him and would often stand on his shoulders to watch videos of artificial children and palaces together.
A month later, Hengxing had her first vacation after officially starting her job. Wu Yi took her to the port in his spaceship, and she took a spaceship home by herself.
After returning home, she very consciously went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.
The showerhead overhead was spraying water, and she closed her eyes, tilting her head back to feel the powerful flow of water. Suddenly, she noticed that there seemed to be something else hidden among the chaotic sounds of the water.
He turned off the water and looked up, only to find himself in his arms a naked, delicate, and jade-like body.
She pinched the bulging gland on the back of the Omega's neck, and he trembled. Instead of running away, he hugged her even tighter.
Hengxing smiled, picked him up, and pressed him against the cold tile wall. She leaned close to his face and whispered, "You missed me that much?"
It's been a month since we last saw each other, of course I miss her.
Heng Xing's every move was ruthless.
When they woke up it was already noon. After they finished eating, the two of them sat together in front of the virtual screen to watch Heng Ming'an, who was in a daze in the hospital.
The fetus, which is about three months old, has already taken on a human form.
Yu Nianqing said, "I still hope to be a cute Omega."
Hengxing knew that this was just a slight bias on his part. After the child was born, regardless of the gender, they would do their best to protect the child so that he could grow up healthy and happy.
The holiday was only four days long, and it passed in the blink of an eye.
The night before leaving, Yu Nianqing was made to fall into a coma, and when she woke up, the bedside was empty.
He tried his best to convince himself to get used to it quickly, and he looked forward to the arrival of his lovely child even more.
Then, he won't be the only one in the villa.
Hengxing asked him if he was too lonely, and if he wanted to get a cat or dog, or buy a mechanical pet to keep him company.
He refused, saying, "It'll be fine in a few more months."
He has already bought necessities for the child, such as clothes and bottles, and also bought toys.
Life is a mundane cycle: getting up every day to watch the kids eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and then it's time for the next day. Accumulating a month's worth of time will earn you four days of Captain Heng's company.
Captain Heng gets a week off during the New Year, but Yu Nianqing still feels it's too short and time flies by. Even though life with Captain Heng isn't much different from usual, he's still very happy and wakes up with a smile on his face every day.
Hengxing told him that the Wanshuang Army would be transferred to a smaller planet in about a year. When that happened, the army would provide her with housing, and she would bring her father and son to live with her so they could see each other every day.
Yu Nianqing was very satisfied and felt that life was more hopeful now.
He bought a thick calendar with markings for one month, two months, and one year in advance. Every morning when he got up, he would tear off a page and then stand beside it, staring at the thickness of the calendar for a while.
The artificial baby in the womb is over seven months old, a pink, wrinkled little bundle.
Despite her severe "father bias," Yu Nianqing still finds her own child adorable no matter how she looks at him.
As the calendar pages were torn, the first mark finally surfaced.
That afternoon, Hengxing jumped off the aircraft and steadily hugged the Omega who was rushing towards him.
General Heng's long-awaited maternity leave has finally begun.
Yu Nianqing said to her, "We need to buy a baby robot."
We need to find a robot to help take care of the kids.
Heng Xing wholeheartedly agreed, nodding as he showed off his food.
We had originally planned to go buy it that evening, but because we hadn't seen each other for so long, the firewood, which was so dry it was practically crumbling, burned so fast that we forgot the time and missed the store's opening hours.
Let's just go with the flow and go the next day.
The next day, the two went to the store and saw all kinds of baby robots, expensive and cheap, tall and short. Hengxing stopped being stingy. He could suffer himself but not his child. With a wave of his hand, he bought the most expensive one in full.
As the due date of the artificial womb drew near, the couple's anxiety rose and fell like the tide, and had not yet receded.
The only living things the two of them might have come into contact with on their own were the flowers and plants in the yard, but if the flowers and plants withered and died, they could just be shoveled away. How could a child handle things like that?
Anxiety cannot stop the march of time; soon, the second label appears on the calendar.
After a final check of the space gates to ensure everything was prepared, the two nervously boarded the pre-rented aircraft and headed to Yula Hospital.
Chi Ching-yi had a day off today and curiously followed the two of them, waiting for the baby to be born.
At noon,
Hengxing glanced at the artificial uterus on the other side of the glass wall again, "Why hasn't it come out yet? Isn't the due date 11 a.m.?"
Seeing the anxious couple, the only calm professional, Chi Qingyi, spoke up to reassure them: "Don't worry, that's the due date, it's an estimate, not completely accurate."
Yu Nianqing moved a little closer to Heng Xing. "Captain Heng, I haven't felt time passing so slowly in a long time."
Hengxing: "Me too."
A little after six o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by a loud cry, the new parents at the door stood up, and Yu Nianqing carefully took the swaddle from the nurse.
Perhaps it was some kind of magical call of blood ties, but the child who had been crying incessantly in the nurse's arms suddenly became quiet and obedient in his father's arms, his big, dark, crystal-like eyes darting around and looking around.
Yu Nianqing looked at Heng Xing excitedly, "Captain Heng, I knew it would be useful to wait a month before taking it out."
Heng Xing smiled and nodded, looking at the report the nurse had given him.
Her smile froze. "Mr. Yu, you need to be mentally prepared."
Yu Nianqing smiled as she looked at the child in her arms, unconcerned. "It's alright, Captain Heng. No matter what, she's still our child."
Heng Xing nodded in agreement and put the report away.
Chi Qingyi jumped around curiously beside her, "So the baby is an Alpha?"
“Yes, An’an is a female Alpha,” Heng Xing said.
Taking care of a child isn't difficult; with the help of a mother-and-baby robot, new parents can quickly become proficient.
An'an deserves credit for this as well; she is exceptionally obedient and doesn't make a fuss, even when her mother is a little flustered in her arms.
A few weeks later, Heng Xing kissed Yu Nianqing and An An on the forehead before boarding his aircraft and leaving to return to work.
After her mother left, An'an cried briefly before calming down and obediently sucking on the simulated baby bottle under the care of the baby robot.
Dong Ling brought her pets to visit Yu Nianqing and her child.
She kept the Samoyed in the yard, while the mischievous Taro Bobo could fly and was impossible to catch. It followed her into the nursery and stood on top of the baby robot, looking down at the sleeping child below.
After observing for a moment, a short phrase popped out of its mouth.
"Cute," said Taro Bobo.
Yu Nianqing smiled and patted its head, "You're cute too."
Just as he had predicted, with the addition of a child, life was no longer a boring cycle.
Newborn babies are full of vibrant life force, like an elusive ball of fire, constantly creating new surprises for them every day.
A month later, Hengxing returned home for vacation, bringing back not only good news but also some pleasant surprises.
She sat on the sofa, holding her child, and said to Yu Nianqing, "The Wanshuang Army will be renamed the Border Army in six months. We will move in six months. I have sent you the floor plan. Take a look and see how you want to decorate this time."
Yu Nianqing excitedly kissed her cheek hard, and that night he rewarded her handsomely with his newly bought beautiful clothes.
Three months later, Yu Nianqing listed Yu Laxing's house online, preparing to sell it.
Then, he told Dongling that he was about to move away, and Dongling pouted regretfully.
At this moment, Taro Bobo was standing on the stroller playing with An'an. Even if the child reached out and pulled its bottom fur without thinking, it wouldn't get angry and peck at her. It would just bark loudly twice to scare her and make her let go.
Upon hearing Yu Nianqing's words, it tilted its head to look at the two people on the sofa. Its beady eyes remained clear, and it was unclear whether it understood or not.
Two weeks later, Dongling knocked on their door with a completely bald taro ball, and Hengxing answered the door.
"Sister Heng, can you take the taro paste bouillon with you when you move?"
Hengxing looked down and saw it, and was startled, "Why has all its fur fallen out!"
Not only that, she also noticed that the once lively little bird, DouDou, had lost its sparkle.
"It seems a bit depressed," Dongling sighed. "It's probably sad because An'an is leaving."
"Parrots are very intelligent."
When the door opened, Taro Mud Bobo fluttered its wings, trying to go in, but all its feathers were gone, and no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't fly.
Hengxing looked at it and nodded in agreement, "Okay."
"I'm leaving. Take care of yourself."
Dongling placed the bird on Hengxing's shoulder and turned to leave.
Hengxing brought the taro paste bouncy balls into the living room.
An'an, who was eating obediently, saw the bird start to wriggle restlessly until her mother put the bird on the corner of the table.
Seeing her companion's dramatic change, she gently reached out her small hand to touch its head.
"Captain Heng, what are you thinking about?" Yu Nianqing was moved by this cross-species friendship and asked when she saw that Heng Xing also seemed to be deep in thought.
Hengxing: "This silly bird looks even more like a chicken after it lost its feathers."
Yu Nianqing: ...
Luckily, Taro Bobo didn't hear you, or he would have pecked you a couple of times.
Three months later, Yu Nianqing took one last look at the villa before turning around and boarding the aircraft.
Hengxing took leave yesterday and returned a day early to re-check the spaceship and ensure it could depart for the new planet today.
As Yu Nianqing boarded the spaceship with a child, a bird, and a robot, she looked at the familiar interior and her nose began to sting with tears. The feeling intensified as she sat in the cockpit.
Hengxing moved the familiar mattress to the center of the driver's cab, picked up An'an and put her on the mattress so she could crawl around.
Taro Boba has grown some new feathers and has become a standard frizzy-feathered chicken. Perhaps finding it novel, it keeps pacing around.
Heng Xing and Yu Nianqing chatted casually, and before they reached their destination, they suddenly started talking about when they fell in love with each other.
They put the baby back in the stroller, picked up the bird and placed it on the baby robot's shoulder, then walked out together.
Yu Nianqing turned to look at her, "Captain Heng, do you know, I think I fell in love with you when I was on Yula Star."
Hengxing: "So late?"
Yu Nianqing explained, "It wasn't when I was being treated, it was the first time I came here, but at that time I only had a slight liking for them."
"After that, I was kidnapped by the Yu family. You came to rescue me on the spaceship. When I saw you jump down from the ceiling, my heart was beating super fast. That's when I knew I had fallen in love with you."
Seeing Heng Xing's surprised expression, he asked, "Didn't you know I liked you back then?"
Heng Xing nodded guiltily.
Yu Nianqing: "...Captain Heng, aren't you being a little heartless? I even bought you a spaceship and made you a cake. Can't you tell I like you?"
Heng Xing couldn't help but laugh when she recalled her thoughts back then. "No, I thought you were only nice to me because of the suspension bridge effect."
Yu Nianqing: "..."
"Don't cry, don't cry."
Hengxing noticed the awkward atmosphere around her, so she quickly hugged him and said some witty remarks to lighten the mood.
Yu Nianqing looked at her with displeasure: "What do you mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything."
Hengxing lifted his chin, placed a kiss on his lips, and then said earnestly, "I love you."
Upon hearing this, Yu Nianqing's feigned dissatisfaction immediately vanished, and she inwardly cursed herself for being so weak.
Heng Xing drove the spaceship directly to their doorstep, the exit opened, and their future home appeared before them.
"Don't be angry anymore. I'll always be by your side from now on." She stood by the exit and reached out her hand to him.
Yu Nianqing smiled and took her hand.
They will not be separated for the rest of their lives.
(End of main text)
Author's Note: Next up is the side story I've been eagerly anticipating!!!
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