Chapter 58
Lin Han originally thought that he would be able to recover his physical and mental strength quickly and return to his post soon.
But he didn't expect that this matter would be more difficult than he thought.
Three days had passed since he returned from the border area. Lin Han followed the instructions of the base hospital and took nutrient supplements in larger doses every day. The aftereffect was that every time he finished taking the nutrient supplements, he began to have a physiological rejection of food. When he smelled the fragrance of food, his body did not feel hungry first, but subconsciously felt nauseous.
And his mind-reading ability did not return as he had imagined after recovering a certain amount of mental strength. On the first day at home, his colleagues from the research institute came to visit him together. The next day, Shen Xiu Nan visited him again. Lin Han tried to touch him, but still heard nothing.
Lin Han felt that he should be happy. After all, he had finally returned to a normal life and no longer had to wear gloves to listen to voices that he didn't want to hear.
But he was still uneasy.
He always thought of Qi Jiamu's plea and Xu Zhiheng he met that day.
That day was also the first time that Lin Han saw Xu Zhiheng up close. He was no different from the gentle and elegant professor in his memory. When the two shook hands, the other's hands were thick and his movements were polite and appropriate, just as he had imagined.
During the days when he didn't have to go to work, Lin Han, who had never paid attention to political affairs, started to read the news every day, trying to get some information that he didn't know.
The base was extremely quiet, and even the well-informed Shen Xiu Nan couldn't hear anything.
The only thing that is certain is that He Yunting is back, and his overt and covert actions will have to be stopped. His subordinates will no longer be sidelined for various reasons and will all return to the team.
Every day the news praised the ferocity of He Yunting's battle, saying that it was almost impossible to fight one against five, and that it was amazing that he could hold out in the border area for so long without supplies and energy.
The Zerg invasion seemed to be a complete accident. No one mentioned that He Yunting was nearly stabbed when he was about to leave the battleship. No one knew that a group of innocent omegas were still missing. The exercise accident was only hastily omitted, and a relevant person was lightly held accountable before He Yunting came back, which was considered to be a cover-up.
All the conspiracies are still lurking in the invisible places, while the empire is still thriving on the surface, Wen Tianyao is still the people-friendly prince, and the admiral is still the invincible hero.
No one will remember the young man who could modify the system sound of his mecha by himself and hum a folk song whose name he couldn't remember before going to the battlefield.
The news was still being broadcast. Lin Han thought of this and turned his head to look at a little guy who was curled up in a blanket and staring intently at the virtual display screen.
The climate in the core area of the empire is relatively mild, and the temperature difference between day and night is naturally not as large as that in the strange creatures' place. This should have been a good thing, but it took Gululu two days to barely figure out this pattern, but his body was still unable to fully adapt to it.
Lin Han got a blanket for it and let it curl up in it when it was cold, and go to the balcony to get some fresh air when it was hot. After a few times, Gululu finally got used to it.
And food is also a problem.
Lin Han began to search for what kind of food in the Empire was suitable for Gululu to eat. The results that popped up were varied. Lin Han could only find a few options that looked more reliable and bought them one by one from the Internet for him to try.
Sometimes Lin Han himself didn’t know whether Gululu would eat the food, so he took several containers and put the food in according to different categories, letting it try by itself.
Even though Lin Han told it many times that everything he prepared was safe, Gululu still distrusted various foods - after all, on its own planet, many beautiful and delicious fruits often contained deadly poisons.
If it encounters food that it particularly likes at first sight, Gululu will first reach out and try to use its paw to get a little taste. If it tastes as it expected, Gululu's eyes will light up instantly, but it will stop in its tracks because it is afraid that it is "poisonous."
But it really likes it, so it will first cruelly eat something else, force itself not to touch this food, then walk away, lick some water to moisten its throat, and then turn around, trying not to look at the food.
But the final result is always the same - Gululu will still compromise for the food he likes, then reluctantly fold up his limbs, roll to the container, and start to devour it.
In addition to being cautious about food, there is another question that Lin Han can't figure out.
It still has an unknown hostility towards He Yunting. Just looking at the photos or videos of He Yunting that keep scrolling on the news every day can make Gululu angry with him.
Lin Han wanted to ask it, but hesitated when he opened his mouth.
What is He Yunting doing now, when will they meet again, and how much of what the other party said before does he remember.
Lu Anhe didn't contact him again, nor did he urge him to go to the base to pick up his things. Lin Han didn't know whether the room was still there, or whether the star was still there.
But he was hesitant. Firstly, he was afraid that his body had not fully recovered and would affect others, but most importantly, he was unwilling to take the initiative to connect with He Yunting.
The two of them didn't have time to say goodbye that day, as He Yunting plunged into a pile of troublesome matters; and Lu Anhe took Lin Han directly to the hospital and didn't get to talk to He Yunting in the end.
We had been through life and death together, but now it felt like there was something between us, and even speaking to each other felt strange.
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Lin Han was afraid that Gululu would be lonely, so he wanted to wait until he recovered to take the little girl to the zoo in the Q area of the Empire.
Although the little guy came here voluntarily, Lin Han was still afraid of feeling guilty towards it.
But before that, Lin Han didn't expect that he would fall ill first.
Although Lin Han had been trying hard to force himself to eat more after experiencing the harsh living conditions in the border areas, he still inevitably caught a fever.
The Empire's medical system is complete. All you need to do is submit an application online, and your body function data will be transmitted to the medical platform. Then, based on the condition, it will be determined whether further treatment is needed, or you can make a choice based on the patient's wishes.
Although Lin Han felt uncomfortable all over, he didn't have any other major problems. In the end, he didn't want to go to the hospital. He took medicine and slept at home, waiting for the fever to subside.
His illness made him even more reluctant to eat after taking the nutritional supplement. He frowned and tried to eat a few more bites, but he couldn't force himself.
After he finished his meal, he read the good news to Gululu and curled up on the sofa to rest. He felt that the fever was not a serious illness. It would only make him feel uncomfortable that night, and he would feel much better after waking up.
But at this moment, Lin Han felt drowsy and weak. The lights in the living room seemed to have double images, and the scorching heat poured down on him, making him sweat uncomfortably.
Gululu originally wanted to jump onto him, but when he rubbed Lin Han's forehead, he was frightened by the alarming temperature. The hair on his body stood up, and he trembled in panic, then carefully moved closer to Lin Han's hand.
Lin Han patted its head gently and said, "I'll just take a rest. I need to go to bed early today. It's okay."
Gululu seemed to understand, but still decided to get closer to Lin Han, who was steaming all over, and wanted to accompany him.
Lin Han felt warm in his heart: "Thank you."
He didn't know how many times he had said thank you to the little creature, but it never felt like it was enough.
Even though it couldn't speak, Lin Han felt that he was being loved carefully.
The medicine he had taken before began to take effect, and his consciousness began to become a little blurred. When he was about to be defeated by sleepiness, Lin Han looked up at the window and forced himself to stay awake.
Gululu also likes to look out the window, but Lin Han is worried that the little guy will run around and have an accident after he falls asleep, so he checks to make sure the windows are closed before going to bed every day, for fear that the little guy will accidentally jump out.
Lin Han rubbed his eyes, sat up, and dragged his body, which was burning from the cold, towards the window.
Today the night sky of the empire is still dim and boring. Ever since seeing the boundless nebula, Lin Han suddenly felt that this starry sky is nothing special.
The cold wind that came in made Lin Han sober up a little. After checking and making sure there were no accidents, he planned to close the curtains and go back to sleep.
When he was about to go back, he accidentally glanced downstairs and was stunned at that moment. All his sleepiness disappeared.
A man stood under the lamp, wearing the dark green military uniform that Lin Han had worn many times, silently blending into the night.
He Yunting seemed to have been staring at Lin Han's lit window, so the two of them had almost no time to react, and their eyes met from a distance that was neither too long nor too short.
At a certain moment, Lin Han even felt that all the viruses in his body that made him uncomfortable were rushing up at once, making it almost impossible for him to stand and he was about to be knocked down by the heat.
He wanted to ask him when he arrived and how the base was doing.
Has the practical training issue been resolved? Do you know who sent the Zerg and who stole Xu Zhiheng's research results and restarted the research on the blood-burning omega?
Did Wen Tianyao make things difficult for him? What exactly did the radicals want to do? What was the current situation of Qi Jiamu's brother?
He wanted to ask a lot.
Lin Han opened his mouth towards the man, but no sound came out.
He wanted to ask if he was okay.
Even though they had only been apart for a few days, Lin Han couldn't even speak.
He didn't know how long He Yunting had been waiting downstairs. If he hadn't glanced down accidentally, he wouldn't have known he had been there.
Had he been here in the days before that? Did He Yunting appear in places that he could not see? Did he also wait in vain in the endless night, wait until the lights around him went out, wait until those who regarded him as a god fell asleep, wait until he fell ill and had a fever and then got better little by little, it was as if he had never participated.
He remembered that time was the most precious thing to He Yunting, but now he was willing to waste it in this meaningless night, without saying a word, just staring at the light that would dim at any time.
But He Yunting was really waiting.
Wait until I walk to the window, wait until I find him.
Wait until all the stars in the sky sink into the deep sea as blue as his eyes.
Lin Han wanted to shout at him, but because of his hoarse vocal cords, he couldn't make a loud enough sound.
He Yunting did not move his eyes away, but just looked up at Lin Han's bloodless lips and cheeks that were steamed pink due to fever.
The next second, his communicator rang.
Lin Han's voice appeared in his ears with electricity, and the scene in front of him was extremely vivid.
"He Yunting." Lin Han did not call him by his title as usual, but called him by his full name for the first time.
Because of his illness, the young man's voice lost its former clarity. Instead, it sounded rare and gentle, with an inexplicable stickiness and softness.
"He Yunting," Lin Han said, "Do you want to come up?"
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Lin Han suddenly felt that he was no different from Gululu.
He pretended to be calm and listed a bunch of conditions for staying away from He Yunting, such as the awkwardness when they first met, those strange thoughts, and the suspension bridge effect when they were in the border area to convince himself that such feelings were not clear yet, and there was a marked relationship, so maybe his feelings for him were not what he imagined.
But He Yunting was like fresh and delicious food in a container. He had never touched it before, and it was impossible for him not to be attracted.
So all the rules that he thought were logically rigorous fell apart. Lin Han lowered his eyes and looked at the man under the street light. He put aside all the distracting thoughts that might hurt him and at this moment he only wanted to see him.
And the man stood there looking at him.
He Yunting just nodded. Lin Han felt that he was just like the little black fur ball at home, like a moth to a flame, and was caught without hesitation.
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